Fall Conference

We spent last weekend at our Fall Conference right outside of Rome in a city called Polmezia. This is my favorite conference of the year because all of the meetings are in english and italian and Italians can come too. Agape Italia kicked off their internship program the week prior and my team leader Amanda was there for the whole thing. To start, there were supposed to be about 10 interns, the 10 turned into 7, and at the last minute it ended up being only 3. At first everyone was disappointed, but then they realized maybe this was God's plan to have it be very intimate and small, and next year these 3 can be teaching the new interns.

One of the staff who has been here for 7 years said it was the most encouraging week of the seven years she's spent here. These interns were also able to stay for the conference and it was definitely great to have them with us!

Another absolutely incredible thing is that Marko from Salerno was able to join us. Marko became a Christian about 4 years ago but has been going though some very challenging life circumstances the past few years. In the last few weeks, a big change happened, and while it was a very hard thing for him, it caused him to really surrender to the Lord on a whole new level. He ended up coming to the conference with us and having many deep conversations about faith and life with older staff people in Italian! And most of the talks were acknowledging the problems we face in this world and the battle that we are in. He said that it was an absolutely life changing experience for him. Praise God!

It was such a refreshing time to see friends from last year and hear what's going on in life and ministry in other cities in Italy.