Bimonthly Report
(Jan-Feb 2025)

Dear Saints,

Grace to you. Praise the Lord for a new year in His move and His economy! In the Body and through the Body, the Lord has been blessing His work in the Veneto Region and the nearby cities. The saints in Vicenza are going on in the Lord continuing the church life in meeting in the homes, in breaking bread, in prayer and in pursuing the ministry. Weekly, we are meeting for the Lord’s table meeting with an average attendance of 22 saints, including zoom. We are also weekly meeting for the prayer meeting and the reading of the Life-study of Galatians with an average attendance of 13 saints, including zoom. We recently started the children’s meeting which is joined by both the children of the saints and gospel friends. We also are continuing the weekly young adults and working ones’ meeting, the small group meetings, the brothers’ and sisters’ meeting, and home meetings for the gospel contacts and the dormant saints.

As for the campus work in Padova, we have three student saints who are studying at the University of Padova. We continue to distribute of gospel tracts and the Bible near campus buildings from time to time. We have around 9 positive contacts who are classmates and friends of our student saints who are mostly Italians that we meet with. We also have a few who received the Lord, among whom some were gained from the gospel distribution.

The saints also have the burden for the nearby cities, such as Rovereto, Mantova, Rimini, Bologna and Trieste. We meet with them through zoom meetings virtually and by physically visiting them at least once a month. This is for shepherding, blending and encouraging the saints, and for caring for the new ones in these cities. Through special requests, the saints also have previously visited particular cities, such as Genova, Cuneo-Alba, and other cities. These visitations are with the view of raising up the Lord's testimony in these places.

As of recent, the yearly FTTA gospel trip took place from the end of January to the first week of February. The Lord has flowed richly and has outpoured his great blessing in the entire duration of the trip. The full report can be found in the following links in English (en), Italian (it) and Chinese (ch).

Lastly, for the first time, the Church in Vicenza conducted the Video Training of the previous 2024 Winter Semi-annual Training in the city of Vicenza. The general title of the training is on “Experiencing, Enjoying and Expressing Christ (2)” which was attended by 17 saints. The saints have been enlivened in their being and renewed in their vision with the up-to-date speaking of the Lord Spirit to the churches.

Praise the Lord for His sovereign mercy and His unsearchably rich grace that the saints have received His all-inclusive supply and His great blessing. May the Lord carry out the desire of His heart in an unhindered way in Vicenza and in all Italy!

Your co-laborers in Christ,

The Church in Vicenza

Prayer Burdens:

1. For the strengthening of the Lord’s testimony in Vicenza and the increase of the church, by the spread of the gospel through the distribution of the gospel tracts and Bibles, and caring of the warm doors, contacts, and new ones

2. For the recovery of the dormant saints, the caring of the children and the young people and for the perfecting of the saints unto the building up of His Body in function and mutuality

3. For an adequate meeting place in Vicenza where the saints can hold the meetings

4. For the gaining of precious vessels in the University of Padova through the gospel and Bible distribution and the campus meetings, and for an adequate meeting place to contain the students and the meetings

5. For the strengthening and increase of the saints in the nearby cities in view of raising up the Lord's testimony in these cities