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Finding Comfort by Sharing Christ Meet Emanuele and Ilaria · Pastor John Piper's answers

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  Speaker 3: Hi.
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  Speaker 1: My name is Immanuel and I'm here with my wife Hilaria,
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  Speaker 1: and this is our story.
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  Speaker 2: Italy is an amazing country. We live in Bologna, not
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  Speaker 2: too far from Venice and Florence, and it's very rich
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  Speaker 2: in culture. But it's also a very dark country for
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  Speaker 2: the Gospel. We say it's a land of contrasts and contradictions.
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  Speaker 2: Many Americans don't realize how dark Italy is. Over ninety
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  Speaker 2: nine percent of Italians have never heard the Gospel. We
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  Speaker 2: were exposed to good teaching, lots of Jon Pipers videos
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  Speaker 2: and sermons, and then we were able to apply all
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  Speaker 2: that we learned practically.
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  Speaker 1: We attended a conference, a very big conference, mission conference
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  Speaker 1: in Italy, and John Piper came to speak in this
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  Speaker 1: mission conference and it probably was the biggest.
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  Speaker 3: Mission conference ever in Italy.
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  Speaker 1: We met John personally and we told them that our
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  Speaker 1: will was to serve Italy and serve Italians, serve the
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  Speaker 1: country as missionaries full time and desiring God. Ministry had
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  Speaker 1: a big heart to have their material translated into Italian.
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  Speaker 1: That were praying for that, and we are sure that
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  Speaker 1: this meeting was not coincidence. We prayed together and then
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  Speaker 1: they offered us.
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  Speaker 3: The opportunity to translate the solid joys.
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  Speaker 1: They've been a blessing for us, like working together and
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  Speaker 1: receiving their support. This year has been a very tough,
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  Speaker 1: very difficult year for me as my brother, little brother died. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's been it's been very hard for the first months.
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  Speaker 1: But for sure the solid joys that we had to translate,
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  Speaker 1: they helped me a lot to just.
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  Speaker 3: Find the truth of in the Gospel. You know, Like
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  Speaker 3: thanks to this work, I could really take the time
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  Speaker 3: to translate and.
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  Speaker 1: All of those words that we could translate that were
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  Speaker 1: coming into my heart and they were touching me and
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  Speaker 1: helping me to you just find how the Lord is
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  Speaker 1: being gracious into my life and and just to find
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  Speaker 1: a you know, his promises and I could connect my
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  Speaker 1: suffering to his gossword was giving giving to me the
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  Speaker 1: kind of power and strength and needed and.
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  Speaker 3: The daily you know, because like was a commit commitment to.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord that we we did to translate these materials
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  Speaker 1: to bless Italians.
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  Speaker 3: They were actually blessing me, you know, during this hard time.
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  Speaker 1: And it's yeah, it's unbelievable, it's it's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: We're so thankful for everyone who is investing in the
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  Speaker 2: ministry of desiring God because only that it is having
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  Speaker 2: an impact on our on our lives at a personal level,
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  Speaker 2: but we can see our country changing are the power
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  Speaker 2: of the Gospel. Your sacrifice is really worthwhile because it
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  Speaker 2: can really shape and mold a country like Italy that
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  Speaker 2: needs to to receive the good news of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, glorificai quandom