Andreea being baptized in Babadag Lake.

Sunday after our 112 group Andreea decided it was time to be baptized.  So we baptized her in Babadag Lake.  We are very proud of her.  We hope for many more to come.  It was very important for her to be baptized not into a denomination but only in the saving message of Jesus Christ.  Way to go Andreea!

Sheena's parents come in tomorrow. We can't believe it.  We are so excited. Pray for safe travel and a good time together.   Right after they leave we will have an intern working with us.  We are excited to meet her and have her here in Romania.  And then we will have two summer camps for the kids that we work with.  The camp will be run by an American team from Minnesota.

The latest 112 group

For three days I "helped" (I didn't do much)  a community organization that works with kids by simply playing games with them. The group I helped with was training teenagers how to play with younger kids. It was a lot of fun and I was able to meet many people from Babadag.  Kale even got to play.  The leader of the group is Andreea and Madalina two of our very good friends here in Romania.

Community game playing. This is my favorite game- to watch

Yesterday was a fun day of riding on a train for 9 hours.  I applied for and was awarded my last set of "red numbers" for our car.  The red numbers are temporary license until all the paperwork is turned in for the black numbers which is the official  registration.  We have a lawyer working on the registration.  The train ride is not wasted.  I talked to Clayton Lundsted Minister at Wymore Church of Christ,  Ian Miller a student in my youth group in Auburn and my brother Zach he is getting married next month.  There is also reading and planning for summer teams.

Please keep praying for Babadag.  We are praying for the church to create and lead culture in this town. Please pray for the summer camps to be a good time of study, fellowship, and decisions to follow Jesus.

Thanks so much

eli

Paul and me.  He is translating. He also lead music worship

Yesterday was Sunday even in this part of the world.  Normally we have the 112 youth group but we were invited to attend a church plant a few kilometers from here. God is amazing. He is able to seek out off the map places.  There is no sign pointing to the village.  I still don't know what the name of the village is other than is was the word "mina" in Romanian and "gold" in Turkish.  Evidently the communist party thought it a good idea to build a mining town.  Most of the town is block apartments with a few houses.  It looks like the only planned town in Romania.  A very driven godly man has a heart for this community and is trying to bring the light of Christ to the hearts of the people.  God Bless him.  Paul my friend from Babadag and I helped lead the service.  Andreea our other friend took the kids outside to play games.  Many other kids from the neighborhood came over to be apart of the group.  Adi lead music for the kids with the guitar.

A few of the 112 members.

I know God has not forgotten our county.  I think He is putting people in place to reap a harvest.  I have to believe that time is close or I would go crazy.  I believe we are moving in the right direction but we will need prayers and more people to continue to work in this part of Romania.  We feel incredibly blessed to be apart of what God is doing here. I hope that you do as well because it will take the Body of Christ to reach this area.

We had some Americans here surveying if they might fit here in Romania.  At the end of the trip they said they will start a journey toward long term missions in Romania.  We went to Brasov to see the mountains for a few days and put them on a train to head back to America. In the picture we are preparing to ascend 1,400 step to Dracula's Fortress.  We did not plan on it raining so we stopped at this restaurant and they provided us with trash bags or "ponchos".

 I hope you all enjoy thanks for reading. Let me know if you have questions.