Today my wife and I will fly to Italy, heading for a week of outreach featuring American professors on Italian campuses. We will spend the first few days in Turin, in the north of the country, then finish the week in Rome. In both places we’ll accompany a professor who will speak to students on learning styles, successful study strategies, and how her faith influences her life as an academic.
The same week another professor will be speaking in Bologna with our group, and a third professor follows the next week. It should be a fun month engaging students with the gospel, and serving local Italian ministries in their efforts to connect with more students and professors.
The apostle Paul, that most prolific missionary, encouraged believers in Rome to spread the word:
How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Now we have the privilege of returning to Rome to put Paul’s words into practice. Will you join Dawn and I by praying for these outreaches? Please pray for uneventful travel and good health for our team. Pray that many students find the gospel compelling—truly good news—and choose to follow the way of Jesus.
Romans 10 in reading the Bible in 2023
Photo by Massimiliano Morosinotto
Praying!