Kirbys in Catania

If you all are looking for a long overdo update, you’ll find a short one at the end of this blog post.  For those of you who need a refresher because it’s been so long… I’m Rachel, a Christian missionary in Catania Sicily. Alan, my husband, and I have been here for three years, and we are staying on for another two years. We have a 16 month old son and another on the way.  Our main work is evangelism with the local church.  Our main outreach/mode of doing evangelism is teaching English for free using the Bible as our text.  We also do a few other things here with the local church.  But those will be included in the update at the end of the post.  Why, you might ask, are you a missionary? And in Italy? Aren’t there other countries? Haven’t the Italians already heard the Good News?  Well, my answer to you would be in the form of a question. What makes my husband and I missionaries? Is it the fact that we live in a foreign country fro...

This has been an incredibly busy spring/summer. I apologize for just getting this out. My goal for this school year is to get these out more often so they aren't so lengthy. First, the most important news.... We have 7 new brothers and sisters in Christ since the last blog post I wrote. In February, a couple Sebastiano and Rosita committed their lives to Christ after several months of studying. In May Monica and her mother, Rosetta, became Christians as well. Monica is Davide's (our student who became a Christian last summer) wife. In June, another young woman, Agostina, became a Christian after several months of studying. She's friends of one the young couples at church. Then, in July, Lydia became a Christian. And just last week, Erika, who is also one of my English students, became a Christian. So in a years time there have been a total of 8 new Christians. Please, if you already pray for our work here, add these names to your prayer list...that their faith will grow...