Pray for Laura

Catalina after another convert

We had an interesting Bible Study yesterday in the valley. Catalina did lesson 7 with the family from 89 Dogari street. We call them the "nine families" family. Thru the lesson we lost all four men one by one.... some of them had also prayed about prayers in the past. We pray that someday they will see the need to actaully follow Christ. Any way there was a girl named Florentina that came to their house from Focsani who did want to pray a prayer and give her life to Christ. This is very common but we pray that the Lord accepted her prayer. She said that she would come to our meeting on Sunday. We hope she does. We spent about 30 minutes with her going over many passages of Scripture. Pray for Flori and that she will begin to follow Jesus and turn from her sins.

Romanian Prom Night

Robert has been seeing Danilia now for about six months. They seem to get along great. She is the oldest of four sisters. (Her younger sister Gabriela is becoming good friends with Katie). Violeta, Danelia's friend is pictured in the black dress, she is one of Danelia's classmates. I don't think that Robert suffered too much this night but I told him as a missionary family we must do things that we hate doing. Hanging out with these two must have been missarable but he did fine. Robert truely entered into their culture this night! He did not know how to dance and really stood out like a true believer in Christ, PTL for this! We finally went and rescued him around 2:00 A.M. He promised that he would never to anything like this again it was so difficult for him :) actually for his parents ONLY!!! Daniella's family found Christ through an English team that came to their village to share the Gospel some time ago. They had been attending the Pentacostal church but now are attending the "Church in the Valley." They just adopted us!

GRATAR (BBQ) After Service

Went to see Resvans Family

Just For DOC

Taken from wiki....

The Maramureş wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are Orthodox churches. They are narrow but high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim bell towers at the western end of the building. They are a particular vernacular expression of the cultural landscape of this mountainous area of northern Romania.
Maramureş is perhaps one of the better-known regions of Romania - but still not much travelled. Its well-preserved wooden villages and churches, its traditional lifestyle, and the local colourful dresses still in use make Maramureş as near to a living museum as can be found in Europe. The beautiful gentle landscape of fields and meadows, dotted with farms and villages, and its inhabitants, welcome visitors with wide-open arms. The famous wooden churches of the region were built during the 17th and 18th centuries, on the place of older churches that no longer exist. They are a response to a prohibition against stone Orthodox churches. The churches are made of thick logs, are quite small and dark inside, and painted with rather “naïve” Biblical scenes. The most characteristic features are the tall tower above the entrance and the massive roof that seems to dwarf the main body of the church.

At the ski area in Brashov is also a beautiful church like this.....

Randy goes to the Dentist