Serving the Lord in Italy

Greetings all,

Were moving into our final week here in Italy. I have to confess last week has been an eventful and challenging time.

Please pray for the families of 2 soldiers stationed here who were killed in action recently in Afghanistan. We do not know who they are yet but we will be attending a memorial service on post this Thursday. There are additional troops, some we have become close with, who are deploying next Monday. They will also be attending the memorial service. Lift up Jason, Lloyd and Barry in your Prayers. If anyone would like to pray for one or all of these soldiers, let me know and I can forward their contact info.

We have had a rash of illnesses go thru the house. Thank God all are close to being back to full health.

Also, I want to make you all aware of a situation that came up here last week. The short of it is that I am responsible for a fire incident that occurred at a local gas station here in Vicenza. A vacuum system we were using caught fire and was destroyed. The fire also damaged a canopy that was over the unit. Cadence has indicated to me that since I was on a m ministry sponsored event, their insurance will cover the expense. However, the police has informed me that I cannot leave the country until this matter is resolved or I face criminal charges. I am in touch with folks back in the states and hope to have this resolved as soon as possible.

However, should something happen to delay this, it will impact our leaving for Nice this weekend.

Please pray that God will resolve this quickly. Pray the insurance company will move in supernatural speed to review, accept and process the claim. We have submitted ourselves to God's schedule and will be patient in the wait. So many good things have come out of this situation that I hope to share with you soon.

Thank you all for standing with us.

Brian