the swing of things

since my last post...

we had angela's parents over for a cookout while they were here visiting and i took them to see our artisan friend that we met a few months ago.

ryan went with some men to a formula 1 race in monza, italy.

formula 1 race

i made a slideshow for our "back to school" party. we had a great time getting to see our students again, catch up on everyone's summer, and meet the new students we will have. 

we began contacting all of our students (new & old) to plan our lesson days and times. i will have 12 students this semester and ryan will have 10.

we had our friends jonathan and simin over to our house for taco night.

student party

ryan and i got a scooter.

we went to see our friends samuele and jonathan play beatles music one night.

we started back the thursday night italian bible study at our church.

we had a church meeting.

we had a tuscan churches women's meeting in pistoia where we shared stories of the people who have had the greatest impact on our christian walk.

fall came to florence.

we started classes this week.

we went to visit and took a cake to a 91 year old lady on her birthday.

we did the grape harvest with the harding students.

we started our weaving class today.

learning to weave

making bracelets

picnic with the smiths

we had a picnic with the smiths who are moving back to america next week.

all in all, things are pretty much getting back to "normal" compared to the sporadic summer schedule.

this weekend we are walking a 5k "corri la vita" and having the HUF students over for dinner, games, devo, and telling them about what we do here.

time flies here and i'm doing my best to keep up.

god never ceases to amaze me everyday.

we are so blessed by your prayers and support.

fino alla prossima volta (until next time).