Hello everyone, well we finally made it to California after a pretty uneventful plane ride, unless you call dropping 12,000 ft. in about 30 seconds and I started crying uneventful. The pilots hit a pocket of turbulence and they being the professionals did an awesome job dropping us below the stuff but I left my stomach up there. Never have seen the stewardesses drop to the floor and have the passengers hold them their either. United Airlines is a really awesome airlines. Finally arrived in SFo and got our rental car and finally made it out to Tracy to Tom Amato's home.
Wow cars have come a long way in such a short time. This thing was loaded (Kia Soul), you could even plug in your mp3 player, computer and something else I'm not sure of however, it drank gas even though it was the economy model. So the next day we drove back to a rental agencyin the area to get a smaller car. So different than Europe where an economy car is a Fiat Panda that gets about 50 mpg. We still ended up with a midsize car but it gets 32 vs 24. This thing is manual everything, doors, windows, squeeks and pulls hard to the right. It's a total bucket however, compared to driving around Italy with a scooter anything is an upgrade.
Sunday we went to New Life Christian Church to see our church family. So many new faces, so many new opportunities to make new friends. Always a blessing. Pastor DuBuyonne asked us to get up and share a little and do the communion. It was such an awesome time to share about our Lord and His love and to encourage one another in the faith and to break bread and remember the awesome love and sacrifice of our Lord Jesus and to thank Him for setting us free. We are so excited to be here for 3 months because this time, not like the others we will have so much more time to see everyone and hang out. We started with hanging out with Tina and Herm. I forgot how much food comes on a plate in America. And how many different types of plates you can order, I couldn't decide. In Italy it is pretty simple, menus don't vary much from ristorante to ristorante and you never feel like you have over eaten when you leave. It is a little different when you go to family dinners, there they stuff you until you can't walk, but that is like our Thanksgiving day meal.
Speaking of Thanksgiving, it is just right around the corner. Still don't know what we are doing as we have been invited to many places. Can't clone ourselves so were going to put your names in a hat and draw them out. Just kidding. Really we probably will house hop and see who has the best pumpkin pie, ha ha. This is such an awesome opportunity for us to volunteer and feed some homeless. We can't do that in Italy, just open up the doors at the church and feed people off the street unless you become licensed to do it (not a simple as filling out forms) . No handing out sandwiches in the park or setting up a barbecue and feeding the passerby's. New Life is doing such an awsome job at this, reaching out to their community and touching those in need and making a difference in the lives of others.
We went up and saw Nick and Lisa Cruz and had dinner and just an awesome time of fellowship. They wanted to bless us with warm friendship , and apologize for not being email persons. We just want you all to know that when we send out emails, newsletters, blogs and share with you our life and our needs that you our friends always cover us. We are all different and we all have different gifts, strenghts and abilities and even if you don't respond or just send a one liner saying your praying, we never ever feel that we aren't being cared for, loved on or provided for. People are busy, have lives and you let us into those spaces of your life and we so appreciate it. All of it goes towards sowing into the lost of Europe and reminds us always that the Lord is at the center of all of it. We appreciate all you have done, all you will do and all that that you are required by the Lord to do in regards to us and this work. Please never let the enemy keep you away from us because you feel you haven't done enough becuase it isn't true.
As you know we are off to Disneyland tomorrow for 4 days (We won this trip, all expense paid). What you don't know is that I've been flat on my back for the 2nd day with a bum hip. Can't even bend down and put on my shoes. I'm off to the Chiropractor today and hoping to putting that hip back in place will help, if not I'll be seeing Disney through a wheel chair. Yes it is that bad. Faith & Don Gerlach from Modesto called yesterday and prayed for me and it was an awesome time of prayer however I have not been healed YET however the pain has dimished and I can sit now in the chair but long lines of standing people isn't going to be possible. We met Faith & Don when we went to Israel a few years ago and they called to invite us to a conference next weekend and then to their church on Sunday. This is part of that network of people that have come alongside of us and pray and bless us. It is truely awesome to have family everywhere.
Well we will sign off for now and we will keep you all posted as to our where abouts, and adventures. Again we need you to let your Pastors know that we are in town and should any of them want us to come and share about Italy and Europe and the needs there we would love to come and share. You can call us on our cell, I have posted that number on your email and facebook. If you need it again please send us a message and I will resond. Love you all.
Joyce & Guido
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