Phone calls from Italy

Well this week I got some great news from the centers I'll be working with in Italy. Monday morning I awoke to an e-mail from Casa Cares (the center in Tuscany) that said they would love to host me from mid August until the beginning of January! This fantastic news was promptly followed by a phone call by one of the directors from Agape (the center in the Alps) who told me that they would be able to offer me an extended stay at the center, so I will be staying in the Alps from early June through mid August. This much awaited news was followed by even more good news...I had received a scholarship to attend the theological conference at Agape in August and that because I was doing so much work with the Waldensian society they would be able to help pay for my travel costs! So now the work on booking flights and applying visas begins. Hopefully some time in the next two weeks I'll be making a drive to Detroit to visit the Italian consulate and interview for a long term visa. So please be sending all of your prayers and well wishes my way that I get approved!