Dear gospel partners,

Greetings from Napoli! Thank you for your faithfulness in praying for us over the years and partnering with us in the Lord’s work in Italy. There are lots of reasons to give thanks since we last wrote:

Please give thanks…

• For an opportunity to get back to the UK over the summer to see family, friends and churches. Jane spent the majority of her time looking after her parents who as we write are doing well – thank you for your prayers. The children attended various Christian camps for the first time in a while and had a great time spiritually. Fia received her A-Level results and managed to get in to Edinburgh to study History and Italian – we are very grateful to the Lord for opening that door for her. Mark spent some time in the UK and three weeks in Italy where he was able to catch up with folk from church and preach both at Neapolis and in two other local churches.

• For the fourth annual Workshop Predicazione (preaching conference) held in central Rome at the end of August. It is a great privilege for Mark to be involved in organising this wonderful gathering of 40 preachers from across Italy. Seeing young and more experienced preachers encourage each other in expository preaching other the three days of this conference was definitely a highlight of this year so far for Mark. Thank you for praying! Please pray for 60 next year!
• Jane speaking on 1 Peter 2 For the Impatto (Acts 29 Italy) conference at the beginning of September. For the chance it gave us to get to know the Impatto family (17 churches in Italy) and for the opportunity it gave Jane to speak to the women on 1 Peter 2:4-5.
• For an exciting start to the year as a church, wonderfully we seem to be seeing various folk who have attended for a period over the last six years return to Neapolis. A who was with us as a non-Christian for six months at the beginning and then left Naples for work has returned; A who was also involved from the beginning, left to get married but has since found a job in Naples and is due to return with her husband; and a few others.
• For Rock Solid (see photo at the top of the page), the fortnightly evangelistic youth group which continues to be well attended, and provides us with a great opportunity to sow gospel seeds into the lives of this children. Also give thanks for the relationships we have with the parents, many of whom we’ve known now for seven years. Give thanks for the trust that has been built up; please pray that we’d remain intentional as we seek to point them to the Lord Jesus.
• For a very happy annual members’ meeting where, as we looked back over the last year, we clearly recognised the Lord’s hand in protecting and providing for us as a church. For unity in deciding to increase our giving to match our desire to seek a building of our own.

Please pray for…