My heart & Flesh sing for Joy to the Living God
Just want to check in again with our family and let you know what has been going on with us as we straddle two nations.  In September we will be going to Sicily with a team from Voice of Triumph, we will be 7 in total and ministering in about 8 venues over a 10 day period.  We are super excited for all the open doors & all the heart connections that have been forming. We would ask you to please partner with us financially as many of you know we are in the process of buying home & this past March, we set up a mission base in Sicily which was quite financially costly.  We really felt the Lord pushing us to ask our family to sow into this trip and the base.   We already had our first guest in May and she will be back next year with a team of young adults from Pennsylvania.  We just had Jose & Dana from the Heart of David who are bringing a team to minister around Italy and they stayed for several days at our base as to refresh & strengthen relationship that they started forming on the last visit.  We still are in need of some beds & dressers so we are ordering them today to arrive before we do.   Guido will stay for 14 days and Joyce will stay on for an additional 2 weeks doing final touches to the base, painting, making sure the apartment is well equipped so that when the nations come to bless Italy, they will have all that they need.  We want to bless them, we want to keep these doors open and make it a resting place.  Anyone who needs a place to go and rest and get away from it all, these doors are open to you.  If you want to come and minister, these doors are open to you.  If you know a ministry needing a landing place, these doors are open. Thank you all in advance for sowing into Italy & the mission base in advance.  We love you all.   His Presence Is So Sweet  June 19-24th we flew to Austin Texas with Pastor Dennis where we were invited by Jose & Dana, the directors of Rick Pino's Heart of David School, to be a part of a round table with around 14 other nations & leading ministries around the USA prior to their Presence 17 conference.  It gave us a chance to meet and hear from other leaders around the world as to how to host the presence of the Lord in order to mobilize and effectively make an impact into our communities with worship & prayer.  Not a new concept however these people have been doing it and have had wonderful success.  They aren't big name people, just regular everyday people like ourselves who love the Lord and want to see the harvest come in.   Then the Presence 2017 conference started at the Moody Theater.  Did you know that Austin was the Live music capital of the world and that before this event, no Christians had ever worshiped in the world famous Moody Theater?  The Lord is taking ground in every city and every nation, releasing His presence everywhere.   We met a young    woman named    Marta from      Verona after they  called  up the  nations to  pray .  We were  so  excited that we  weren't the only  Italian  representatives  and even more  excited that she  was a youth doing  mission work in Texas.  That is our heart, the youth of  Italy to be on fire, going out into the nations.  So  instead of Guido praying for Italy, he handed the mic to Marta and told her to pray for Italy.  I love divine moments like this.  She was only here this 1 night, the only night that they prayed for the nations.      Met some young men who have wonderful ministries along with their wives and who have a heart for Italy.  Kevin is Sicilian so he specially wants to come and do some ministry along with Daniel, who sings like an angel.  Looks like spring of 2018 we will be going back for ministry time with these awesome world changers.  Daniel from Arkansas, Jeremiah from  Alabama  & Kevin from Florida  http://www.heartofdavid.org/ All Together Again So on June 30th - July 4th, finally after 11 years the whole family was together for a camping trip.  We have grown from 6 to 12 :) We just hung out, ate, swam, played and enjoyed catching up with each other and all the new additions to the family. Everyone got to meet Jupiter, our newest Granddaughter. Hoping to make this a yearly event.  Back Row:  Chloe, Guido, Joyce, Kyle, Jupiter, Shannon (Kyle's daughter & wife), Lauren (Tim's girlfriend), Daniel, Tim In Front:  Jami Eva & Mike (Jami's boyfriend & his daughter) And I heard A Sound From Heaven like the roar of rushing waters, Revelation 14:2 and again in Ezekiel 43:2 , and His voice was like the sound of many waters and the earth shone with His glory  The Bride rises and returns the sound with praise.  Many of you may not have heard of Chris Burns or the incredible challenge that the Lord gave him regarding California.  He & his family sold everything and came with a mandate to make a sound on the 50th anniversary of the Summer of love.  We kicked it off on 7/6/17 at the Norse theater then on 7/7/2017 with Lou Engle, Mario Murillo, Jose Diaz, and many others we stood in the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater and made a sound that went up into the heavens and the heavens responded with a sweet presence of the Lord himself.   Many were saved and touched as we became part of rewriting history.  Rebellion was birthed 50 years ago, and swept the nations but on 7/7/2017 the Lord broke that and wrote a new story over California and the nations.  They followed up with an all day at  Hippie Hill on 7/8/17 where  churches from all over the States came with acoustic guitars, & flags made a joyful noise unto the Lord.  It was such an honor and a privilege to step into Chris's mandate and see a young couple so on fire and so sacrificial to come to our state and be a part of what  the Lord was doing  here.   I know we love California but not everyone feels the love, so when the Lord asked them to move here, it wasn't like yahoo were moving to California, it was like, no way, I'm not moving there.  Thank you Chris & Danielle for following the Lords heart to California.  Thank you for truly loving our state the Lord does.  It has cost you something but the Lord will reward you. https://burnsministries.com/ Home Sweet Home So as I wrote in our last newsletter we bought a home, however 1 week before our 60 day Escrow closed, the seller backed out of the deal.  We were really disappointed however we prayed and asked the Lord to close the door if this wasn't our home.  So that's what happened.  We had a peace about it and moved on.  A few weeks later we found a beautiful home that was in move in condition and had a wonderful peace about it.  New roof, windows, kitchen cabinets, hard wood flooring.  It needs some updating as you can tell by the garage, but it is absolutely perfect.  We are set to close in a few weeks.  Guido & I have been over there helping the elderly christian lady remove 30 years worth of storage out of the garage & basement and fixing things up to pass all the inspections to fund the loan.  All sweat equity at the moment but some blood as well as Guido developed a hernia.  He said he felt something happening before that, but all the heavy lifting and pushing brought it to critical mass.  He has surgery on Thursday. :( Before & after of some garage repairs. PRAYER REQUESTS & NEEDS We are in an incredible time of blessing, however the Lord keeps reminding us that we are not in this alone and don't be prideful and selfish and rob others of the blessing to be a part of what the Lord is still doing in Italy and now in California. Pray for Guido as he goes under the knife to fix a hernia.  We have insurance through his work however we have a $2600 deductible that we will have to come up with to pay for it. Upcoming Trip to Italy September 16-28th -- Need to cover our expenses for the time there & get some furniture in the rooms for the team that is coming. We need everything practically for the house here in California.  We don't even have a bed.  We really will need funds to buy things like pots & pans, furniture, etc. We need handymen to come and help Guido to update some things around the house that need attention as we bring them up to date.  Sowing time in will be sowing money into Italy because this is our investment into the missions in 4 years when we go back permanently.  Plus you'll always have an open door to come and visit what you sowed into. If you would like to partner with us financially, use our Donate button (Paypal) on our this page or  through our sending church - Voice of Triump via their web page, make sure to mark it clearly for Missions and send me an email so that I can have them apply it to Italy: http://www.votfremont.com/offerings/ We just want to thank you all again for your continued support while we have been here in California.  Your friendship, prayers and financial support have enabled us to continue working in Italy while being in California for our family and continued training and connections for Italy.  It has truly been a wild and crazy adventure discovering, the thrill the rush, the more of Him we discover, the more it makes us want Him.  Yes that is a song and we love that chorus because it so fits us. Please come visit us in Italy or here in California, our home is your home. To live for Christ is the only adventure worth living Love you Guido & Joyce Bassi