¡Hasta Luego, Inseguridad!

The summer session of the ladies' Bible study on the army base began last week. I'm in a group reading Beth Moore's So Long, Insecurity.. in Spanish (the title of this post)! Having this opportunity to practice with native speakers will hopefully prevent my Spanish from being entirely corrupted by Italian :) I've read the book in English and can highly recommend it. I'm hoping this study will not only benefit me personally but also equip me to help the girls at church (and around the country) be more secure with themselves.


The Thursday night Bible study reached a milestone this week: we finished I Corinthians! When I arrived in January, we were in chapter 6... six months later, we made it through chapter 16 and are now on to II Corinthians. Another exciting development at the Bible study is that the couple who leads it has been bringing fresh produce from their orchard to share with the rest of us. This week I got zucchini, tomatoes, and a leek!


My English students are one by one finishing Mark and beginning to read Acts! I had a particularly good discussion with one of them last week as he was asking me why there are so many different churches, and as we studied Acts 2, we had more conversation than usual; typically he answers each question briefly and keeps on going. I'm glad to have growing relationships with my students as they are also having a growing understanding of God's Word.


A girl from France is doing a five-month business internship in Vicenza, so it's nice to have another person my age at church! We get together occasionally during the week as well, and this week she came over for dinner.

A Moldavian couple from church, who celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary last month, on the first of this month gave birth to an adorable and tiny baby girl!

In other neighborhood news... the entire length of the street the church building is on is under construction. With first one side shut down, then another part, this has made my commute a little more exciting, as well as complicated traffic patterns and bus routes, as the street and bridge have become one-way. Around here, there's never a dull moment!