We made it to Rome on Wednesday, looked at an apartment on Thursday, prayed about it overnight, then put a deposit down on Friday. They let us paint it in exchange for most of the rent in March and April. It’s an old building and it needs some elbow grease, but it has a lot of potential with great big windows and 12 ft ceilings. It’s only about 4 blocks from the church and just half a block from the bus line.

We’ve been really busy ever since we arrived, but that has helped us with our jet lag (no time to fall asleep). We started a free Italian class at the library on Friday, went to church on Wednesday and Sunday and painted all day Saturday and today. In my wildest imaginings, I never thought I’d ever be fixing up an old apartment in Rome! I love walking with Christ!