June News

June started with a bang. Sandra Dunn, a South African woman whom I first met in the Caserta hospital when I went to go pray for her, transitioned from this life into the arms of Jesus. Her sweet husband, Domenico, and her daughter, Callan, were left behind to grieve their loss and celebrate her life. My heart grieves and celebrates with them all.

Sandra being wheeled back into the hospital. She died from cystic fibrosis after a month long battle to breathe following an infection. I knew her but a few moments in her life but her life and the fight of faith I joined will have an impact on my soul forever.

This is the Celebration of Life at our shared home church called Celebration Italia.

Planting at the Farm

The day following the Celebration of Life, we got up early and joined the D’Andrea family to plant 400 plants in rows in one of their fields. It was hot and we took a riposo (or rest) for the hottest part of the afternoon for a pasta lunch and nap and then finished out the planting before dark.

I was the plant hander offer… my kids spent the day bent over and squatting. Phew. It is hard work to be a farmer!

Nate & Maggie on a roll

Here is my job!

VBS @ Carney Park

We got one day of rest and then I flew to Oklahoma in the US to join my mother and sister in her fight for life while my children and John headed to Carney Park to assist the staff of Celebration Italia in hosting the first ever VBS all in English for the American military.

Maggie was Mrs. Bee and she gave out hard work awards. Nate, cool Mr. VIP, featured random children as VIP kids each day from the group of 60 kids. My family stayed in a cabin within Carney Park for the duration of the entire week.

Carney Park- a military recreational base near the Bay of Naples