Please pray for Mark Holden as he is flying back to the USA today. I just returned from the airport (left at 1am returned at 7:15), where Joanna and I left him off for his flight to Vienna. He will have a layover of a few hours there and then a flight to Dulles. Please [...]
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On Tuesday we held our first English classes of the summer here in the village of Bretea Romana. We had 24 kids signed up over 3 different groups between the ages of 7 and 17. Out of the total of 24, 19 showed up; that’s actually pretty typical here (or anywhere for that matter). The [...]
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Dear Family and Friends,
These past three months have been quite an experience for us as we have moved into our village apartment in Bretea Romana. We are in the center of the village and the noise and commotion is something we have to get used to. Our neighbors have been helpful and we see more [...]
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Please remember Saul Nicoara in your prayers; he is currently in the hospital for the second time in the last month. The doctor there has said that there is no chance that he will recover, although we trust that in God’s providence a full recovery is possible. Brother Saul is 84 years old (the oldest [...]
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Hello everyone, after a lengthy hiatus due to the Holidays and my occasionally slothful nature, I am back to continue with semi regular updates to this site. We have just embarked on a a series of visits/reports to churches throughout the area that have supported us in the past year or [...]
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We will be leaving here on Thursday morning (local time) and expect to arrive in Washington DC approximately 20 hours later. We would appreciate your prayers for us as we finish last minute preparations here and as we travel. We will be spending a few days in VA with Daniel and Whitney before we head [...]
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Now is the time of year when nearly everyone in the villages of Romania is busy with the Fall Harvest. Yesterday we gathered corn (handpicked of course) and today I was going to help another sister in the church with her corn, but the rainy weather hasn’t cooperated. :( A forecast of frost for the [...]
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The past week and the next week or so have been, and will be, very busy here in Romania. As we seek to strengthen relationships in the village of Bretea Romana, we have been blessed to help in the harvest season. In addition to the regular garden produce, the major crops of apples, pears, grapes, [...]
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Today, when we arrived in the village of Bretea Romana, we discovered that Sister Dora Nicoara was seriously injured this morning. She slipped in the mud and mire while feeding the chickens and broke her right arm, near the shoulder. The break is not believed to be severe, but it is painful and will take [...]
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I just inserted a Mission Property Meter (third sidebar down on the right), in conjunction with the previous post. I will update this as necessary; right now it serves as a visual aid and adds some color to the blog as well.
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