Last weekend we joined a local church to go out on the streets in the evening to talk to people about Jesus. There were two types of groups one with a contest to see who knows that it says in Italian on the five frank coin which lead into conversation about God. The other was a questionair about faith and where people are today. I went with a younger male from the church to do the questionair with people. The first group of people we saw was a group of about 15 teenagers. We went up to them and they completely surrounded us, so curious about why we had walked up to them. This was an amazing time to answer questions, connect with these young people and see where they were at in their lives. Some of the boys talked for a long time asking questions about how life should be and some of the girls talked with me for a while as best as we could communicating in two different languages. These teenagers came from many different backgrounds and home environments. The ones that stayed and talked the longest where a few boys who came from Muslim backgrounds. After a long time we moved on to talk to a few more people. The evening concluded with a sharing time and a time of prayer. It was so encouraging to see people talk about God and think about the meaning of life.
Over all my time here the past few weeks has been really good! I have had many good experiences, tried many new things and I am really starting to settle in here. My prayer requests are that I will be able to find balance and routine with work, friends and time with God. As well as that I would be able to connect with people in the community on a deeper level.
May you be blessed in your week ahead. Love Melanie
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