July 2009 Update

The highlight of this month would be one of the girls that is placed with us asking the Lord to be her savior. Lavinia is a 12 year old girl that has been living with us for the last 6 months. This month the ladies of the church setup a girls night for all of the preteen, teenage girls. The purpose of this night was to wine and dine them and then share with them God's desire for them to keep themselves pure before marriage. The response was very encouraging for the ladies as almost all of the girls responded. A couple of days later Lavinia started a conversation with Cynthia one night about the things that they had been discussing mostly just asking question to clarify why God wants us to wait. The conversation over time began to focus on Jesus and what it means to have a personal relationship with him. Not just having a knowledge about him but knowing him. Cynthia just kept answering and clarifying what the bible said about these and things and at the end of the night Lavinia prayed to accept Jesus into her life.

While she still struggles somedays its been exciting to see her attitude change and to watch her actually read her bible on her own without us reminding her to do so. Please keep her in prayer and also Cosmina the other girl that is placed with us also.

Please also keep us in prayer as we have an opportunity to start a home fellowship in a village next to Nasaud, a city 20 km away, that we have a home fellowship in. The family is open to having us come and start something there so please keep this in prayer as we use this as a beachhead into that community. I would also ask that you keep us in prayer as we look for a way to start similar fellowships in every village surrounding Bistrita. We will need men to lead and open doors to go through so please pray for both.

We have also started a Jr. High group, most of the kids in our association are in this age group and we are prayerfully looking for ways to speak into their lives about Jesus. It also provides a great opportunity to reach out to the kids in the neighborhood which are friends with the kids of the association. They are always over at our house anyway so this provides a way for us to share Jesus with them in a relaxed format. Please pray for the Lord to draw these kids to him through his word.

Prayer Requests;

Pray for the Jr. Group- please pray as we reach out to the kids in the neighborhood and through them their families.

Pray for the new home fellowship that God would use it as a entry point into the village

Pray for Lavinia and her new walk with the Lord

Pray for Cosmina to also respond to the Lord and accept him as her savior.

Pray for the Kids camp that is coming up the week of Aug 10-15. That God would bless the time with the kids and transform their lives.

Pray also for the leadership conference that we are setting up in Sept 1-3. That God would speak through the speakers and bless the church leaders and families during this time.