We are obviously back. I am hoping to have more stories and personal accounts on here in the next days or weeks, but we leave for NOLA next weekend, so it might be a bit.
Italy was, simply put, AMAZING! Our team was so great - Karly, Troy, Sara, Drew, Stevie, Tommy, Ryan, Shelby, Katelyn, Ron, Josie, even Zane. English Camp seemed to go over really well. We had about 20 students after they had to cancel it for lack of interest last year. The first day we had just 3 students, and it was discouraging. But our team was really skilled in making relationships around town, and it paid off!
We met so many wonderful people. The church in Montefiascone is a place of great faith from great people. Every one of them holds a place in our heart, for sure. We got to spend time with them in a number of ways, from sharing meals to staying with them in their homes, and more.
Our friends from the piazza and the lake are just plain awesome people. We won't forget any of them, ever. We enjoyed getting to know them over the course of the two weeks we spent there, and we hope against all hope to be back in Montefiascone again soon!
God blessed the trip with safety (aside from Shelby's finger) and I saw Him doing things in our lives as we spent all of our emotional and physical energy making friends. And eating pizza. And, yeas, the gelato is wonderful I like Ananas and Coco the best (pineapple and coconut to you English speakers). Actually, I wish I was having some right now ...
NOLA 08 was everything we prayed it would be , and so much more. I hope that the stories of this trip - what God did with us and among us - will live on forever.
