Day 5 - Sunday, 5 June 2011
Posted by Daphne Nicely on Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Today we left Grace Baptist Church at 9:00am and attended service in the village of Costieu de Sus, approximately 50 minutes away. This particular church was recently rebuilt, as late last year a wall caved in and there was a fatality. We learned about loving your neighbor... even when you don't want to. The believers in the village always say that they are very encouraged when we come to visit them. They are so happy that brothers and sisters in America think of them and pray for them. After the service we had Sunday lunch in the home of Mama Magdalena, the mother of Brother Ionel.
After we left Costieu de Sus we went to the village of Nemesesti to look at the church Dean and Tom worked on during March 2010. The windows are in and there is still quite a bit of work that needs to be done, but that will come in due time.
Next door to the church live Ana and Mihai. I spent quite a bit of time with her during the church build last year (i.e. talking about what it means to be a Christian, "how" to be a Christian and living the Christian life). The only Bible she had was a very old Orthodox Bible with faded and missing pages. I told her that I would give her a Bible and today was the day that she received it.
Originally the plan was to stop by the Precept Center to bake cookies for the children and Grace Christian Kindergarten (they were to be given out with a certificate of completion at the English program on Monday), but our plans changed and we stopped by the village of Susani instead to see the House of Joy construction site and pay a quick visit to Brother Ovidiu and his wife Adina. They've gotten the foundation and primary walls up for the building and the basketball court/soccer field is near completion.
After we were dropped off at the church, we walked to PC 3/4 to invite some of the young people to attend church with us. A young man accepted our invitation and not only attended service at Grace Baptist Church this evening, but he served as Dean's translator as well. After the evening service he also joined us for dinner. He has a lot of questions and is definitely seeking. We just keep pointing him back to Jesus.
After we left Costieu de Sus we went to the village of Nemesesti to look at the church Dean and Tom worked on during March 2010. The windows are in and there is still quite a bit of work that needs to be done, but that will come in due time.
Next door to the church live Ana and Mihai. I spent quite a bit of time with her during the church build last year (i.e. talking about what it means to be a Christian, "how" to be a Christian and living the Christian life). The only Bible she had was a very old Orthodox Bible with faded and missing pages. I told her that I would give her a Bible and today was the day that she received it.
Originally the plan was to stop by the Precept Center to bake cookies for the children and Grace Christian Kindergarten (they were to be given out with a certificate of completion at the English program on Monday), but our plans changed and we stopped by the village of Susani instead to see the House of Joy construction site and pay a quick visit to Brother Ovidiu and his wife Adina. They've gotten the foundation and primary walls up for the building and the basketball court/soccer field is near completion.
After we were dropped off at the church, we walked to PC 3/4 to invite some of the young people to attend church with us. A young man accepted our invitation and not only attended service at Grace Baptist Church this evening, but he served as Dean's translator as well. After the evening service he also joined us for dinner. He has a lot of questions and is definitely seeking. We just keep pointing him back to Jesus.