Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The Beginning

It's has been exactly three months today since Master's Commission started here in Romania!
What an amazing three months it has been. God has shown us so much favor in such a short amount of time. We wanted to just to give you a quick update on a few things that God has begun.

December was the first month of Master's Commission Romania (MCR).  We began seeking God on what we should do to reach the people here in Romania. So we started with the basics...

  • Street Evangelism -  We went after the "one" that Jesus talks about in Luke 15:7 (NIV)- "I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent." We were able to minister to 32 people and 3 of these gave their lives to Christ!
  • Food Distribution- We partnered with a Foundation called Fundatia Inima Deschisa Petru Romania to hand out 90 bags of food to less fortunate families. 
  • Covered with Love- God put on Florin's (MCR Director) heart to talk with the church congregation about donating blankets that we in turn would give to the poorest people here in Targoviste.  The purpose was to cover them with the warmth of a blanket (in below freezing weather) and to also offer to them to be covered in the everlasting love of God.
    • God had a specific place in mind when we began to hand them out. God had showed me (Elisabeth) a gypsy village on the out skirts of town. This village had 30 families living in very bad conditions. Once we pulled up to this village God directed us to a specific home. This home was very small and had what looked like 2 rooms. Three families lived in this home and one of the families had 9 children. We were able to bless this family with blankets and a few bags of food we had left over from the food distribution.

  • Micro Kidz- Our first ever Micro Kidz was in a village called Ludesti. We had over 91 kids sign-in not including the little ones that slipped by, older siblings and parents that attend.  We played games with the kids, had dramas, worship and bible lessons. They asked us to stay longer and do more. We look forward to returning to Ludesti soon!



  • Women's Event- The MCR ladies put together a special night for women.  God put it on the girls heart to name it "A Knight For A Princess." Over 30 women attended. We prepared lots of treats, had a time of worship, and Niki shared a powerful testimony. Megan Dean brought a challenge for the women to make Jesus there "Knight in shining armor" and to not let anything take His place.  Some of the women who attended never came to church before so it was their first time hearing about God's love. We all left filled and refreshed! :D
  • Old Folks Home- When we first visited this old folks home, we found a woman who no one had come to see in seven years! Sadly we weren't allowed to stay long to visit, we left them with small gifts. This did not stop us. We went back and brought chocolates for the directors and the elderly. We were able to stay much longer this time, by God's favor only, to spend time with them and to show God's love. By the time we left they we calling us their children and inviting us to return again soon. One of the men started to cry once when we began to leave. He had be a professor and lost his son and wife at a young age. We felt honored to have to the opportunity to minister to them. By God's grace we will return there.
Currently, we are trying to do Micro Kidz on a much larger scale. We have to have a permit to do Micro Kidz in the city limits. We are in the process of getting permission from the Major to have access to pretty much any place in Targoviste. Please join with us in prayer in asking God for favor with the governing authorities.

These are just a few of the things things that God has allowed us to do! It would have been to much to share about everything like; Christmas Gifts for Children, Youth Nights, Guys Night, Serving in other Church's, one-on-one discipleship... 

Thanks again for your prayers!

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