I hope you all enjoy the post. We feel very supported Here in Romania and I hope that you are praying for us and the area. God is not done with Tulcea county in fact I believe He is preparing straight roads to salvation. I want to tell you about my new friend Ji Ji and where he works Here in Romania. He is a Romanian missionary that moved to a forgotten about village that was a mining town. I wrote about it a couple of blogs ago.
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| Singing at Mina |
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| The cave/mine |
Last week I went with a couple of friends including two FGCI summer interns Jenny and Katlyn to drop off some clothes. One boy saw us and told us that he would go and get the other kids. WE had not planned on a Bible lesson or anything but we figured if that boy was going to get some kids we would not waste the opportunity. We went inside and ate and drank with Ji Ji. He kept repeating, 'I am so happy you are here.' I think he is very lonely. Ji-Ji is awesome. The more he talked the better he got. When we were done there was 12 kids ready to hangout with us. Geogiana led music, Andreea led a game and the Interns led a lesson about David and Goliath. It was awesome. When we finished (we had to go to Zebil) the kids asked when we would be back. We returned the following Sunday except this time there was almost 20 kids. They took us to what they called a cave but it is actually an old mine. Then we sang praise songs, I gave the message and the interns helped the kids do a craft. The work in Mina leaves me with two thoughts that I would like to share with you.
1) Do you know in Luke 10 when Jesus sent out the disciples. I always wondered how did they start preaching and evangelizing? There wasn't a church to preach in or to feel safe in. In Mina there is a small church plant a far cry from the well established churches that we are used to and run all kinds of programs out of. I learned that you don't need power point, guitars, coffee, doughnuts etc. You need some space and a Bible. (don't get me wrong the powerpoints, guitars and coffee are not evil but very helpful) When we go to these towns we pray hard for God to open doors and He does. I understand what the disciples meant in Luke 10 when they returned with joy. God has opened doors. I hope that all the doors being opened translates into watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Most of what we do it just show up and see what God will do. We take advantage of what He gives us.
2) Where are all the men? Maybe it is not as big as deal as I think but I can't help but think it. I have spent the last four weeks doing ministry with a fantastic group of people and nearly all of them were women. The girls were great, hard working and I would not trade them for anyone but where are the guys. I got tired of hearing from Romanian strangers, 'How come there is one guy and four girls?' I think all the kids we work with would benefit from good male role models. Most of the men that they see are not good examples. Men where are you? I think God is working on bring some guys together here I am thankful to have Paul, Ji-Ji and a new friend Stephan however we are few and far between. Please pray God will send more men to work.
We had camp at our house for all the kids we work with there was 30 people here for two weeks. It was wild. Imagine running a church camp out of your house for two weeks. The kids struggle with much. I can't write much because of safety reasons. We are fighting an uphill battle against the deception of this world. Before the camp we had a team of Americans arrive. They were AWESOME!! We are so thankful for Erin, Danica, Kelsie, Bria and Jim. Blessings too you all.
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| The latest 112 group |
I wish I could write more about this next village but for security purposes that is not possible. This village we will call Salina. Talk about a struggle between the Creator and the prince of air. We spent three days in this village and it was like a game of Risk toward the end when people take and lose whole continents. We saw God work in HUGE ways and satan fight back the entire time we were there. If you would like to know more about this town and who is there please email me.
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| She runs good now. Just got it back today |
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| The Interns and our Romanian friends teaching English |
Finally Dessy our car blew a head gasket. Why does this always happen to me? I have included other random pictures. Please let me know what you want to see or hear. There is much more to write about. Teaching English is a big help to the kids. Teaching kids english by making brownies is a big help to me. Teach away teachers teach away.
