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We are settling into life in Italy. It's a slow process that requires a lot of bureaucratic hurdles, but it's gone smoothly so far. We have made a couple of trips to Rome to visit the Ostia church and Patrick led the biennial 3W men's retreat which was held in Krakow, Poland. Patrick also visited and preached in Budapest, Hungary.
We were beyond thrilled to have our first post-Covid 3WLN ReEmerge conference to reconnect face to face with our young church leaders from throughout Europe and the Middle East. As always, it was the highlight of our year. At the Arco Chiesa di Dio, Patrick started a sermon series on presenting the gospel to post-religious Europeans.
We were also able to start language study. As always, you learn so much about a culture and a country by learning their language. We're ready to take the big step of ordering a pizza for delivery in Italian.
Finally, a new church council is in formation at the Church of God in Arco, under the leadership of Pastor Marcos and Katherine. We are assisting with updating by-laws, systems and protocols, and training on how to create a team. We are very excited about this core group of leaders. They are wonderful talented people who truly love the church and are very open to learning how to do new forms of evangelism.
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