Camp Day Two
The first day of our Camp on Monday was fabulous! We had 32 children to come and share in the experience of the camp. Our Romanian Brothers and Sisters who have come to help us are College-Age students who are very committed to the Lord. The children are really drawn to them. We are having so much fun with all the children.
We told the children to bring someone with them for the second day. When they started arriving we were blown away that we had 55 children!! Praise the Lord! We are only drawing children from the village where we are building the church. The last time we were here we offered transportation from other villages but this year we are only concentrating on the church in Sanger. (pronounced SHIN-GER). We are anticipating another great day today. Pray that the children will return and bring their friends with them. I will be teaching the Bible story today to the older children so I ask for your prayers in trying to explain how Jesus can save us!
The men continue to work very hard on the building. They installed half of the metal roof yesterday and will attempt to complete the job today. We are going to be very close on having enough material to finish so please pray for the Lord to stretch it. He fed thousands with a small quantity of food so we know that he can do it. It would be great to complete the roof on this trip so that the building can stay dry on the inside. We will begin plans for buying windows and doors and having them installed before we return. It would be great if we could get another team here before Winter to hang the drywall and complete the inside so the church can use the building this winter.
I have many pictures and cool video that I would love to share with you but the internet connection I am using is too slow to even upload a picture. We will be back in Cluj on Friday so hopefully I will have faster internet speed to send pictures and video.
I really enjoy reading your comments on the blog. The guys are always glad to hear information from home. Keep them coming. Thank you so much for all the prayers. God is providing and guiding beyond our ability to even think to pray. (He is so good about that) We really miss all of our family and friends at home but cannot possibly describe the way God is working in our lives on this journey. This trip caused me much anxiety in the preparation phases but has resulted in much more than I thought it could have been. The people in the Village of Sanger are amazed at the skills of our guys to put up the building so quickly. They come each day, look at the structure, lift their heads to heaven and thank God with tears in their eyes. We are blessed much more than we are blessing them!
I must go because my Romanian companions are just sitting here watching me type. I will send more news later.
Hello to all! We can’t tell you how exciting it is to hear how things are going there! Chuck, you are so right, He does provide and guide way beyond our ability to even ask, what an AWSOME GOD we serve! I know it must be so exciting to see all the kids come and bring their friends…please tell everyone that we are praying for them. I can’t imagine the overwhelming joy that all feel when they look at all God is providing for them through the faithfulness of men that were obedient to His calling to go and do His work and each of you were called by Him and all have a great part in spreading His love and good news of salvation for all! Please tell everyone we said hello and love them all!
I’m Martha-Marie Smith Director of Caroline’s Promise in South Carolina. I just wanted you to know that I’m praying for you and your team while on this missions trip. I loved the part of your blog where you said the men would come and look at the building and lift their heads up to Heaven thanking God with tears in their eyes…that’s awesome! Thank you for being an example to all of us of the blessing it is to minister to others in the name of Christ!
It’s great to hear that things are still going so well. It’s getting close to time for Kevin to leave for home, and I am more and more excited about this “new” person I’m expecting to see. I’m soooo thankful that he got to experience this amazing journey, and I pray that he will be able to minister to many more Romanians in the years to come. I believe that God is sniling a really big smile because Kevin has finally begun to open up to God’s wonderful plan for his life! Love to you all!