Romanian Pictorial
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personal testimonies
I wanted to share with you a recent trip to Romania, complete with photos. It began on August 21 and involved a ten-hour layover in Barcelona. My friend, Jose, was there to pick me up and we had time to have a meeting before catching the plane to Bucharest. In the 8 P.M. meeting in Barcelona, I shared a message, which I hoped to develop also in Romania on The Year of Jubilee. Another good friend, Ionut, was at the Otopeni airport at 3:45 A.M. and drove me to his home for some rest before a trip into the mountains.
We arrived at the comfortable inn near Rucar in time for an evening meeting. David Harasemiuc, very proficient on the keyboard, led the singing. He is from a family of musicians and, being a lover of violin, I especially enjoy his sister, Patricia's, ability with that instrument. This girl, playing the violin, is not yet a teenager, (if I remember correctly) and is the daughter of long-time friends, Daniel and Cristina. Ionis, son of my translator and her husband, joins in song.
I began a series of three Bible studies on The Year of Jubilee. Perhaps in the near future I can share the content on this BlogSpot.
The house has 10 guest rooms and comfortably housed 60 people. On Saturday, more arrived, totalling around 80 altogether. I take you with me up the stairs to the next floor....
Gospel Awakening
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Important messages
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| Rachel and Mike |
This is the first message I have
ever posted on this BlogSpot from our son, Mike. It was his opening message
that he preached, after taking on the senior pastorate at Church of Hope in Elk
River, Minnesota. Very early in his ministry, Mike was a chaplain in a
Christian high school. Later he became a youth pastor and, as he states in this
article, he was asked to take on the children’s ministry besides, in that same
church.
Here are a few words from Mike’s own
personal testimony: “When people ask me where I’m from,
I'm not sure what to say. I was born in Mexico. For the first seven years of my
life, I lived in Minnesota, moved to Germany, lived there for twelve years and
now I'm back in Minnesota. I spent half a year in Alaska, too. That's where I’m
from.”
“I grew up on the mission field and I have to say that I wouldn't trade that opportunity for anything in the world. When I am asked what caused me to continue in God's work after leaving home, I have to agree with the answer that my older brothers and sisters give to the same question: It's the reality of God – it’s as simple as that.”
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