Saturday, March 25, 2017

Spring in Italy



Hello Everyone,

We are experiencing an unusually warm and dry springtime here in Budrio. You aren't hearing any complaints from the Mcghin household. Luca enjoys his daily walks to the park. He loves interacting with the other children and sliding on the slide. We are thankful that we live in a place that has fresh air and green grass for Luca to explore. He's trying to walk and has started pointing and grunting for things that he wants. It is so fun to see how his mind is developing. We are thankful for each day that we have with him, each one is a gift. He will be a year old next month and we can't wait to celebrate the little man.

March has been busy for us. We had the privilege of celebrating the Baptism of one of our brothers Marco. He has been a believer for about a year and it has been an encouragement to our entire church to see his passion for God and his eagerness to grow in his faith. Please continue to pray for his influence with his family, friends, and work colleagues. It is hard to be a light surrounded by so much darkness. The picture above is of Marco praying right before his Baptism.

Last week we had to opportunity to host a team from a high school in Arkansas. This is there fourth year coming to Italy to do a baseball clinic at our middle and high schools. The kids teach our Italian kids the basics of baseball, they play, and then one of the teenagers from Arkansas shares their testimony. They always come well prepared and passionate for sharing God's love.  This year they were also able to help us in a spring festival that we participated in as a church. We had a stall in the festival that offered traditional foods from the people that make up our church as well as the book, "A Meal with Jesus". It was great to see our church body come together and share their faith with people from our community. The pictures above are from the Baseball clinics put on by the Arkansas team and the pictures below are from the Spring festival.

Thank you for your continual prayers and love. We are always so grateful for them.
Love,
Justin, Carli, & Luca