Busy, busy, fun!

We had the privilege to worship with our italian friends on Sunday. Welford gave the sermon as Gabriella, the pastor of the church, translated. We then joined our friends on the back porch of the church to fellowship and eat lots of food. We will definitely not come back hungry! Their hospitality and love ceases to amaze us. We were immediately thrown into their arms with hugs and kisses. Even though we lack our Italian communication skills we have quickly learned that love is a universal language and that there is nothing that can separate us from loving God's people.
Since Sunday was the Fourth of July, our Italian friends helped us celebrate by cooking hamburgers and hot-dogs, potato salad, potato chips, and decorated the porch with American flag tablecloths. They certainly made us feel right at home and continue to offer so much love and graciousness.
Today (Monday) we toured basically all of Rome in a matter of 7 hours! Our feet are hurting tonight! That's for sure! But what an amazing, breathtaking, spiritual experience. Each night we have a group debriefing and devotion that Phillip Riley leads and every night he asks us, "
Where did you see God today?" The answers of course are very diverse, but all so encompassing of our time here and the blessings that God has allowed us to experience. Some one mentioned tonight how God continued to provide water when we were most in need. It just so happened that we toured Rome during probably one of the hottest days so far and how we were constantly needing to stay hydrated. Interesting fact is that in Rome, the fountains are all drinkable water and are spaced out all over the city, but we would always stumble across one just when we started looking for it.
Sorry for the mini, delayed update, but thanks for reading our blogs and praying for us! It's 2:48 am in Italy.... Buona notte (good night).