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Verona, Italy
Population: 265,410
Religion: The city of Verona is 98% Roman Catholic and the remaining 2% divided between Orthodox Christian, Muslim and Hindu followers. However, these numbers continue to change as Islam gains popularity.
Facts about Italy:
  • Italy is slightly larger than Arizona.
  • Almost 20% of Italy’s population is over 65 years old.
  • The average Italian family has 1.27 children.
  • Italy’s unemployment rate is around 8.6%, but it is as high as 20% in the more impoverished south.
  • The Roman Catholic Church is based in Italy.
A note of thanks from April as a result of our Giving Trees project this past September:

I got a box. The first one I've gotten from any of my supporters, much less a supporting church. Hangers. Towels. Really simple. No gold, frankincense or myrrh. Just cardboard wrapped around every-day living things. And oh! How I've enjoyed it. I unpacked it and then repacked it. Then pulled out one thing at a time putting it where it should go. The closet, the drawer, the cabinet. And as I mixed the cookie dough you sent, I thought, "This is my favorite thing from the box." But then when I used the soft brown towel I thought, "This is my favorite thing from the box." And then when I read through a magazine from cover to cover I thought, "This is my favorite thing from the box." Eventually I decided I needed to get the empty box out of my entryway and when I took it outside, I found a little envelope. With a drawing from Emma Faber. A four-year-old. Who prays for me. And defiantly - above all else, This IS my favorite thing from the box. Oh, to know the love of a child that came in a simple box. Makes me think of another Child.

Thank you, Crossroads, for the gift box... and the gifts of your love and mostly for the gifts of your prayers.

Blessings...
April
PS. Hug that Emma Faber for me and kiss her cheeks.
For more information about the workers we support in each region, please see the Prayer Cards located on the Registration Wall in the Atrium, the “Crossroads Missions” brochure, or contact one of our Global Outreach team members. We do not publish information on the website about the Missionaries we support in order to protect their ministries and their security.