Day 12 - Sunday, 12 June 2011
June 12, 2011
Today Dean's eyes are puffy and swollen and he is dizzy. He was not able to join us for church today, but Didi and I went with Brother Gigel, Daniel, Magda and Mother Olariu to a small village name Ohaba-Lunga. There I gave a greeting (Daniel translated), Didi sang a song, Brother Gigel preached on the act of baptism and why we do what we do. Pastor Ovidiu from Margina also spoke on the ceremony of baptism and baptized three women. We were told that there were maybe 12 or 13 believers in that village, but today there were over 80 people in that small village church. Afterwards there was a small reception.
Didi and I returned to the church where we were locked in. Dean eventually found Brother David (Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church) and he let us out through the gate. We walked to PC 3/4 from about 2:00pm - 5:25pm, at which time we and six young people from PC 3/4 walked to GBC. There was a children's program in honor of mother's day. Numerous songs and dozens of poems. Brother Gearl preached on how Christ meets you at the point of your need. Following the service we introduced the young people to Brother Gearl and Brother Ionel and all went downstairs for dinner.
Following dinner we walked the young people back to PC 3/4. On the way back to GBC we detoured through the Beer Festival to check out the group Hi-Q. Apparently they are quite famous in Romania. Just as we were approaching the area in front of the stage the power went out and the there were no lights, no rides, no sound from that specific quandrant of Lugoj. The power returned about 10-15 minutes later much to our dismay. As we were preparing for bed, there was a fireworks display over the Podul de Fier (Iron Bridge). It was awesome and Didi said it was even better than some she had seen stateside.
Tomorrow the big team arrives. Brother Ionel, Brother Gearl and Manu will drive into Timisoara and meet them and the team will travel either on a bus or in a couple of vans. We will go to PC 3/4 in the morning for what could be our last "real" visit with them on this trip. We will invite them to the youth service on Monday, but I don't know if they will attend. Next week we will be in the village of Gavojdia and working in a Placement Center there.
Didi and I returned to the church where we were locked in. Dean eventually found Brother David (Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church) and he let us out through the gate. We walked to PC 3/4 from about 2:00pm - 5:25pm, at which time we and six young people from PC 3/4 walked to GBC. There was a children's program in honor of mother's day. Numerous songs and dozens of poems. Brother Gearl preached on how Christ meets you at the point of your need. Following the service we introduced the young people to Brother Gearl and Brother Ionel and all went downstairs for dinner.
Following dinner we walked the young people back to PC 3/4. On the way back to GBC we detoured through the Beer Festival to check out the group Hi-Q. Apparently they are quite famous in Romania. Just as we were approaching the area in front of the stage the power went out and the there were no lights, no rides, no sound from that specific quandrant of Lugoj. The power returned about 10-15 minutes later much to our dismay. As we were preparing for bed, there was a fireworks display over the Podul de Fier (Iron Bridge). It was awesome and Didi said it was even better than some she had seen stateside.
Tomorrow the big team arrives. Brother Ionel, Brother Gearl and Manu will drive into Timisoara and meet them and the team will travel either on a bus or in a couple of vans. We will go to PC 3/4 in the morning for what could be our last "real" visit with them on this trip. We will invite them to the youth service on Monday, but I don't know if they will attend. Next week we will be in the village of Gavojdia and working in a Placement Center there.
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