Friday, July 2, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Being AMAZED in Romania!
There are so many things to be thankful for. Our safety, restored health and God's spirit moving are only a few. Yesterday we spent traveling to Timisoara to visit the city where Daniel and Mariana live and have their other church called The Rock. We stopped along the way to tour a castle (built when Hungary ruled this section of the country). Today was filled with seeing the city, visiting the Esther Foundation (a pregnancy care center where Mariana serves as a board member) and souvenir shopping. Oh yeah, the guys also got to go fishing with Radu this morning...Radu is an interesting, funny and VERY hardworking Romanian man we have had the pleasure of working with these 2 weeks. Tonight we went to church at The Rock for their weekly Thursday night service. It was a tremendous time of testimony and singing and hearing God's Word preached by Daniel. As Mariana said, these last 2 weeks have been an example what it means to be part of the body of Christ - people from 4 different countries, different denominations, languages and cultures working in harmony together with a common goal of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has truly been a blessing (for Americans and Romanians alike). And, as the young Romanian pastor, Gabi, said...it is going to take time for the churches to grow in the 2 villages where we have been working but seeds have been planted and the gospel has been shared. Lord willing more work will be done!
There is much more to share, but that will wait for pictures and presentations in our churches, so hopefully you can come hear a presentation about these past 2 weeks and be encouraged with us! Due to our traveling schedule this may be the last post until we are home and then I will try to post once more. Sorry for the lack of pictures from the past few days...if you want to see them please ask any team member and/or come to our respective churches when the presentations are given. Please continue to pray for us and our safety in traveling on the ground and in the air and for colds to be completely cleared up before flying and also for the Romanian people and their salvation and the work that will continue. We thank you sincerely for your part in supporting our team.
Rachel
There is much more to share, but that will wait for pictures and presentations in our churches, so hopefully you can come hear a presentation about these past 2 weeks and be encouraged with us! Due to our traveling schedule this may be the last post until we are home and then I will try to post once more. Sorry for the lack of pictures from the past few days...if you want to see them please ask any team member and/or come to our respective churches when the presentations are given. Please continue to pray for us and our safety in traveling on the ground and in the air and for colds to be completely cleared up before flying and also for the Romanian people and their salvation and the work that will continue. We thank you sincerely for your part in supporting our team.
Rachel
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Fun in Hungary!
Here are some pictures of us teaching English here in Hungary!
Today was our third day teaching English here at the camp and it is amazing how quickly the kids are catching on to the English language. So far we have covered a variety of topics like colors, numbers, and shapes and the kids are just eating it all up - they are so excited about learning English that they often arrive to class up to 10 minutes early! One of the most enjoyable parts of teaching English has been spending time with the kids and having them attempt to teach us Hungarian. The kids love to say words and then have us try to repeat them - and then they laugh and laugh when we attempt to say it. So far I think I have managed to learn approximately 7 Hungarian words! It is going to be interesting to see how much the kids and I can learn before this week is over!
Jenna
praise in Hungary
Last night around 40 kids went up front to accept Jesus as personal saviour!!!!! It was a great experience to see. That is what makes it worth all the fundraising and working out details and worrying if money will be there for everyone. That one moment where you KNOW it was worth anything you put into it plus much more. It is really exciting to see God once again working in Hungary. Great things are going on here.
Baseball has been great. We have 36 kids! Much more than last year and much more than I expected. Fortunately there were some extra gloves yet from the past two years so every kid was able to get one. Yesterday we split them up into 4 teams and played our first games this morning. My team is of course the phillies!!! It went well. Especially for many of the kids never having played on a real field and not knowing any rules from the start. There also are almost as many girls playing as boys this year. I will try to get some baseball pictures on later tonight if I can. Right now we have an afternoon baseball sessions and are going to play some games again. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Continue to pray that we can impact these kids lives and that any who still may not know Christ would come to by the end of the week.
Baseball has been great. We have 36 kids! Much more than last year and much more than I expected. Fortunately there were some extra gloves yet from the past two years so every kid was able to get one. Yesterday we split them up into 4 teams and played our first games this morning. My team is of course the phillies!!! It went well. Especially for many of the kids never having played on a real field and not knowing any rules from the start. There also are almost as many girls playing as boys this year. I will try to get some baseball pictures on later tonight if I can. Right now we have an afternoon baseball sessions and are going to play some games again. Thank you all for your prayers and support. Continue to pray that we can impact these kids lives and that any who still may not know Christ would come to by the end of the week.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
From Hungary
It was the second day of teaching kids English today in Hungary.
They seem to know most of the basics, like colors, greetings, and some numbers.
Most of them are very friendly and i already love them, they're hilarious.
What they love most is playing games. They got SOO excited when they got to
play a memory game.
Tonight, at the group meeting, there was a puppet show and the kids all really liked that. Hentesh gave the message and a LOT of kids went up front and accepted Christ. I really liked seeing some of the kids in the English class i help teach, go up front.
Everyone seems happy with their classes and no one seems to be too homesick yet. Bob's vocabulary is starting to become famous...Justin is spreading it around the world ( through facebook, of course ) --- Jinkers..
This week is already going by fast and hopefully, the last three days go well.
---Krista
Romania
Hi from Romania! Yesterday the VBS team walked all around the town of Livezile looking for children to invite. We managed to find a few and invited them to the town park the next day. Today we went back and initially there were 6 boys who came. They all played soccer for awhile and then 5 of them sat down to talk with Gabi about his guitar. Two more left but the other three boys remained. They sang VBS songs with us and Lili shared a message with them. They seemed to really enjoy it and participated well. They especially loved the games and toys. We were able to give them each a small gift also. Before we left, they asked when the church services there would start and Gabi showed them the church building and explained about finishing it first and then services could begin. We were really excited that some children came as this was the first VBS in this town. So even though the turnout was small, God showed us how much it is needed just by their desire to come back and to come to weekly services also!
The construction team has continued to work hard at Vinju-Mare. Yesterday and today they were able to finish digging the ditch, lay the pipe, and hook up the water. So the church now has running water! They are finishing filling the ditch back in and laying the tile across the driveway where they had dug it up. They also have been installing new drywall and painting the church inside and out. It really has made a big improvement and looks good. They have worked very hard on both the church sites in Vinju-Mare and Livezile.
Thank you all for praying for us! Please continue to pray for our group. The flu is going through Romania and almost all of our group has fallen ill to it at sometime. Some are getting bad colds, some have a bad stomach bug, and some have fever, headaches & body aches. It seems to be very draining physically. However, even through it, God is still working because no more than 1 or 2 of us has been sick at a time so it has not stopped us from doing what needs to be done. Thankfully, it is also fast moving so no one is sick for long. But please continue to pray for all of our health and safety as tomorrow we travel north to a new location. And continue to pray for the people we have made contact with in Romania so that God's word will keep growing in their hearts.
~Michele
The construction team has continued to work hard at Vinju-Mare. Yesterday and today they were able to finish digging the ditch, lay the pipe, and hook up the water. So the church now has running water! They are finishing filling the ditch back in and laying the tile across the driveway where they had dug it up. They also have been installing new drywall and painting the church inside and out. It really has made a big improvement and looks good. They have worked very hard on both the church sites in Vinju-Mare and Livezile.
Thank you all for praying for us! Please continue to pray for our group. The flu is going through Romania and almost all of our group has fallen ill to it at sometime. Some are getting bad colds, some have a bad stomach bug, and some have fever, headaches & body aches. It seems to be very draining physically. However, even through it, God is still working because no more than 1 or 2 of us has been sick at a time so it has not stopped us from doing what needs to be done. Thankfully, it is also fast moving so no one is sick for long. But please continue to pray for all of our health and safety as tomorrow we travel north to a new location. And continue to pray for the people we have made contact with in Romania so that God's word will keep growing in their hearts.
~Michele
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