2006 November-December update

Exodus 33:19 "Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

After nearly two years in Romania we made our first trip back to the States. We were greeted by loving and open arms all over Idaho and Oregon. We spent the month of November in Boise visiting with not only our friends and church family from CC Boise but also from other Calvary Chapels in the area. We were blessed with the opportunity share what is going on in Romania with Calvary Chapel Boise, CC Treasure Valley, CC Garden Valley, CC Emmit and CC Mountain Home. It was just amazing how many people wanted to know what God is doing in Romania.
After a very busy month in Boise we went on to Oregon to spend the rest of our with family. While we were in Oregon we were able to share with several more churches near our families. It is a long story how those connections came about but the Lord was definitely a part of those appointments. We again shared what God is doing in Romania with believers from CC Corvallis, CC Lebanon, CC Cottage Grove and Lebanon Foursquare. It was so great to meet so many other people with a heart for missions.
As you can imagine after being away for so long we had a fantastic time visiting with family. We had all of our family, in the area, from both sides together to enjoy Thanksgiving and hear about what has been going on in our lives. After that we went back and forth staying with Brian's parents and mine. Brian's parents have adopted to young children so Kaidon and Sedona were thrilled to be able to stay and play with their aunt and uncle that are their ages. Since we don't live near the ocean we always try to take the kids over to see it when we are in Oregon.

This trip we also took them to the Oregon Coast Aquarium and that left them speechless. While we were there my older brother and his wife had there first baby dedicated. then of course there was Christmas and New Years. The stores and Christmas shopping left us all about as speechless as the trip to the aquarium.

The last great news item from this trip back to the states is that we have an official church webpage. You will notice that you are receiving email in a different format then usual the reason for this is that we are blogging all of our new updates. Its a great new tool and a lot more efficent in our use of time. We would invite you to take a look at the new website, its a great blessing for us. www.calvaryromania.org/bistrita/. We would also encourage any of you who know someone that is interested in Romania send them out to our website and encourage them to sign up for our updates. Its very easy now there is a subscribe text box on the right hand side of the website. You just have to enter your email address and it will guide you through the whole process. For those of you that are interested in things of a more personal note we have also linked our personal family blog to the church website under team members.

Our entire visit was not only busy but fruitful. Yet somehow we were able to relax and be refreshed during all of that too. We are extremely excited about the next year and go back with high expectations of what the Lord is going to do. The Lord is good!

As always we close with our prayer requests

• Safe trip home
• A quick turnaround on getting back to work
• That the Lord would pour out his spirit on us and the ministry in Bistrita
• The Lord would provide guidance on what he wants us to do with these new relationships in the states
• Wisdom as always
• Show us how to effectively reach the lost in our city and the surrounding areas