The Lord transformed the lives of Marco & Simona radically! Their service in the Church of Rome progressed. Marco first served as deacon and treasurer and then as an elder; Simona was responsible for the children’s Sunday School. Also, in addition to their roles at Church, they worked part-time as administrator & secretary for the magazine ‘La Voce del Vangelo’ (along side Bill & Maria Teresa Standridge).

In 2002, the Lord called the Albanesi’s to an important change in their life;  for a long period of time, they served the Lord occasionally at the Istituto Biblico di Isola del Gran Sasso, where they held camps for young people and offered weeks of Bible study for families; but in that year, God convinced them that there was a service for them there full-time.

Marco worked as Assistant to the Director, and Simona as the cook for the center (where they usually fed—both spiritually and physically—more than 100 people at a time). The Lord used this period of four years at the camp to develop their gifts.