News From The FRANZINI FAMILY

DEAR FRIENDS IN THE LORD,

WE GREET YOU IN THE LORD. THANK YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE PRAYER AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT.
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR WE THANK GOD FOR:

1) THE DIFFERENT FRIENDS WE HAVE MADE WITH OUR NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

2) DESPITE COVID, CHURCH MEETINGS HAVE CONTINUED, THANKS TO THE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY OF OUR CHURCH HALL.

3) WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIRCO HAD TO PREACH THE WORD THROUGH ZOOM AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO BE PRESENT PHYSICALLY IN SOME CHURCHES.

4) THE STUDIES THAT PAOLA AND I HAVE BEEN DOING FOR WEEKS WITH A WOMAN CALLED GRAZIA, A DISTANT COUSIN WHO IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS OF FAITH.

5) MATTEO, A YOUNG MAN FROM THE CITY OF ROVIGO, WHO CONTACTED MIRCO AFTER READING HIS TESTIMONY IN A NEWSPAPER FROM THE VENETO REGION. THROUGH MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS MATTEO SHARES PROBLEMS AND MIRCO IS ABLE TO SHARE THE WORD OF GOD.

6) MIRCO IS FOLLOWING UP A YOUNG MAN FROM THE CHURCH, ACCOMPANYING HIM TO BAPTISM.

7) THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN CALENDARS AND BOOKS TO MANY FRIENDS, AUTHORITIES AND NEW CONTACTS.

WE PRAY FOR:

1) OUR NEW NEIGHBORS (DINA, LUCIANA, GABRIELLA, GALLIANO ETC) MAY THEY GO BEYOND FRIENDSHIP AND PARTICIPATE REGULARLY IN BIBLE STUDIES WE HOLD IN OUR HOME. IN A FEW WORDS: THAT THEY MAY BE SAVED!

2) WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT MIRCO’S EX-COMPANY (HE LEFT LAST YEAR AND RETIRED).WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT HIS BOSS AND HIS FAMILY IN THEIR HOME AND PRAY FOR THEM. PLUS MIRCO WAS ABLE TO GIVE OUT CALENDERS TO THEM AND OTHER OFFICE WORKERS.

3)MIRCO WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE HOME WE LIVED IN FOR FIVE YEARS IN SERMIDE AND GO DOOR TO DOOR TO GIVE OUT CHRISTIAN CALENDERS AND BOOKS TO OUR EX-NEIGHBOURS WHO ACCEPTED THEM WILLINGLY.

4) THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH – OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS MIRCO WAS UNJUSTLY ATTACKED BY TWO CHURCH MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES – THE MAIN ACCUSATION WAS THAT THEY DIDN’T ACCEPT HIS AUTHORITY OR PASTORAL POSITION – THEY HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH.

5) CHANGES:ON MIRCO’S 65TH BIRTHDAY [NEXT YEAR] MIRCO WOULD LIKE TO BE LESS INVOLVED WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRY TO DEDICATE MORE TIME FOR EVANGELIZATION AND HELP SMALL GROUPS TO GROW. PRAY THAT THIS THING IS GUIDED BY GOD AND WILL NOT CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH.

6) MIRANDOLA: THERE WE HAVE A SMALL GROUP, THAT HAS BECOME WELL COMPACT – WHICH WE PRAY THAT OUR FATHER WILL GROW DEEPER AND IN NUMBERS.

7) SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES COMING FROM OTHER CHURCHES SEEKING COUNSELING. FOR A LONG TIME, IN THE PRECOVID PERIOD AND AFTER, WE HAVE BEEN VISITED AND CONTACTED BY SOME FAMILIES WHO NEED SUPPORT AND LISTENING, WHO ARE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH THEIR CHURCHES. THESE DEAR FRIENDS NEED TO OPEN UP WITH “FRIENDS” IN THOSE CHURCHES. (WE DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF A TYPE OF EXHORTATION SERVICE THAT WE ARE TO MINISTER. PLEASE PRAY FOR US TO HAVE A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING IN RELATIONSHIP TO THESE SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES.)

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING US UNTIL NOW AND LOOKING OUT OF YOUR BUSY WORLD, ACTIVITIES, AND CONCERNS TO DEDICATE THESE FEW MINUTES TO US– HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A YEAR OF BLESSINGS IN THE LORD!

A HUG IN JESUS,
MIRCO AND PAOLA