For the past four weeks there's been an American group here in Siena reaching out to students. This week is their last week and last night they put on an American night with the GBU. We had a great time and any non-Christians came. There was food, american handshakes, quiz, an american dance, and testimonies from two of the guys. Praise God for a great evening many people came through flyers and others through persistent invitations!

Please pray especially for Eugenio and Manuela who came for the first time. We always see Eugenio at the book table, he's become a good friend of ours.

We also praise God for Mauro. He's a guy in an old people's home who Giovanni and I started visiting and recently many of the youth group have come to visit him and hold a little meeting with songs and a message for the other old people. He came to church with us the first time on Sunday. Pray for his faith and witness as the old people's home is in one of the most communist areas of Tuscany so he is pretty much on his own.

Finally I have time to sit and write our latest update, so much has happened over the past few months....

9.37 conference - Was just a great time together with over 70 young people from across Italy. It was nice to clear out our house of all the different material we had accumalted to give at the conference. We were really blessed by different brothers who had supplied us with free material to give...posters, boookmarks, books, t-shirts. The weekend was packed with challenging talks on living a life of mission everyday wherever we are, open discussion groups, prayer times, a debate on "what is mission?", interviews with various missionaries in and out of Italy and just general times of getting to know other christians from across the country. From the conferemce we have heard from many of the guys who came who were challenged by the conference and then went out to start new outreach activities in their home towns. GBU - These past two months we've been trying to be more pro active in reaching out to students.

Debate on the role of the family in today's society - We had a good time together. Two new guys came along and were npt afraid to share their ideas, they were very open to what we had to say. We still have contact with them. Pray for Alexi and Francesco.

Film night "The Chronicles of Narnia" - We watched the film then discussed the biblical analogies rappresented in the film. Around 14 new guys came through friends invites and flyers. After the discussion we got the chance to speak to many of the new students. Please pray for Alina and Loredana who I talked with for some time and ending up taking a Bible home to discover for themselves.

Open discussion on "The existence Jesus" - we looked out how it is historically prooved that Jesus lived, died and rose again according to historical criteria for testing manuscripts and data. There were around 10 new people there. PLease pray for Mirco, Flavio, Florinda, Simone, Elena and Francesco who are all admittedly searching for God.

Open discussion on "The message of Jesus" - As well as having people returning 5 new students came. We had a really active discussion on what the message of Jesus means. There were many questions about the God-shaped hole we have and how to fill it, as well as on whether all religions lead to God. The message was really clear and we had some good chats afterwards. Two guys took a Bible. PLease pray for Giovanni, Federica and the others who came. Next week...."Piadina Party" we will eat piadinas (a bit like fajitas) and talk about the challenge of Jesus 2000 years after his life on the earth.


Continue to pray for all the preparation of the various studies Giovanni will be giving over the summer and my work amongst the girls and teenagers in the church.

Future events...

• trip to Moldova with 9.37 - 26 June-7 July


• Baptisms in church 8 July - Lavinia, Franca, Antonio, Jenni


• Teenagers camp 9-11 July


• Camp in the UK 28 July - 4 August


• Beach mission in Rimini, Italy 5-13 August


• September back to the UK for a year at BIble College