Justin and Abbey Valiquette » Pictures

Tea and Crumpets

Justin Valiquette — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:45:44 +0000

It’s been an eventful fall as we continue to reengage with Salerno (and more importantly, the people of Salerno), and develop the vision for Salerno City Church. Our family had an unexpected surprise thrown into our year. Our Italian financial consultants advised us to take a one time trip out of country to save thousands on taxes for 2011. We did a bit of research, found some super cheap tickets, and were offered a free vacation home in northern England for 10 days. We booked everything on Tuesady, and left on Firday! It will be our first real family vacation, and could not have come at a better time. The town we will be staying (Keswick, in the lake district) is quite, beautiful, and a short drive from many great places to visit. We are so thankful that God has blessed us with this trip. He knows just what we need! Will you pray that we have a safe, restful time together? Below are just a few pics of the surrounding area.

Beach wedding, now back to work!

Justin Valiquette — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:30 +0000

We just returned from a long drive to OBX, North Carolina. Abbey’s sister Hanna was married to Corey who we gladly welcomed to the family. Despite the 15 hour drive with a car full of kiddos, we had a wonderful time. Abbey’s family rented a house near the beach for the week, so we were all able to have a great time together celebrating their new marriage and our newest baby. Here a few pics from the week.

Its a Girl!!

Justin Valiquette — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:42:52 +0000

Well, our latest addition to the family came a few weeks ahead of schedule. We are very happy to announce a healthy baby girl. Isabella Grace was born June 25th at 2am. She was a whopping 6lb 7oz and 19″ long. Both mom and baby are doing great, and the kids love her!

Click images to zoom. If viewing from email, I’d recommend going here for a slideshow.

To view more pictures of the first few days, visit our extended web gallery here.

We made the news!

Justin Valiquette — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:02:06 +0000

Summer project is having a fantastic time so far. They have met hundreds of students, and have become friends with dozens (over 50 actually) who desire to hear more about the gospel. One great opportunity they offer is a weekly American BBQ at the hotel. This is the hotel that Marko and his family run. Marko’s father contacted the local newspaper to tell them about the parties that occur weekly. Mainly to highlight the bridging of two cultures and the spiritual nature of the summer project. The heading reads:

Agape (the name of our ministry here) is the American Dream
Thirty four Americans are meeting Salerno Students
HAPPPY TO SPREAD THE WORD OF GOD

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Summer Project 2010

Justin Valiquette — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:34:39 +0000

Sorry its been a few weeks since our last post. We have been gearing up for the largest summer project to date. We just welcomed 35 students and staff from America who will be spending the summer investing time on campus sharing the gospel with Italian students. The Lord always seems to do tremendous things during these four weeks, so we appreciate your prayer for the group that their time would be fruitful. Below is a picture of the students receiving some training from Rodney, one of our team members. We decided to do it from the historic castle, which overlooks the entire city and its surrounding areas.

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Spring Break Visitors

Justin Valiquette — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:52:11 +0000

We are in the middle of our first week welcoming a group of American spring-breakers who decided to not go to the beach, but rather come to Italy and serve along side of us. This week our alma mater school, The University of Central Florida, is joining us.

One of the main things we try to accomplish while they are here is to find creative ways for them to interact with Italians at the University and engage in spiritual conversations that hopefully lead to sharing the gospel. So for the past two days, we’ve setup large photo exhibits that allow students to come and observe. While observing, we engage in conversation asking how these pictures relate to their life, and their relationship with God. It has opened up some neat opportunities for conversation that we would not have had otherwise. Pray for more opportunities like this in the coming weeks! Next week we will host a group of 25 from Mississippi.

They grow up so fast

Justin Valiquette — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:35:38 +0000

Our son Bryce is already growing facial hair!