Stef is my aussie version name from the Italian Saint Stefano. My registered name is Stefan with the o taken off...please call me Stef!
Born in Wollongong, I was brought up in an Italian(Roman)family. I was quick to tell my parents we are in Australia now so speak English...don..t embarrass me or be rude to my friends "Speak English!" Then of course we were the generation which missed the opportunity of becoming Bi lingual.
I had a tremendous upbringing, I loved the people and the culture. We were never without, Dad worked hard and steady, Mum did the same, so today they are sitting comfy and secure. My problem was, there has to be more to life than strawberries and cream, marraige and boats. So I went on a whirlwind of a time to find the answer to life.
The search ended on heroin addiction and drug dealing. Depressed and dissatisfied I travelled the east coast with my friends, surfing and drugs. I was generally a happy person but I lacked character, I had a distorted view of what manhood looked like. I didn..t have my own identity, I followed the herd and became a market for the rich con men and an advertisement for a name brand.
Something had to be found on my part and I was determined to find it...God was always there, but the 2 did not connect. I recalled an experience my friend shared years before my conversion, this had me wondering about the Christian factor. I read an add in the newspaper "Jesus Is The Answer!" I went to listen and that was history..Jesus broke my addiction overnight.
From here I tasted, studied, tested and then fell in love with a Man who was brave heart enough to put His life before mine and suffer the torture of a Roman style death...the Cross. The 2 became connected, no longer did I have to look for this freedom of life, the truth became a person and its all about Jesus.
God placed a woman in my life whom I see as the most fruitful woman in the world. She shares my love for people and she had Italy written in her heart from when she was a little girl. We have forged a strong marraige, 23years now and our dream to be missionaries in Italy is here and feel God is leading us at this stage, to Napoli... to help with a Church and Drug Rehab there... Thank you Jesus...
CONTACT DETAILS
and if you would like to send a package .....
Stefan e Debra Lee Casadio
C/o Centro Betel
Via Roma, 509
80017
Melito di Napoli (NA)
Italia.......
Please mark ‘no commercial value’, if you happen to send a parcel at all… This is the central workshop address, and it is always manned during working hours. A much safer alternative than sending to home addresses. Please be sure to send any letters, parcels etc with THOSE EXACT NAMES – OR EITHER NAME. Italians are very particular about ‘identity’ apparently, and need to see exact names, or it’s a big problem.
Debra Lees mobile number is (0011 39) 3494 57 1126
Stefans mobile number is (0011 39) 366 4272 472
Our home number is (0011 39) 081 894 6689Best time to phone is AFTER 2PM PERTH TIME, OR 4PM SYDNEY TIME!!! VERY IMPORTANT!!! We are 6 hours behind Perth, so if you phone at 8am Perth time, that’s 2pm our time!!! The walls are thin and you will wake up the whole appartamento building if you phone in the middle of the night!!!
If you would like to hear the first ‘tourist part’ of our journey, feel free to read Debs Bloggs, then follow on from there… Here are the links, just 'copy and paste' in your browser.
Roma.... #1 http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=197850840&blogID=393673645
Florence #2 http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=197850840&blogID=393675821
Naples... #3 http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&f riendID=197850840&blogID=393676526
If any feel to take the Casadio Family to heart, and share the journey in a financial way, we'd be very blessed too... Sally and Greg George are overseeing our finances, if you have any questions... Their contact details are... [email protected]
Our bank account details are...
Members Equity
BSB 944 300 Acc 011489847
or care of the Vineyard Church,
Bunbury, Australia,
marked ‘Italian Mission’
Our love and prayers to you all...
Stef, Debra Lee and Daniel Casadio.... XXX