June 2007 Update

John 12:21 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

That was the theme verse for this year's Foundations conference in Hungary for all of Eastern Europe. After a long night of driving. It was great to be able to relax the 1st day and unwind before the 1st session that night. We were really blessed by 4 great speakers for the whole week. Tom Stipe from Crossroads Church of Denver, Brian Broderson, Associate pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, Bil Gallatin, New York Regional Pastor and Bob Caldwell, from Calvary Chapel Boise. The Lord blessed our whole group immensely with the teaching of his word from each of the men. One particular teaching that Bob went through was on the Love of God, and how if a person knows that they are loved its easy for them to love. The Lord really spoke through all of the messages that were taught, but the series that Bob taught specifically spoke to me individually. I am convinced now more then ever that what Romania needs is not more churches, we have plenty of those, but just the Love of God working in our lives in a very real and fresh way. That is the greatest need for people to see the Love of God flowing through our lives. To see a Christianity that is based on God's heart not man's religion.

The Weather in Hungary was fabulous we had hot sunny days the whole time that we were there and the pool was quite enjoyable in the afternoons with the kids. It was a tiring week all together and we could tell the kids were getting more and more tired but they held up with the help of some naps where they could get them. We drove home Saturday night and got ready for Sunday morning. We were tired and sun-burnt but overall it was a wonderful week.




In the beginning of this month we celebrated National kids day June 1st, meaning its like a birthday for every child. We had close to 40 kids show up and played games, had bible quizzes with prizes and ate a lot of food, its amazing how much food kids can eat. Overall they had a great time, just playing and getting crazy.










We also celebrated Kaidon's 5th birthday this last month. He has been anticipating his birthday for the last year. He is always giving us ideas about his presents for his birthday and he has a very long list that he keeps adding to. We had some friends of Kaidon's over and celebrated it outside with a BBQ, mom even made a special dinosaur cake. Overall Kaidon was very happy with his birthday and is already working on his plans for next year.




The latest update on the Religious Association for Calvary Chapel Bistrita is that we are fully approved. We are just waiting on the final paperwork to come back from the government, which according to our lawyer should be 30 days. This is a great answer to prayer for us, it means that we have a better legal framework for the church being in Romania.

Praise Report:

Calvary Chapel Bistrita is an approved religious association in Romania

Prayer Requests:

• Prayer for us as individuals and corporately as a congregation to grow in the Love of the Father

• Prayer for the speakers of the Equipping the saints conference

• Prayer for upcoming concert in Aug; logistics and that the Lord would really pour his spirit out on the people that come.

• Prayer for Unity in the body
  

• Prayer for Sunday school teachers
  

• Prayer for the Lord to give us continued vision for how to reach the Romanian People