He Will Come to Us Like the Rain -Hosea 6:3

This is my last post from Italy. I have many mixed feelings. On one hand, I am very excited to be back home to see my family, my girlfriend, and everyone else I have been separated from over the past 5 weeks, but I am going to miss Bologna. I have met people here that I will be friends with for a very long time. They are great guys and I love hanging out with them and just talking about life. This past weekend we had a debriefing of the trip and just a lot of free time to reflect over the past month. My life has been changed forever, to say the least. I have a whole new outlook on not only missions but sharing the gospel and, in a nutshell, loving others. My team I have been here with has been amazing. I would not have had a successful summer if I wasn't with this group of people. I have learned more than I could ever write in a blog. I am so excited to be back home so I can put into action what I have learned here. One of my favorite songs, For the Glory of it All, has a verse that says "Everything will change, things will never be the same." This is a true statement if there ever was one. I truly thank each and every one of you for your prayers, money, encouragements, and overall support for me and this mission. You have no idea of the vast effects that your support has caused and will cause. God is doing amazing things here, and he will continue to do amazing things here, because God was here long before I came and plans to stay long after. I ask you, in my last night in this place, pray for this barren ground. Pray that seeds have been planted that will grow into a harvest that hasn't been seen here in decades. I also ask for you to keep missions in a special place in your heart, for it is a life changing event. Your support has given me the opportunity to become so much more of a man of God than I was, and I could never thank you enough. If I have learned anything from this trip and my journey to get here, it is that God is so Great, and with God, ANYTHING is possible. I repeat, ANYTHING is possible. This blog is only the beginning of what I want to tell people, so please, when I am back home and you see me at church or on the street, pull me aside and talk to me about my trip. E-mail me and I would be more than happy to respond. Call me, and we'll meet up. I could never talk enough about this trip.

I leave you with a key verse for me on this trip and that has given purpose to my trip.

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8

I love you all, and I love God, but only because he first loved me. I have a funny feeling that I will be back here someday, but who knows...God works in mysterious ways. Until next time,

God is Great, God Bless! Ciao!

Luke Wagnon
lwagno1@tigers.lsu.edu
(318) 218-3452