The Schvaneveldt Family in Trieste

I am trying to make this even easier...

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:16:21 GMT

I have a week of vacation from my job at the school so I thought that I would try to fix my website to make it easier for me to put on pictures and blogs and videos of our wonderful son. we are doing well here in Trieste but we find ourselves often very busy. If there is a subject of prayer that we would like to ask you all to pray for it would be that we manage our time well.

I have finished, after two years, our study from the gospel of John and I have begun a study on prayer looking at each part of the Lord's prayer. I was blessed looking into how important it is that we realize that we have an intimate and personal Father who also is powerful and sovereign and reigns in heaven. I often find myself forgetting to who I am actually praying. Thursday nights we are continuing looking through James' letter. we looked at how important wisdom is and how different it is from the wisdom of the world.

Barbara has about 3 months left in her studies to get her teaching certificate. She already got a Masters degree before we married but has been attending afternoon classes that last year and a half to get a teaching certificate. She is hoping to get into the public school system as this opens up a lot of doors to meet new people as well as possibly free me up some financially to spend more time in the ministry.

Simone continues to grow and make us laugh. He is quite the communicator and has a great sense of humor. He is a little hyper, but must have gotten this from his mother :) He is spending 4 days at the grandparents.

My seminary classes are going slowly but they are going. I am in the middle of my second theology class studying Cristology. It is fascinating and obviously very important. Thanks for all your support and prayers.

Matt, Barbara, and Simone

Photo Album: June 10

Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:29:17 GMT

June 10

great falls 001.jpg

Photo Album: 14 febbraio

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:02:49 GMT

14 febbraio

Sunset in Trieste

Pied piper

Throwing Rocks

Us with Elio and Nicoletta

Talking with locals

Elio and Nicoletta

Fam at church

Ryan and Caleb

Custom List: Prayer Requests

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:36:45 GMT

Prayer Requests

Pray for Barbara and I to be organized with our time
Pray for the English school that we are starting February 20th
Pray for our study on prayer that we might become better at praying both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Pray for visitors that are busy studying the Bible that they might learn His truths
Pray for us as parents with our 2 year old Simone

Book List: Book that I am reading---

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:18:43 GMT

Book that I am reading---

Gordon H. Clark: Faith and Saving Faith

Custom List: Seminary News

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:12:20 GMT

Seminary News

Theology II
I am looking at Christology and studying the Atonement of Christ. I am reading "Faith and Saving Faith" by Gordon H. Clark

Custom List: Church Info

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:09:52 GMT

Church Info

Sunday Mornings
We are studying prayer looking at the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6.
Thursday Nights
We are in the middle of James' letter. We will be starting chapter 4 this week.