Summer Update 2016

last night as Cynthia and I were sitting and talking over the next week's activities. We suddenly became aware of the fact that school for the kids starts in 2 weeks, where did the summer go. It just seemed like yesterday we were finishing up class and musical instrument exams. This summer has been super busy but a lot of fun as well. I will give you the highlights

In June I was able to be one of the speakers for Calvary Chapel Foundations conference in Vajta Hungary. It was a real privilege and honor to be able to share with such an awesome group of people from all walks of life, who are being used by God to further His Kingdom.

Teaching at Calvary Chapel Foundations conference at CCBCE

A week or so after that we took a group of men in July into the Rodnei Mountains for our annual hike. We summited 3 peaks in 10 hours and had an awesome time doing it. It was a great time of fellowship and even getting caught in a nice little snow storm on top.

Elevation of 2284 meters or 7493 feet one of the highest in the North of Romania

The rest of us were mere mortals compared to Chris, who carried his bike 80% of time

Preparing to go

Cipri is excited 

 

waiting for the stragglers

Ionutz is looking very serious on a bike that he did not carry on the first summit

A couple of weeks later we hosted our second annual English camp. We had 53 kids from 3rd grade to 12th grade come and spend a week at a nearby camp. The mornings were spent working hard on studying English. The afternoons were spent with different activities, such as craft projects or some sort of sports. Every evening we had a time where 2 team members would share their testimony with the kids. It was so neat watching the faithfulness of God in the lives of all these different people from different backgrounds and yet the same God working in and through them. It was great watching the kids being affected in different ways by each different story.

We cannot wait to see how God is going to use the relationships that were developed from this year's camp to further his kingdom.

beat your neighbor, the kids loved this game.

Pastor Nicu Hagiu from CCBrasov sharing his testimony

The kids Singing

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

Craft time

Jane, a missionary from Virginia sharing with the kids

 In August we as a church were able to pray over and send out Chris and Faith Anderson to plant a church in Mangalia, Romania. We are real excited for them as God leads them into this step of faith. Currently they are going through some training in Montana for 4 months with their new mission board but in December they will be coming back and heading to the South of Romania right on the Black Sea. Sending someone out is a first for our church, but we look forward to praying for them and coming alongside to help them in this step of Faith.

Sending out the Anderson family to plant a church in Mangalia, Romania

Lastly in August we had Christian rock band The New Divide come and help us with a couple of concert outreaches in our city. We estimate a few thousand people heard the gospel message over the course of the 2 concerts.

What was really awesome was the fact that the city of Bistrita allowed us to not only put on the concerts but provided the sound equipment, and stage in the center of town for free. God is so good. We were then asked to do a radio interview on a local radio station that has around 10,000 listeners throughout 5 different cities. We were able to not only share about the band and why they traveled to Romania but were also able to share the reason for the Hope that we have in Christ.

We are already making plans for them coming back next year and have already been given the green light by the city to have them back. Please keep this in prayer as our desire is to reach even more people with the Hope that we have in Christ.

Setup in the Park

People are starting to show up

Concert right down in the center of the city

Interview with Radio Balada

The New Divide leading worship Sunday Morning

If you are interested in either the online teaching from the Foundations Conference in Hungary or the morning worship with The New Divide, I am including the links down below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVrCpsP5n28

http://web.ccbce.com/ext/media/2016-foundations/video/2016-06-20-foundations-evening-session-01-brian-fouts.mp4

Praise Reports:

The summer English camp and concert outreaches this year far exceeded even what we were hoping for. God is so good.

Prayer Requests:

Please pray that God would bring fruit from the seeds that were planted in the different summer outreaches.

Pray for a couple who just found out that they are expecting their 3rd. Prayer for health of the mother and the baby.

Pray for the kids as they are starting school in 2 weeks and that they would be focused and do their very best in everything that they do.

Pray for us as well as we are reapplying for our permanent residency in October. Pray for favor with the authorities and financial provision as the cost for our family is around $2000 dollars.


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