Dearest Friends, In The Air! By the time you read these words , I will be somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean! I am headed to Italy via Frankfurt, Germany. After that partRead More…

Dearest Friends, Christmas Shows in Italy I received the most wonderful message from my puppet directors in Italy. Gerson and Fabiana sent me the kindest thank you for all of the equipmentRead More…

Dearest Friends, Julia’s Story Some of you will remember that over a week ago, I asked you to pray for a little girl named Julia. She had come to a puppet showRead More…

Dearest Friends, You Are Going To Love This! A communist, who was in charge of the park where we did a show this afternoon, threatened us with trouble. He indicated that peopleRead More…

Dearest Friends, Urgent Prayer Request Late this afternoon, we are in a park in a city in Tuscany. We need your prayer support! Though the Communist gentleman in charge of the parkRead More…

Dearest Friends, Italian Lessons No, I am not learning Italian, but I am learning even more about the kindness of our Father! The other night, I felt the Lord telling me toRead More…

Dearest Friends, So Many Blessings Pictured above is our team in Verona. On Sunday, I had the joy of delivering a lot of new equipment to them which they will use inRead More…

Dearest Friends, The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18 No Hope, No Light Yesterday we drove 4 hours to the west of Italy. WeRead More…

Dearest Friends, So Many Books Today has been an especially wonderful day. First, the communist mayor that I asked you to pray for yesterday has given his permission for a show atRead More…

Dearest Friends, Albania Yes, I am in Italy, but the team pictured above is from Sarandon, Albania. They are the Mark family! Our Italian team traveled there last August and began aRead More…

Dearest Friends, Italy I want to thank all of you who have been sending funds to help provide good, Christian books to children in Italy. As you know, northern Italy was hitRead More…

Dearest Friends, A Wonderful Story I am so thrilled to tell you about something I did today. I went to a school and taught an English class! Ok, I will admit thatRead More…

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. I Thessalonians 5:11 Dearest Friends, In Every Language In every language, no matter where you liveRead More…

Dearest Friends, Buon Natalie! In Italian, this is how you say Merry Christmas! The picture above is of the wonderful shepherds that our lead directors, Fabiano and Gerson Simioni, made to useRead More…

You don’t want to miss this. Dearest Friends, Please pray for me. Today, I am leaving for Italy. I am thrilled to tell you that we already have 2 teams there andRead More…

Dearest Friends, Happy! Happy! Don’t we look happy? The red glasses are Gerson’s normal glasses. The rest of us found matching ones at the fabric store. We were shopping so that weRead More…

Dearest Friends, Gruppo di Pupazzo I am thrilled to report that we have a new “ gruppo di pupazzo“or, if you are an English speaker, a new puppet team. I truly believeRead More…

Dearest Friends, Poiché Dio ha tanto amato il mondo, che ha dato il suo unigenito Figlio, affinché chiunque crede in lui non perisca, ma abbia vita eterna. Giovanni3:16 This is John 3:16Read More…

Dearest Friends, Beautiful! Above you see a beautiful picture of a lovely little Italian town overlooking a spectacular river. Last night, we ate a pizza while looking at this beautiful view! However,Read More…

Dearest Friends, Our Italian Adventure ! Admittedly, our Italian adventure got off to a bit of a rocky start. We forgot a key piece of equipment, but remembered it in time toRead More…