The Month of July was extremely busy with a lot of things happening. This month we held the Second annual Equipping the Saints Conference for our church with the theme verse 1Co 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. The guest speakers were Ernest Updike from Calvary Chapel Garden Valley and Ethan Larson from Calvary Chapel Bible College in Hungary. They really 
blessed us throughout the 3 nights with strong teaching about the Preeminence of Love, the Prerogative of Love and Lastly the Permanence of Love. We also invited Keala and Heather Hoe up from Calvary Chapel Brasov. And Keala was nice enough to help us with leading worship for all 3 nights. We were extremely challenged and comforted by what was shared through both of these men. We had an excellent turnout for all 3 nights and we are looking forward to seeing the fruit that will be produced from God's word.
The following week after that we received a team of 11 women from Majorca, Spain. The team was made up of 4 adults and 7 teenage girls ranging from ages 13-17. They spent 5 days working in the orphanages in Bistrita and Nasaud and the local large hospital. They were a great group to host, what was more amazing was that this was their 1st time on a short term mission. Carolyn the coordinator for their group was very blessed by the experience that the girls gained from visiting children that were less fortunate then them. It was a real eye opening experience for some of them.
While the team was here one of the weekends the city celebrated what is called Bistrita's Days' which is a huge event held in the center of town. If you could imagine a huge carnival that engulfs the whole town that would be a great description. What that means to us is lots of great food, concerts all day and shopping for different unique crafts that come available during this time. The days were hot but the kids had a great time of walking around eating ice cream and riding on some of the rides and eating a lot of good junk food.A week later Brian and Adi went to a week long pastor's conference at a cabin outside of Cluj. We hosted a couple that belong to an organization called Evangelism Explosion. We packed 13 weeks of training in 3 days, they were very long days, but very much worth it. It's an organization that trains Romanians how to share the gospel with anyone and how to apply sharing the gospel as a way of life. Something that is very needed in Romania. It was very good material and we are looking forward to starting the training in the church here in Bistrita for those who are interested.
We are in the process now of finishing up final preparations for the concert outreach in Aug. So please keep this in prayer.
Prayer Requests:
- Prayer for the August 11th Concert outreach in Bistrita.
- That the Lord would touch the hearts of those who come
- Prayer for all of the logistics, costs, setup etc..
- Prayer for the radio advertisement for the concert that those who need to hear it will
- Also pray for the salvation of the manager of the radio station as we were able to share the gospel with her.
- Funds for replacing the roof on the ministry house. The cost is going to be approximately $5000 dollars
- Prayer for the the church to grow in Faith, Hope and specifically Love in a greater way.
- Prayer for a digital projector
- That the Lord would use the little church as a light to the city of Bistrita
- Prayer for the key to the city of Bistrita
- For the Lord's guidance on effective outreaches into the community
- Prayer for ways to love people in very practical ways
- Prayer for the training that we are going to start soon for those in the body who want to know how to effectively share the gospel with those around them. That the Lord would place on the right people hearts in the church.
- Prayer for the Youth Retreat coming Aug 27-29th
- Prayer for the Kids Camp Aug 29th-Sept 1st
- Prayer for Vasi to find a job
- That the new believers would be grounded in the Word of the Lord
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