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| Volley Square |
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| Hillside's event: the Cowboy Quarterback Challenge |
For anyone who does not know, The Americans coming to serve with the Italians at festival are tasked with preparing Booths/Gazebos. In these booths are attractions that will draw Italians into the festival and provide them something fun, for free. There is a booth where teenager girls can do their nails, where children can get their face painted (or adults). There is an American cooking booth, were they show Italians how to bake chocolate chip cookies or rice crispy treats, and then pass the out to the Italians. There is a Volley Square game, an American football toss game, corn hole, rodeo, line dancing, learn english, check your blood pressure, take a funny picture booth, take a prop picture booth, selfie booth with more props, inflatables to play on, we even have a main stage where there is live music that people can listen to, or watch skit of mimes - no shortage of things to do. Around 8PM we close the doors of the gazebos, and all go to the main stage where there is a show, followed by a presentation about Jesus. Doug asks if anyone wants to know more or if anyone wants Jesus to live in their hearts, and people have been coming forward!
Update on Stella -
We received the Stamp!! It is an enormous answer to prayer, so thanks to all of you who prayed for this. She booked the earliest flight possible while maintaining a reasonable price. It was for this morning! She got to the Check in counter, and wouldn't you know it; her name was not on the flight.
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| Jon Morris on the balcony of our Italian Family who's food we are incredibly excited to eat.. |
After so many obstacles, we are now expecting things to go wrong. She stood at the counter trying to figure this out all the way up until she missed her flight. She had a long layover in Toronto, Canada on her original Itinerary, so the Airline staff were doing what they could to get her re-booked onto a flight to Toronto to catch up with the second leg of the trip. There was one that departed a half hour from then for an additional $500, so they rushed her to the gate, but she missed it by 1 minute. Back to the Counter - By this time she was hysterical. She was shaking and crying from all the anxiety. She was sure that God did not want her to come. The next option was for a flight to Toronto for $700. This flight would arrive 1 hour before the next leg. They told her, "Once you arrive in Toronto, you need to get your check in bag from baggage claim, then re-check it to your final destination on the Toronto-Istanbul flight". That means go out of security and back in.. at an international airport.. in one hour?... not going to happen. She and I talked and decided to go for it, and pray that it worked out. When they tried to book, it flashed an error message on the screen and would not allow the transaction. I spoke to her on the phone again and I couldn't tell what she was saying since she was crying. We prayed with the Italian family we were having lunch with at the time. Stella called me back later with the news; they could not book the flight because United was trying to book the flight on Air Canada. The Untied lady at the counter walked over to the Air Canada counter and told her what was going on. The Air Canada lady then said, "Oh well lets just re-book her whole flight". They moved Stella to a Portland - Vancouver - Frankfurt - Naples flight which left late enough to on board, and arrives 6 hours earlier than the flight through Istanbul.
She got on the Plane, Landed in Canada, Left Canada and is in the air right now on her way to Frankfurt Germany! Please pray for her trip! Stella is on her way!!
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| Paul Spurlock from Twin Lakes Church in Santa Cruz, CA give a great message at the Melito church about seeing the big picture of God's plan. |
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