
He is my best friend, my lover, my supporter, my encourager, my prayer warrior, my husband! After almost 31 years of marriage, 3 kids and countless difficulties and much joy, I can truly say that I love my husband with all my heart! Is he perfect, no. Am I perfect, no. I have learned through trial and error how to respect him even when I don’t feel like it, how to serve him unselfishly, how to see him through the eyes of Jesus, and how to encourage him. Many years were spent NOT doing these things, many years were full of selfishness and heartache. But God!
I give all the credit to God. He changed my heart, He saved me from eternal death, He helped me to look at my life, He gave me the strength to try to be more like Him, He encouraged me through His Word, He made all the difference in my life and I can say with honesty, Billy’s life as well. We aren’t good people, we aren’t perfect, we aren’t always sensitive to each others needs, we are really nothing. Without Jesus. Nothing.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

What do I love about Billy? I love how he helps me when I need help, how he say Ciao Ciao when he come in from work, how he forgives me when I am crabby and don’t feel like living in Italia anymore, how he takes time to pray with me and for me, for how he loves our kids and their spouses, how he smiles at me and teases me, his playfulness, his love for the Lord, his committment to serve others even when he is tired, his blue eyes, his color blindness, his dancing abilities, and singing abilities! I love how he worships in church, how he loves tools and the hardware store, how freely he gives to others, both financially and of his time, his interest in young people, how he handles himself at work, his love for the Word of God, how he helps me pull off my stockings at the end of the day…… I love him so much and appreciate him.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a
I have so much to thank God for! I wanted you to know how much I love Billy…….and I wanted him to know as well!
Love from Italia, Jen
After market day in Varese, stopping in to see the puppies in the local pet shop and caffe to keep us going, we arrived in Stresa! Our intent was to do a little shopping at our favorite wine/balsamic vinegar shop, have lunch and check out some of the stores. The wine shop was unexpectedly closed- with a little handwritten sign on the door that said they had left for their mother’s house. Possibly a family emergency. So that was off the list. Will have to check back in December before we head home for Christmas! We ate lunch at a great little restaurant called Mamma mia’s- You might think it interesting that Italians say “Mamma Mia!” often- it is a phrase that you hear all the time, and now I am saying it too! 






