GBU Cosenza

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Today the GBU meeting began. We were pleased to see three new people. The new arrivals were evangelised a few days ago at the university and came along to the meeting in response to inviations. All together there were ten of us. It was great to see one another again after months and to share our testimonies.

God answers prayers – we were in need of somewhere to hold our meeting and the university accepted our request.

We are bringing each of these academic activities in prayer, feeling certain that our help comes from the Lord and that if we do not give up, we will reap a harvest in His time.

GBU Verona

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I never would have imagined that I would still be here a year on, sitting at the computer, thinking of how to tell the readers all the wonderful things God is doing and has done in the GBU group in Verona. And yet, our Lord is faithful in the small things as well as the big things, and he allows me the privilege of telling you what He has done among us.

Our group started out this year keen as never before, wanting the group to be known in the university, so that all students have the chance of joining in or asking questions about what life would mean without God. This is our desire to make the group known and spread the Word.

Do not think that the group has multiplied in size from 2 (that is how we started out last year as Emma and I) to 20 people – we are still a small group, but we have a lot of potential!

As a first meeting we went pinning up flyers around the university. However, some of them were torn down or ruined by having unpleasant things written on them, and this is why we are even more fired up, because if it annoys people when we talk about God, it means there is a great need for God. And these actions certainly cannot discourage us.

Praise:

  • For the people involved in this activity.
  • Because this year we will have a room available for us up until December. Pray God gives us wisdom to make the best use of this opportunity.

Prayer:

  • For the group, that what has begun will not be something fleeting but will be a seed sown for the long run.
  • That all believing students will get involved, but particularly that each Wednesday meeting we do will be so blessed that we will be encouraged to do the meeting the following week.

GBU Ancona

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This year the GBU started up in Ancona too! Read Lorenzo’s testimony.

Praise:

  • That this GBU group has been set up. Pray that the group’s levels of enthusiasm will always be really high and not dwindle.

Prayer:

  • For the planning meeting over dinner with all group members on 4 November, that it will be productive and encouraging.

GBU Roma Tre

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We began this new academic year in Roma Tre with some great blessings. God had brought a new staff member on board to work full time, who is helping us greatly in the organisational side of things and in keeping our involvement with the GBU constant. Moreover, new people and some new freshers have arrived in our group. Finally, various university specialisms have been brought together in the same centre and this has allowed the GBU group to be even more tight-knit and united in our university. However, this move also disorientated us a bit and so we are asking for prayer that we would find a better meeting place, which is hard to find within the new university. This year will also be the last year for us as co-ordinators (Alessandro and Debora) and so lastly we are asking for prayer that God would provide new co-ordinators who firmly believe in the GBU vision and would put in enthusiasm and dedication.

GBU Potenza

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The group at Potenza is growing. It was set up with the aim of welcoming young people who are passionate for God or interested in Him, irrespective of their religious denomination. This facilitates open discussion and has an effect on the various denominations, as well as trying to break down the barriers which too often cause divisions within Christianity.

Praise:

  • We thank God for being able to be an assurance for all students and a reference point for those going through hard times.
  • We give thanks for being able to make use of a place in the university which acts as a place of support and a meeting place.

Prayer:

  • We are asking for prayer support for creativity and innovation in our ongoing and future projects.
  • Prayer support for awareness and interest on behalf of the students.
  • That the group will grow.

GBU Urbino

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Praise:

  • For the training of GBU co-ordinators in Rome which I (Alice) and Rachele found very useful.
  • For the new entries, Claudia and Chiara.
  • For the new task God has entrusted us with.

Prayer

  • Let us pray for the non-believing young people who attended the GBU regularly last year and can do so this year too. Let us pray that other new young people will join and the group will become more and more numerous.
  • Let us pray that the group is united despite some differences of thought and that everyone will participate.
  • Let us pray for planning an event at the end of November, let us pray we will manage to think of something good and worth-while, which we can all work together on harmoniously.
  • Pray for the situation caused by the earthquake. Last week we postponed a meeting because the venue is in the centre where buildings have collapsed.

GBU Napoli

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At the beginning of the month, we had a missions week packed with various events, and we thank God for the way in which he worked throughout the week. Thanks be to God that we have some of the students that attended events that week coming along to recent bible studies.

It was a challenging week and we want to thank God for how many students in the group, from different faculties, were really involved. For some of us, doing surveys outside our own university buildings was a daunting task, but God gave us the courage we needed. Please pray that we can continue to work hard in the name of the gospel in the weeks to come, and pray for the ‘contacts’ made, no longer just contacts but now our friends, who come to read God’s word with us.