Saturday's Outreach!! :)

One more thing: Be ENCOURAGED, all who read, because last Saturday (October 11) my teammates in Rome, as well as Campus Crusade staff from other cities in Italy, joined together with young people who are believers in Jesus Christ to do an outreach in Rome.

This whole day was SO amazing. Not that we had any super-long conversations with people around the city, or that I got the privilege to see anyone put their trust in Christ... But just seeing young people who are strong, passionate, believers and followers of Jesus Christ was absolutely amazing. Sometimes I hear about/think about ministry in Italy as really hard, as sometimes, it seems like not many students care about the Lord or actually want to give their lives to Him to let Jesus truly change them... but honestly I think that's just bogus stuff in my brain. True, ministry here is hard, and it has its difficulties that are different from ministry in Asia, or America, or etc.... But God IS here in Italy, working to bring HIS GLORY to this country.

I got to see a glimpse of what it's like when young Italians let the Lord change them on Saturday. It was beautiful. :)

Here is a picture from the bus ride from the portion of the city where we were doing outreach, to the Trastevere Baptist Church, where we had lunch.


From the left to right is my friend Isabelle, me, then Jacqueline. Isabelle is from France, but is studying in Italy. Jacqueline is from Germany, but is also studying in Italy. Both girls are pursuing college degrees at Universities in southern Italy, but they came north to Rome for the outreach.

Meeting Isabelle and Jacqueline reminded me that I need to be constantly praying for ALL of Europe (and the world), to know Jesus and make Him known. Italy, even though sometimes it feels like its own little world, is definitely part of the grander picture of all of Western Europe.... a place where all of the countries are different, but also very similar at the same time. I pray my heart is in a position where I cry out for people not only in Italy, but in all of Western Europe, to come to know Jesus personally.

Praise God for His hand on Italy-- and ALL the nations!