We Don’t Do This in Italy!

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The doctor was staring with a puzzled look on his face. Just a few weeks ago, David and his sister, Debbie, were sitting in front of the admission doctor for a facility that does home care for terminal patients and eventually provides hospice, in the last moments of life. After examining all the medical reports for their mother, Maria Teresa, who has served alongside her husband as missionary for over sixty years, he asked what their mom knew of her condition. As they answered that she knew very well that she was terminally ill, he was confused. In Italy, this kind of information is hidden from dying patients, to protect them from falling into depression and giving up.

God gave us the wonderful opportunity to go to Italy again, at the end of February. This was a totally unexpected trip. We were thoroughly immersed in our secular job and ministry at Grace Immanuel Bible Church, and in fact, we were planning the missionary conference in our church and looking forward to participating as future missionaries.

The trip was as unexpected as the phone call we had received a few days before. Mom was in the emergency room and she needed a blood transfusion. This was followed by a week in the hospital and multiple tests. At the end, she was diagnosed with Acute Terminal Leukemia. Although the doctor could not be certain, the prognosis was of only a few months with no available cure. Mom has never been sick. And she is only 88 years old!

[pullquote1 quotes=”true” align=”right” variation=”oliive”]So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
—Psalm 90:12[/pullquote1]

God provided the plane tickets in a wonderful way, through dear friends. As we arrived in Italy, it was such a blessing to be around Mom and Dad, who are going through this trial with the awareness of God’s amazing grace and peace. The days were filled with times to talk and times of tears, trips to various doctors and meetings with nurses, not to mention planning matters for the future.

On Sunday we had the privilege, as a family, to honor Mom and Dad. One of the amazing blessings was that all four children were able to be there at the same time for a few days. We spent about eight hours that day, rejoicing in the work of God and glorifying Him for the work He has done through Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge, as they ministered together for so many years. We sang, we prayed, we shared from the Scriptures, we laughed and we cried. It was an amazing day, spent being humbled by the grace of God to our family.

What do you do when you know your days are coming to end on earth?  We were blessed to watch Mom’s zeal for the Gospel. As David sat with her in the hospital, as she was receiving her blood transfusion, she was only preoccupied with being sure that she had tracts to give to the nurses. As doctors and nurses came to the house, they all left with surprise. I don’t think they had ever had a similar experience with any other of their terminal patients. The patient knew she was terminal, had peace about that, and was witnessing to them! Mom has been scrambling to finish her projects. Booklets to write, blogs to finish, plus, she wrote a tract to send to the thousands of people who know her all over Italy. She has started a book, as a testimony to God, on how to spend one’s life joyfully serving Him.

The ministry does not plan to end. Dad, although it’s hard to think of ministry without Mom, is planning to continue to serve. David and Bill and Maria Teresa sat down in a meeting to plan the future of the literature and publishing ministry. David will more and more take responsibility, as the plan is continue to reach the 58,000,000 Italians who so desperately need to have the same glorious hope that is accompanying us through these times.

You continue to be vitally important for our ministry. Loredana and David are trusting God to provide the funds for them to continue the ministry that was started by Bill and Maria Teresa. David will work closely with Bill, as he continues to have a vital teaching and writing ministry throughout Italy. Pray for patience and faithful trust in God as we wait upon Him.

May God bless you, as you pray for us. The verse that God has placed on our hearts is Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom”. Life is short! What we do needs to be motivated by eternal values. We need to be wise in the way we plan our days, and the use of our finances and time.

David and Loredana

February News from Bill and Maria Teresa

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Maria Teresa’s Promotion Day May be Coming Soon

In our January email prayer letter we wrote a paragraph on Maria Teresa’s need to go into the hospital for care on her blood-count, and asked for your prayers. Thanks for so many of you who have written that you were praying and asking for more information.

THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAS BEEN FILLED WITH doctor’s visits, blood tests, transfusions and bone marrow tests as her diagnosis and prognosis were formulated and reviewed. Finally, our daughter Debbie, who had come down from Switzerland to help us, and our son Dan, who had come from Milan, Italy, and I were gathered in the doctor’s office in the hospital to hear his conclusion.

HE TOLD US THAT MARIA TERESA HAD A SERIOUS FORM of leukemia, and that life expectation was from two to four months. You can imagine our surprise, consternation and tears at this totally unexpected news. He said that the great danger at this point would be some form of infection passed on to her by family, friends, or crowds. When we returned home, our practice of total truth was put to the test, and we all cried some more, as we prayed together for the Lord’s will to be done. Since that time, we have called the elders of the church to pray with us for healing, if that is God’s will, and received many, many letters from those who are praying.

DO WE EXPECT MIRACULOUS HEALING? YES, WHEN SHE gets to heaven, or sooner, if it is the Lord’s will. But we are living day by day in gratefulness to the Lord for his gift to both of us of long life (she is 88 and I was 86 last week), and of 57 years of united ministry. Our ministry of teaching, writing and publishing has been one of totally shared gifts and blessings, as every sermon outline, article or book I have written has been checked for its Italian by Maria Teresa and every article, book or teaching note she has written has been checked by me for clarity. It is an unusual story of more than half a century of shared burdens and blessings, and of the great joy we have shared in seeing God work. We have seen a growing church firmly planted in Rome, our own sons serving the Lord in Italy, young people and couples going out to serve the Lord from our church in Rome, books, tracts, Bible correspondence courses flowing from our Mission Center, and so much more.

LAST SUNDAY WE HAD A FORETASTE OF HEAVEN as we spent almost the entire day praising God with hymns, Scripture passages and memories of His blessings in our family, together with our four children and their spouses (two of the couples and one grandson who is in seminary, came from the states), and with 4 grandchildren living in Italy (7 other grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren are in the US and were not able to come). Truly it was an unforgettable and unrepeatable day of the Lord’s presence.

YOUR PRAYERS FOR US ARE SO PRECIOUS AS WE FACE these next weeks and months and the Lord leads us through this valley of the shadow of death. Pray for Maria Teresa (so far she has no pain and really has a hard time believing she is not as well as ever) and for me as we try to finish up some of our writing. Pray for me, as I plan to continue my ministry to Italy and to Italians as long as He allows, and however He guides. I will keep you informed as the Lord leads.

TODAY MARIA TERESA IS WRITING A TRACT that will allow her to witness to her peace and joy in facing the passage (on which I preached in December, not imagining how meaningful it would soon be for us) in which Paul sums up his certainty: “absent from the body…present with the Lord”. She is perhaps the best-known woman Christian author in Italy and her books have blessed thousands of women, as well as her articles in the Christian paper we published for fifty years. We hope that we can have the tract published and distributed in the next few weeks.

DEAR FRIENDS, SO MANY OF YOU HAVE STOOD WITH US faithfully for so many years. God has blessed us through you, and, we trust that He has blessed you through us. God alone has kept us going and kept us busy into old age and it was inevitable that He would soon call us home to rest from our labors. We do not believe that He has commissioned doctors to tell us when our work is done, and so we trust Him and continue working as we await His call. It appears that He may still have some work for me to do alone and I will appreciate your prayers about this. When people have remarked on the many years the Lord has permitted us to serve Him, I have often replied, “Yes, He has taught us so much. And, since He has not called us yet, I am convinced that He still thinks there are other things we need to learn.” I certainly have not yet learned all that He can teach me.

In loving, grateful thanks to you and to our Lord,

Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge — Rome, Italy

God Is Opening New Doors!

[dropcap4 variation=”coprper”]W[/dropcap4]e have been so blessed, as we have watched God work in our lives. We are grateful for the ministry that Grace Immanuel Bible Church is having in our lives. The faithful preaching of the Word and the incredible body life are both a challenge and an encouragement for us.

Cornelius Ministries continues to have an impact in Italy through the ministry of Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge and the literature ministry inItaly. We are thankful for thousands of people that are impacted by the books, Bible correspondence courses, tracts, and blogs that daily touch so many lives.

God is giving us many opportunities to serve and have an impact for missions. Loredana is discipling many ladies in the church and poring her love for Christ and for ministry into others. David has the privilege of teaching two Bible studies and speaking into different men’s lives.

[pullquote1 quotes=”true” variation=”mossgreen”]The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
—Matthew 9:37-38[/pullquote1]
One of the many amazing privileges has been to meet regularly with a couple from our church who have been challenged by the Lord to consider Italy as their place of full time service. Matt and Johanna have been a source of great encouragement for us. Matt is pastor of student ministries at our church. We have watched their love for Italy grow, as we have met to talk about ministry and have helped them learn Italian.

The elders of our church have asked us to accompany this couple and one of the elders on a survey trip to Italy. God willing we will be leaving October 2nd and return the 16th. Our goal is to expose them to different ministries, but especially to have them see the work of Cornelius Ministries in Italy. This will also give time for David to spend time in Rome and help in the decisions that have to be made for the progress of the literature ministry.

In the last couple of weeks, a new couple from our church has shown interest forItaly. Brian and his wife, Julie, are in the beginning stages of considering Italy as their future ministry. Brian Marchi is in his last year of seminary. We are excited to see how the Lord will guide.

David has been working full time in a company owned by a member of our church and has grown under the challenges of juggling full time work, his responsibilities with Cornelius Ministries, helping with the development of The Expositors Seminary and being faithful in teaching the Bible studies.

God used a message by Todd Murray, one of our pastors, to challenge David to meditate daily through the Psalms. This time of study has developed into David preparing daily devotionals that are being emailed to many. Loredana has begun to translate them in Italian and they are now being emailed to many in Italy, as well.

As you can see, God is faithful to open unexpected doors of ministry. We never thought that God would use our time here in Jupiter to touch lives and encourage others to consider Italy as a mission field. We have a responsibility to serve, not to tell God where and how we want to do it!

We thank those that are praying faithfully for us and supporting our ministry financially. We continue to ask God to clarify for us what He wants us to do and then to give us the strength to do it. We look forward to our trip to Italy, where we will be able to see the ministries we love so much, along with spending some time with our friends with whom we served when we were with Aurora Mission.

 

June News from Bill and Maria Teresa

Dear Friends,

[dropcap4]W[/dropcap4]e’ve had some requests for news and current prayer requests, and are happy to have people who want to pray specifically. So, here we go…

We spent this week, Monday-Friday staying at our son Steve’s home, here in Rome with Simmy and Eliza, while their parents were in Naples getting a special entrance visa to theUSfor their mother, who is still a German citizen. Every thing went fine.

You’ve probably seen the news about the earthquakes in Italy.  There are numerous evangelical churches in that area, but we have not heard of any Christians being killed or injured.  Some have had to leave their houses, and some are out of work, since their factories were damaged.  Our church has offered to send personnel or supplies, according to requests from local churches.

As for prayer requests, we continue to need the Lord’s help to keep our energy and strength up, in order to keep rolling on.  Last week I went back to a dermatologist, a young lady with a masculine hair cut and blazing red hair, whom I had seen a couple of weeks before for a skin irritation.  When I went that first time, as I walked into her office, she took one look at my face, where I have had several moles, and asked if I came for that, but I told her “No”.  Then, after I left, I wondered if she had wanted to tell me that I should have them looked at.  So, on my recent appointment, after she saw that my skin irritation had passed, I wanted to ask her if she thought I should do something about the moles.  She didn’t wait for me to finish the question, jumped to her feet, grabbed a cylinder of gas and started freezing the moles.  I had had one removed several years ago in the U.S. and it cost me $150.  This time, she burnt 14 in very few minutes, at no cost, since I had come for another reason.  This is nationalized medicine in Italy.  Often hard to get and slow.

At our first visit, when we explained who we are and what we do, she told us that she was Jewish.  So on this visit, Maria Teresa gave her a list of prophecies from the Old Testament, with their New Testament fulfillments, and told her that we love the Jewish people.  Her eyes were moist, as she planted a kiss on Maria Teresa’s cheek.  A seed was sown, pray that someone else may water it and bring salvation to this energetic, efficient doctor.

Tomorrow our church will have a picnic, if it doesn’t rain, and they will have a worship service on the picnic grounds, while we are having one at the church for those who cannot go for one reason or another.  After the service, we will go to the picnic, which is in the pine forest near the sea, at Ostia.

Next Sunday, the 17th, I am speaking in L’Aquila, the city in the mountains where they had a bad earthquake two years ago.  The building in which they had held services was completely destroyed, and now they are meeting in a community center.  Then the following Sunday, the 24th, I will be speaking on the return of Christ, in our church.  We will show a film Saturday night and Sunday afternoon on this subject, with invitations distributed throughout the neighborhood of the church, and I will follow up the film with an evangelistic message, trusting that we will have some unsaved present.

Then, the 25th, Maria Teresa and I will go to the seashore for a week of rest and relaxation.  That is our vacation plans for this year.  I usually take some serious Christian books to read and spend the morning doing that, since I seldom get the time while we are inRome.  Then, in the afternoon, we get some rest and have a long walk along the seaside before supper.  We always come back refreshed.

After that, our summer will be filled up with preaching and teaching, writing and correcting manuscripts.  This is the ministry we love and which the Lord is continually blessing.

It is a tremendous challenge and blessing to hear from so many who have read our books or articles, or who heard us speak in conferences and camps and have been helped spiritually, some to understand salvation by grace through faith, some to understand God’s standards and will for their family and work.  Many, who know us, but whom we have often forgotten since the time years ago when they attended a conference in which we were speakers, phone to us asking for spiritual help, concerning family problems, or spiritual problems, or doctrinal Bible questions.

Thanks for praying for us,

Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge —Rome, Italy

 

Commit Your Work to the Lord…


 

Commit your work to the LORD…  and your plans will be established. —Proverbs 16:3

[dropcap4 variation=”coprper”]W[/dropcap4]hen we set out to serve God, we often have ideas or limitations that have already shaped our plans and desires. And then when the outcome and our plans do not match, we are tempted to question if we are really serving God!

We have struggled through thoughts like this over the past year, though we are most thankful to God for His wonderful, loving care for us, and are very grateful for our Pastor Jerry Wragg and for the leadership of our mission. We realize that our lives are a journey of service, and although we have desires and plans, our foremost desire is to follow God’s directions. We had originally thought about going toItaly full time, but we are content in knowing that for the time being we should stay and minister from theUS.  As we have found peace in this new plan, God has been kind to clarify, through our leadership and circumstances, what our next steps should be.

David is now working full time in a secular job, as well as working part-time for The Expositors Seminary and continuing his responsibilities with Cornelius Ministries. As you can imagine this has been quite a transition, since he is also still teaching Bible studies in two different groups ofGraceImmanuelBibleChurch. Loredana is also being faithful is her responsibilities, discipling various women of the church, volunteering at the church and working one day a week.

[pullquote1 quotes=”true” variation=”mossgreen”]For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
—Ephesians 2:10[/pullquote1]

Italy is still on our hearts and we continue to strive for the proclamation of the Gospel there. We have had the opportunity to speak in a few churches in the last few weeks and are excited to know that more of God’s people are aware of the need there and are praying for us and forItaly!

We are involved in the literature ministry in Rome, as David gives direction and help to the ministry that Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge continue to do faithfully there.

We are also excited for the possibility of mentoring three couples who are preparing for ministry inItaly. We will share with them from our own journey,that they also need to be faithful to serve where they are, as they wait upon God for clarity for their futures.

We should never forget that serving God is our duty and that we need to be faithful in whatever situation God places us. We are not disappointed in our new season of life and we certainly covet your prayers, as we diligently minister where we are right now.

Another of our goals is to continue to provide books and literature that will be useful both for the local churches in Italy and their leaders. David is working on a booklet he wrote on the 23rd Psalm that is now out of print, but has been a useful, both as an evangelistic tool and  an encouragement for the believers. We would like to translate and publish other books, as God makes the funds available.

We are sincerely and deeply grateful to God for the privilege we have of being His children and His servants. We encourage you also to be faithful wherever God has placed you, knowing that is where God wants you to minister faithfully.

David and Loredana

 

What a Wonderful Savior

   …Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a
servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a
cross. Philippians 2:5-8

As Christ came on earth His journey was a daily giving up His rights and embracing humiliation

It was humiliating …
… becoming a man, no one could make him do but He chose to do it!
… living among men that had no respect for His father and for Him.
… being treated like a sinner when he knew no sin.
… being around the disciples that continually had to be corrected.
… being kind to those that would betray Him.
… knowing that the ones that were exalting would also be the ones ask for His  crucifixion
… taking the journey to the cross knowing that He would carry the sins of those He loved and experience the separation and wrath of the Father.

A life of humiliation by choice while having the power to stop it all.

Jesus chose to die on the cross and to bear the full weight of it. John 10:17 “For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Philip P. Bliss penned the wonderful hymn

“Man of Sorrows,” what a name For the Son of God who came
Ruined sinners to reclaim!  Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Bearing shame and scoffing rude, In my place condemned He stood;
Sealed my pardon with His blood;   Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Guilty, vile, and helpless, we, Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full redemption—can it be? Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Lifted up was He to die, “It is finished!” was His cry;
Now in heaven exalted high; Hallelujah! What a Savior!

When He comes, our glorious King, To His kingdom us to bring,
Then anew this song we’ll sing Hallelujah! What a Savior!

Why did Jesus do it? What a Savior!

Hebrews 12:2 “…looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

We know Jesus rose the third day victorious! What a Savior!

1 Corinthians 15:14 “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.”
Philippians 2:9-11 “Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Today we stand on the other side of the cross living our lives because of Christ’s finished work on the cross are we willing to give up our rights and embrace humiliation for the progress of the Gospel?

Our lives should be lived with three goals in mind:

  • The progress of the Gospel in us – Sanctification
  • The progress of the Gospel in our brothers and sisters – Discipleship
  • The progress of the Gospel in the world – Evangelization

Scorning the work of Christ on the cross is the way of life for many today:

Those that call Jesus just a prophet
Those that call Jesus just a god
Those that add works to salvation
Those that call themselves Christians and don’t submit to Christ
Those that look at Christ as just a man
The list is without end!

Jesus came on earth fully aware of the humiliation He would encounter – fully aware of the scorn that would continue for thousands of years – fully aware of the cost – He did it by choice knowing that it was the ONLY way to provide salvation for those that believe in Him.

What a Savior!

We rejoice in our Savior, but let’s not forget that when we sin we choose to forget the cost for our salvation – when we do not love our local church we forget the cost of the bride of Christ – when we do not witness we forget that we are ambassadors for Christ begging the world to be reconciled with God.

We live our lives grateful that is God that has begun a good work in us and will bring it to completion! He chose us when we had not interest in choosing him!

What a Savior!

 

Never Disappointed with God

 

 

[dropcap4 variation=”coprper”]O[/dropcap4]ur attitudes, responses, words and actions reflect our attitude towards God Himself. At the time, we may feel we are responding to people or circumstances, but in reality we are always responding to the hand of God in our life. We are so grateful for the work God is doing in our lives and for the way He is using us in ministry. We need to remember that all ministry is God’s ministry and depend on Him for both the opportunities and the results.

We are also grateful for our board members Ron Pierre, Don Mitchell and our pastor Jerry Wragg, as they shepherd us. All are recognized leaders in their respective churches and are serving faithfully. Their hearts for ministry in Christ was evident during our last meeting, in February. Cornelius Ministries also acknowledges the leadership of the elders of Grace Immanuel Bible Church. Our mission depends on the leadership of the local church and is committed to only taking part in ministries that are local church orientated, as well.

Meanwhile, we are embracing the publishing ministry in Italy that we have been involved in for many years. David will continue to manage the ministry that Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge started almost 60 years ago: The Associazione Verità Evangelica, which has published and distributed many books. Some have been written in Italian by Bill and Maria Teresa, and many have been translated by them from English to Italian. And as a result, the works of authors such as John MacArthur, Jerry Bridges, Steve Lawson, Jay Adams, Larry McCall and others have been of great help to the local churches all over Italy. There is great and ongoing need for such translation of sound pastoral books because of the lack of these very useful resources in Italian.

Our desire to come alongside the local churches in Italy continues, and we are excited to begin our plans and prepare materials to help the elders of these small churches learn how to study the Bible and how to draw out its implications for their flocks.

God opened an opportunity for us to go to Haiti for five days in February. What a privilege to see the Gospel-centered work that Baptist Haiti Mission is doing, and to be able to encourage the missionaries that are laboring there. Watching the work of God in a country so different from Italy was both an encouragement and a motivation to be faithful in the ministry to which God has called us!

Would you like to know how to pray for missionaries? God gave David the privilege of preaching the closing message at Grace Immanuel Bible Church’s Annual Missionary Conference in early March. We invite you to listen to it online, as you pray for us. The message is titled “Support for the Missionaries Begins with Prayer”. You can listen to it HERE.

We do, indeed, need your prayers as we depend on God for wisdom in ministry and for our needed additional monthly financial support. We trust God to continue to direct us and to direct you, our faithful prayer partners.

Serving Christ, the Lord,

David and Loredana

 

God is at Work!

In his letter to the Philippians, the apostle Paul continues to rejoice for the progress of the Gospel. He begins by reminding the leaders that any kind of spiritual progress is accomplished by the work of God. He is the one who begins it and he is the one who brings it to completion. As we look back over this year, we, too, have seen the progress of the Gospel and we invite you to rejoice with us.

First of all, we have seen the wonderful work of the Gospel in us. When we moved to Jupiter, Florida, we did not know what a blessing it would be for us to become part of Grace Immanuel Bible Church. In these ten months we have been blessed by the teaching of the word of God, coupled with the example of the leadership that permeates the whole church body. We realize today how much we needed God to work in our lives and how we needed to grow in our walk with the Lord. Years of ministry and work can make you dull to the need for spiritual renewal and continuous reevaluation of your personal walk with God. As the months went by, our gratitude to the Lord for our new life in our church has grown.

We have seen the Lord work through us in the lives of other believers, by God’s grace. We are amazed at the ways God has used our lives to encourage others. Loredana has had wonderful opportunities to walk alongside other women of the church and share the work that the Lord has done in her life. God is encouraging Loredana in her growth as she sees God using it in the lives of other women. Loredana was able to translate good Christian material that God was using during our hard times and send it to women in Italy who have been blessed by it. For David, it was a blessing to just enjoy the work of God in his life for the first few months. Now the Lord is using him in the lives of some men: God has given David opportunities to teach on how to witness to Roman Catholics. Right now he is teaching a 12 hour course in the Institute of Grace, that GIBC has for those who want to grow. Together, we have been able to have a discipleship study with four couples, meeting every two weeks in our home. In January we will also begin a new home Bible study for the Sunday School we attend.

We continue to see the great need for the Gospel to reach out to the unbelievers. During our trip to Italy, the great need for the Gospel there was as evident as ever. This needs to be remediated, not only by reaching out to the unsaved, many of whom are under the stronghold of the Roman Catholic Church, but also to the evangelical churches, to train the men in the faithful preaching of the Word of God. We continue to be involved in the literature ministry that David’s parents started 55 years ago. As we traveled to a little town in Sicily we were greeted by a local ceramic artist and his family. They live in Santo Stefano di Camastra, a town where there are no evangelical churches or other believers. Biagio told us that his family depends on the material that the Associazione Verità Evangelica publishes for their spiritual growth. There are still today over 33,000 towns and villages where there is no Gospel witness in Italy!

 

We know that it is God who causes the Gospel to progress.

Will you continue to pray for us?

That God will work in our own lives first of all?

We also desire to be used in the lives of other believers, that their faith will grow and their desire to love the Lord.

That God will continue to use the seminars on witnessing to Roman Catholics to move believers to witness faithfully to the many earnest people who are entangled in that false religion.

That God will provide the needed funds so that we may dev developing Cornelius Ministries.

Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support!

We are rejoicing, as we anticipate the progress of the Gospel in us, in the believers and in Italy.

David and Loredana