We made it

)and weàre typing on an Italian keyboard, which has keys in different places, so excyse the many typos=.

Our arrival was a little hairy, mostly because we sat on the tarmac at JFK for four hours before taking off. But evryone was a trooper — a patience that even surprised ourselves, definitely Godàs hand at work.

The bulk of our work so far has been helping Logos Church, a small evangelical church that has its Sunday services in the theater of a Communist community center, with its Vacation Bible school. As far as they know, itàs the first VBS ever in Florence. It's a significant ministry to the people in the neighborhood, many of whom havenàt encountered Christians before, and an encouragement to the people in the church itself. (Not to mention a ton of fun for the kids.) We've built a "ship" on stage for the Treasure Island-themed skits, planned and executed games, led the kids in crafts and danced silly dances. We've discovered that making a fool out of yourself translates into any language. =)

Weùll be back at the VBS every morning this week. We also started outreach at the campuses in Bologna and Florence today, we'll touch on that more next time.

For now, please pray:
- For rest ... between the jet lag and just the intensity of the jamìpacked days, a lot of us are hitting the wall.
- For hotel rooms. Our hotel had our reservations off by one day, so we donàt yet have a place to stay this Thursday night.
- Praise that we all made it here safely — including all our luggage! — and with good attitudes.

thanks for all your support. We definitely can feel that y'all have our back. Until next time,
Dan and Chrissie for the team