2006 May-June update

Psalm 46:10a “Be still, and know that I am God”
Greetings Brothers & Sisters in Christ,
Well, at the rate we are going with our newsletters this summer maybe we should just call this one our
“summer” update rather than a monthly. Not a whole lot went on in May. We spent most of our time adjusting to
having Sage and resting up in preparation for a busy month in June. We did enjoy a wonderful birthday celebration
in May as Cristina turned 18 this year. In Romania that makes her an adult as opposed to being an adult at 21 like
most of you are used to. As for June, we had something new about every week.
We started off the month with National Kids day on the 1st. Ionela and Niki planned a wonderful party filled
with Bible trivia, games and snacks
for the kids we have in Sunday
school. After that we did get a little
break to work on some planning for
the rest of the month. Kaidon had
his 4th birthday this summer and Ani
celebrated her 19th birthday just two
days later. Her and some friends
had a great time celebrating with an
American style pajama party. Just a
few days later a group of us were on
our way to Hungary for a week at the Calvary Chapel Bible College
Foundations Conference. That was an amazing time of worship, Bible studies, meeting new members of the body
and catching up with some we already knew. Even though it was a busy week with all of the teachings offered,
many of us noticed it was a little like a family camp too where we could just relax and be refreshed. We were joined
by five members of our church family
from Bistrita and are praying for more
to make the trip next year. When we
got back from the conference we
quickly changed gears and started
preparing for the short term missions
team that was scheduled to arrive the
next day. They unfortunately ran into
some delays with their flights and
arrived a couple of days late. Although
we were anxious for their arrival it did
work out well to have them arrive on
the day they did. We were truly
blessed by their visit. We had our first annual Leadership Conference that the team was able help with by providing
childcare. It was three evenings of a couple hours each. The teaching this year covered Biblical leadership in our
families, jobs and in the church. In addition to childcare in the evenings they gave us several hard days of work
cleaning out the basement rooms here at the ministry house. After that
they packed up for the cabana to
spend four days there doing a kids
camp for the church/ New
Beginnings kids and some of their
friends. This was an adventure in
itself as we took the refrigerator up
there just the day before the camp
started. The theme of the camp was
the armor of God and how we need
to equip ourselves for spiritual battle.
The kids all had a great time make
armor that they can wear while
listening to teachings about what each
piece of armor does. At the end of the camp the kids all watched the Chronicles of Narnia and really enjoyed seeing
everyone wearing their armor in the movie. This was a wonderful visual for them as they could really see how
important each piece of armor is.
Answered Prayers:
• A van provided for our family and another one for New Beginnings
• Safe travels for the teams
• Workers for the harvest
Please continue to pray for:
• Startup of weekly Bible clubs for kids
• Outreach in gypsy village near Bistrita
• Changes that are going on the church; that they would be fruitfully led by the Holy Spirit
• Monthly financial support for our family
• Planning and safe travels for our visit to the States in the fall
With His loving grace & peace,
Brian, Cynthia, Kaidon, Sedona and Sage Fouts