October 2007 Update

Joh 4:23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.

The beginning of October was marked by a group of ladies being driven down to Bucharest with both vans to the National Women's Conference. Calvary Chapel Bucharest sponsored the event and we had a wonderful turn out from our church. The theme of the conference was Having a Heart of Worship. We were so excited to see a group of mostly young single girls decide to take time out of their very hectic schedules with school and take a trip down to Bucharest. Cynthia and Natalie had the great pleasure of taking care of all these girls and making sure that everyone stayed on schedule. The girls decided to stay an extra night in Bucharest after the conference just to be able to do some shopping in the mall and see the sites. Cynthia made her way to the Starbuck's in the large mall and camped out there for a while drinking in the sights. Yes we have a Starbuck's now in Bucharest. I had a day old Venti Latte to prove it. Even a day old it was great. The girls returned on Saturday night talking about how much fun the conference was and how good the worship was. For some of these girls this was the first experience they had ever had with this type of a worship style. They all really loved it. The conference was also great for allowing time for the girls to ask questions about the worship and about the things of the Lord that they don't usually get to ask or feel comfortable enough to ask because of what people might think of them. The ladies have already been asking about next year's conference.

Also in October we started a foundations class. The focus of this class was to examine the core beliefs of Christianity as they are taught from the Bible. For example How do we know that the Bible is true? What does the Bible say about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and man? Living in a culture where people really have either no understanding of basic theology or a warped understanding of theology, we felt this would be a great class to offer for those that are interested. So far I have been very blessed by the turnout for the class. I keep praying that we will see more people interested in finding out what the Bible says instead of what people say and that this class would continue to grow and ultimately bear real fruit in people's lives.

This month has been extremely busy for all of us but we know that the return will be worth the investment of our time in the Lord's word.

Praise Report:

• Adi Blaga is back from Greece and we are so excited to have him back. Things went well and he is safe and sound home with his family.
  

• It has been amazing and humbling for me personally to see the Lord raising helpers up for all of the things that are needed in the church. Translators, people to lead worship it's been truly a blessing to see the Lord equip and also give a desire for people to serve.

Prayer request:

• Prayer for the the church to grow in Faith, Hope and specifically Love in a greater way.
  

• 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

• That the new believers would be grounded in the Word of the Lord

• Pray that the Lord would continue to empower us and equip us for the ever changing needs of the body here.

• Pray for Brian and Natalie's Language lessons.

• Pray for the salvation of the Language teacher Veronica

• Pray for the financial needs of all the works in Romania as we are all being hit particularly hard with the drop in the dollar.