The summer months have been filled receiving friends

from various places: Belarus, Brazil, Germany, USA and

Sweden and a team from Holland. We had an opportunity
to serve and learn together concerning the needs in Rome
included various outreaches and also visiting church
members. We are now in the heat of August and looking
forward to other guests and a week long camp the 20
th
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Marty & Gloria in Rome
We spent one Sunday at a beach
town called Santa Marinella to
worship publically and baptize four
of five new members.

An Italian lady ask Marty: what
were you doing?

Answer: Evangelical Baptism

Lady: It was beautiful! (Bello,
Auguri) Congratulations.


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Each of our guests contributed in one way or another to our
lives and ministry. For example: Colt was a big help to our
members with their computer problems and needs. His mom
Barbara helped us with the English classes. Pastor Dari &
Regina preached and shared the word and about their trip to
Israel. Walter & Gabi shared from the word and their mission
experiences in Paraguay. Dan & Oskar with their music gave
us joy, even having a Saxophone player in our Sunday service.
Together with our guests we went to help serving tea to the
Refugees on Sunday evening. We met some Italian, English
and even Swedish speaking refugees to our surprise. One
refugee used to translate for the USA army and now he is here
in Europe with dreams to help his family. Please pray for the
refugees and opportunities to share the gospel with them.

Our Italian language classes ended and we
took the test. No results until the Fall but
Gloria continues to develop well and
Marty just attended a preaching workshop
in Italian and will enter a one month
advanced Italian course this September.







Sandra has had a most difficult life. Having
children in Peru she came to Italy 7 years ago
and the Lord found her here. She has a 6 year
old son who is autistic and needed to get out of
an abusive relationship. She lives in a squatter
village in an abandoned warehouse. We
enjoyed a meal with her.
Barbara helping
with English
Colt helping
with computer needs
Sunday meal
& tea
distribution
for the
Refugees and
Friendship


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Athletes in Action Team
from Holland
At the end of July into August we welcomed a
sports team, some of whom we met a few
months ago. The timing of their visit fell during
the heat of the summer, when many leave the
city of Rome to cooler places. But we still had
opportunity to meet people and use sport as a
way of outreach even though the parks were
empty during the day. A notable event was
meeting some youth hanging out under bridge,
where games and skits where presented and
meaningful conversations developed about faith.
We followed up with a barbeque night and hope
to continue to keep contact with them. We also
visited other parks as the team made many
meaningful contacts.
Monthly Birthday Celebrations at the Church
Reaching out to young people in the parks


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Our friends from Sweden brought a much
needed lift in music as we have watched our
worship team lose four people in the last half
year moving out of Italy. We enjoyed Dan &
Oskars musical talent. Oskar played the
Saxophone beautifully, so we had a
wonderful music concert at Breccia di Roma
church where Dan used their organ for the
first time.

Along with learning about the refugee crisis over
the last half year, we have also attended two
seminars on human trafficking in a general sense,
yet also one focused on Nigeria sponsored by the
Ministry of the Interior of the Italian government.
These events help us to develop our network and
further our Italian language and social service
connections.
Prayer & Praise

! Always pray for our health, it has been good!
! Protection when we are in public transportation: bus,
train, walking etc.
! Wisdom to pastor the congregation
! Be a witness to the landlord & neighbors
! Italian language learning
! Praise for teams and help in ministry
! Renewing our residence permit
! Continued funding for our work
! Thankful for our church offerings that pays our meeting
places rent

Marty & Gl oria Banzhaf
The church organized a baby shower for
Adriana a single mom, who recently
returned to her country she covets our
prayers for the baby is due in September.
For Support: Checks can be sent to
Orangewood or:


Global Commission Partners
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