it's been a while

wow it's been active over here aside from our own personel stuff ie family, finances and work.

God has really started to shake the natives in our neck of the woods, local church has reponded to the holy spirit and to teachings. it brings me to tears to see people being freed from chains

i'm not as chatty as joyce but just thought to relay this to you

Well by now many of you know that we made it back from California where we were for Christmas and New Year. It was a great trip and it allowed us time to hang out with family and friends. We were able to re-touch base with our church family at New Life Christian Church and were extremely blessed by their outstretched arms of love and support. Our friend Tina M. organized a pot-luck calling in friends of ours from the past and present and New Life also extended us a financial blessing during their Change of Heart program where they bring all the change they have collected for the month for missions. Wow did they have a lot of change. We established new contacts and new people were able to put a face to all their prayers. This was an awesome time and we are so grateful for all the love and support. Unfortunately we didn't get out a Christmas or New Years letter as we only had a few opportunities to get on the web and the time I tried to send a nice letter it didn't go. Please know that you are all in our hearts and prayers and we look forward to another awesome year in the Lord. In fact the Lord has shared with us that "It Is Time in 2009", so we are excited for what this year has to offer in terms of the things the Lord wants to do here in Italy. We appreciate all of you so very much and look forward to another year of serving the the Lord in Italy together as we take the land for His Glory.

O my aching body....

Wow this little update project has turned into quite a lot of work. I spent 2 full days floating, sanding, cleaning and painting the whole entire kitchen by myself while Guido worked and Chloe was in school. I'm not as young as I used to be but I can still do an awesome job with a paintbrush. We still have to install a cabinet beside the frig and are waiting on a few face plates and a cabinet door, but basically we are finished with the kitchen. Guido did such an awesome job, much of it very frustrating and laborious but we have so much more space and function ability. I hope Guido's mom and sister like it. The fotos say it all. Well I'm off to bed as it is 2:00 am and we leave for California in a few days. I will add more fotos of the apartment next time. Now all we have left to do is Jami & Chloe's room and were done with the whole place, just in time to start our prayer walks in the New Year. Oh and by the way I just felt like the Lord said "It's Time in 2009". Amen and goodnight.