Happy Birthday Gayle

We had a great time celebrating Gayle Hills's 59th birthday.  We don't get together very much even though we live next to them most the time we are so busy that we just call once in a while.  We always have a good time when we get together.  Well, I pray that God will bless her.  It happened to be Childrens Day in Romania so we were also treated to some fireworks!

First All Romanian Church Service in the Valley

Reaching Africa

Randy, Mihia, Larisa and Iulia have been meeting with these men from Congo up at the refugee camp in Zone 9.   They baked cookies yesterday and did and extended SJWF with them today.  They seem to all be believers but they want to try and go teach the other 40 refugees that are there in the compound.  They speak several different languages and are trying to learn Romanian while they are here.   They  have come to the Baptist Church and did some singing and dancing.  Yes, I am sure that the dancing was over the top for our Baptist brothers here in Europe.   Well pray as we continue to look for more help try and make Disciples for Christ.

Official Status of National Bible Reading Campaign

Official Status of National Bible Reading Campaign

(4339 pressure points= 2 QTR. 2009)

Gateway Leaders:

Team Pressure Points (T) Individual Pressure Points (I)

Troy (GL/BR)- 1069 (T) 282 (I)

{Troy, Bogdon, Mihia, Paula, Teresa, Justin, Dwayne, Randy) (Blue = Gateway Leader)

Bogdon (Z6)- 839 (T) 214 (I)

{Bogdon, Ion, Necu, Christi, Bica, Gabi, Nelu, Marian, Danuti}

Paula (Z6)- 161 (T) 36 (I)

{Roxana, Narcisa, Dana, Ionica, Gratiela, Marioara, Puputia, Sorina}

Teresa (Z7)-657 (T) 69 (I)

{Daniela, Andreea, Florina, Gabriela, Larisa, Madalina, Katie}

Daniela (Z9)-434 (T) 178 (I)

{Violeta, Madalina, Vivy, Iulia, Elena, Angelina, Ginina, Mihiela}

Justin (Z9)- 873 (T) 259 (I)

{Costel, Florin, Marius, Sorin, Andrew, George, Ciprian}

Randy (Z15) - 116 (T) 110 (I)

{No team members)

Mihia (Z15) - 190 (T) 68 (I)

{Ene, Valentine, Anghelina, Mariana, Ilinca, Ionela, Mihalta, Carmen, Lilliana}

NBRC Weeks 14 through Week 21

Total Accumulative = 8 Weeks (pressure points)

Troy = 282 (If only I was working no one else -like the first three years in Galati!)

My Team = 1069 (Team of Gateway Leaders)

All Teams = 4339 (See the importance of Multiplication?)

SBC Teams

(965 total 21 days work) [ave.45.95 per day]

Standard= 555 points= 1 Cameron= 55.5 points perday

NGU = (809 Pressure Points) [ave per day 53.93] around 15 people daily

level I = 161, level II 265, level III 8, Level IV 0, Level V 14 (actual number not with ppts applied)

CCSBA = (156 Pressure Points)[ ave per day 26.0] around 8-12 people daily

Level I = 46, level II 32, level III 10, level IV 4, level V 0 (actual number not with ppts applied)

Do SBC teams help? Look they accumulated in 21 days (965 points) what my Gateway group had accumulated in eight weeks! (1069 points).

OPERATIONAL PART OF THE GALATI PLAN

(Matthew 9:37-38)

FIND ONE PERSON-Joshua 18:3-10

one hour of prayer walking = 1 pressure point

ASK ONE QUESTION - Luke 14:15-24

one encounter (open book) with all verses read to the lost person= 2 points

TEACH ONE LESSON - Matthew 10:5-16

one level three Evangelical Bible Study done in the house or any location = 3 points

FORM ONE GROUP- Romans 16:5

one level four small group meeting= four points

MAKE ONE LEADER - 2 Tim 2:2

one level five= Kingdom Doctrinal Track or 2nd Reformation = 5 points

Gateway leaders need to show extreme interest in obedience to reach the lost. They must also be broken of their legalistic and judgmental attitudes and they must go through 15 hours of introduction to what we are doing. They must also understand that God's Son was given to us as a gift and in no way shape or form can we earn God's approval by obeying the Ten Commandments or by our own goodness or by our own wisdom. All must be able to communicate that it is humanly impossible for us to get to heaven. They must also demonstrate some Biblical Competence in the doctrines of Salvation, Return of Christ and be trying to find a group of people to lead.

MOTIVATIONAL PART OF THE GALATI PLAN

(Mark 9:37-38)

Each of the Motivational Steps have a three hour interactive lesson attached.

A. TRUST ONE SOURCE-2 Tim 3:16

B. ACCEPT ONE CHALLENGE - John 21:15-16

C. OBEY ONE PRINCIPLE - Is. 28:9-10

D. WIN ONE CITY- Johan 4:10

Zone 9 Leader gives a report

Kinder Joy Eggs

Yesterday we were at this Greek Resteraunt.   I wanted to give this present to Matthew Blanton who did a wonderful job as a team leader.  I understand that when he was young sometimes he would receive this specific gift.  Well, it took me about two hours yesterday to go find these chocolate eggs...and then I didn't want them to melt so I  had the waitress put them in the fridge downstairs.   I completely forgot about them during our dinner and now I have to figure out what to do with them :)  

God Bless You NGU Thanks for all you did for us

This has been a very special group for me. I pray that they will be blessed for their great attitudes, their great hearts and their submissive spirits. I know that God had to be pleased with all that they did the last three weeks. I now have a city that I can start working in with many many contacts that this team opened up. Every Zone and over 1000 people directly confronted with the Gospel. Lord keep them safe as they travel home...

Kingdom of Darkness was hit hard by NGU 801 PPts

Over the course of this month, these young people have been going and telling the people of Braila the Gospel. They have acquired 159 hours of prayer walking collectively, they have 262 Open Book encounters (which means around 1000 people heard), they have had the first ever 8 level three lessons and finally they have had the KDT for a collective 14 hours. They had a total of 133 pressure points today alone! We hit zones 12, 13 and 14. This group was really blessed today to be able to talk with so many people about Jesus. We were hoping to go from 666 to 777 but the Lord blessed and we went to 801 pressure points for a Mission Point Total.

This was our last day to hit Braila with this team... I hate to see them go but they know that they put their feet in the middle of the Kingdom of Darkness and Shared Jesus Without Fear for three weeks.

Well, I pray that you all have been blessed by this team and their efforts as much as I was.

NGU has one more day of work...

Well I am going to hate to see this team leave. They are really a great bunch and have won not only my respect but my heart also. I pray that the Lord will bless them for all the help that they have brought us. So we started the day with 600 pressure points. We then added the 28 points from Sunday and the 38 from this evening for a total of 66. So after studying Revelation today as part of the Kingdom Doctrinal Track along with the specific things that we need to be avoiding I am very happy that we are using the devil's number against him!

God continues to work in the valley

This was a great day for the valley. Converts from the valley got together and had a church service. It was awesome to hear NO ENGLISH spoken! A brother from the local church spoke on grace and did a wonderful job of teaching them on this all important subject. I was so proud of the local church (Holy Trinity and Pastor Ovi for helping) Bogdon in the valley. I was also so proud of Bogdon and Paula for praying all week that some one might come this Sunday. They are really truly becoming leaders in the Kingdom of God. Their lives are burning so bright and they really know that people need to be saved and that by Grace. I can not put into words the feelings I have after starting to prayer walk the valley back in late 2004. This to my knowledge was the first time that the American didn't take the lead and allowed the national to speak in all of the services we have had. In the past things were just not set up for this...now they are praise the Lord.

600 Pressure Points NGU

First Day Violeta Joins Us for SJWF

The Chief

Randy has done an impeccable job with this CCSBA/Galati team. I was very impressed by his ability to get the job done. After bringing in 12 teams over the last five years it was great to have help this year! Justin and I were saying that he reminds us of the position that the ranking enlisted person in a squadron is called, "Chief" the Chief Master Sergeants are the ones that get things done in the military. Well, God bless you Randy...but you look so tired! With Angela working the team in Braila, you and Justin working the team in Galati...I just don't see why your so tired. I am feeling rather refreshed this year for having three teams in at the same time!

New Director of Missions

To understand my comment about the need to get the churches motivated to equip the saints again please read Ephesians 4:11-13 and then just hold it up to what you see happening as many of our churches are doing the opposite of what this verse actually teaches! Until the churches make reaching directly into the harvest and making evangelism a priority again we will continue to be wiped out one by one.

It was a great pleasure to meet Matthew this last week. I pray that the Lord will show CCSBA a way to expand the Kingdom of God through his leadership. I am praying that those who understand missions and the need to get the church "members" engaged in missions will remain united on that front. I am a big believer in "The Church is the Missionary" concept of church. Over the years the world has seen the gospel as very hostile to its ways. The Devil has done to the church the same thing people do to contagious diseases, he as quarantined the Gospel into the little buildings to keep it from spreading. The Pastors must lead the charge...we are at war. I pray that Matthew can rally the troops and not fall into the same old trap of DOING missions for the churches. I remember quite well when our president of the IMB, Jerry Rankin, told us that it was not the IMB's job to do missions! I thought to myself, "is he crazy? Of course it is the IMB's job to do missions" then he explained...it is the local SBC's church's job to do missions and the IMB's job to make sure that it happens abroad. Now that I am trying to start churches overseas in two cities with populations of just under 1,000,000 people ,(with only three active Baptist churches) I see that Dr. Jerry Rankin was exactly right and that I had been taught incorrectly and was in direct conflict with the concepts that really clarify the local churches responsibilites.

I pray that Matthew will be able to bring a new awareness to this need and not just become as some of said, "A pastor to the pastors". I hope and pray that God will stir his heart and that he will be responsible for getting many of our SBC church "members" to accept the call to missions abroad. Our churches are dying because we have our eyes on the economy more then the Lord above and the next life. May God forgive us for loosing site of our priorities! May the churches begin to make the "Kingdom of God" their primary concern again.

45 Open Book Encounters in only 3 Hours

It was an incredible day down in Braila. We did a level 5 in the morning studying the first of fourteen Kingdom Doctrinal Track slides. After lunch we broke into five groups of four each and prayer walked the south side of the city from 3-6. What was amazing was that in only three hours we had 45 open book encounters that is a record for sure. We literally went down one street and talked with nearly every person that was outside for nearly two hours. Our team had 18 open book encounters and another team had 15! God smiled on us today...

International Gospel Outreach

90 Open Book Encounters In One Week

We had a great day today. To tired to talk about it...this team is great. Oh! This a video shoot of the very first Level 3 done in Braila. They were able to get several more level three's set up.

The Upper Room Level 7 with NGU

This weekend I wanted NGU to see the work in Galati. They came up to the service in the Valley where Bogdon is trying to get a level 7 Started at a new location. It was a nice sunny and hot service. After that we went to a restaurant and waited 2 1/2 hours to eat. Then they walked five miles to the training center. They basically walked from the valley to the training center along the river and then back into the city. This was great training for them if they become missionaries in a remote location.

We had a service in the evening letting them see a level 7. This is totally different then a traditional church service and I wanted them to see the difference. It was great to hear them learn from the five mistakes that Lot made before he was nearly destroyed by the fire from heaven. I listened to them as they shared about their temptations and struggels. I pray that the Lord used that time to really speak to their hearts. Praise the Lord for the desire he has put in their hearts to build His Kingdom and for His Glory.

This team still has ten days to go. We are sitting on 166 pressure points. They still have a long way to go to reach 1 Cameron! We are hoping to achieve this by Friday but we want to be faithful to follow up on the contacts we already have and start some level 3's.

NGU Shines Today

After only two days of training and two more days of operations we now have 50 hours of prayer walking and 58 open Bible encounters using SJWF. These guys will be able to progress to several level threes next week. The possibility exists for us to start a level four group even before NGU leaves if we work the next couple of weeks right. That would be awesome. As of now the NGU team has 166 pressure points with 140 of those coming in the last two days!

Day of Operation E Contact

We had two days of "warm up" and now we are in the thick of it. After three days this team has recorded:

38 hours of prayer walking, they have had 37 open book encounters and are off to a great start. Pray that we can begin to pace ourselves a bit. I personally have lost 12 pounds in the last three weeks so I am very happy about this pace. We have three or four homes to go do lessons in today....we hope.

Matthew Tanner the new DOM of CCSBA will be with us today in Braila.

30 Open Book Encounters Today

NGU Opens up work in Braila

This is a great group of students.  Today they learned the Galati Plan and went out and prayer walked for a couple of hours and also did Share Jesus Without Fear.  They had an incredible night...they had 10 open book encounters in only two hours.  Each group had five and they came back pretty fired up.  This is going to be an awesome three weeks and many people are going to hear the Gospel.  PTL

Justin and Angela did a great job today... Angela is staying with the team and helping to many many  things that I  would normally do,  Thanks Angela...

Justin did the training in Level 1 and Level 2 today and the entire motivational part also.  We are truly blessed to have these young people here with us this week.

We also have CCSBA with us and we are looking forward to seeing what will happen with them this week.  Many things to be praying for...

We also have Two Liberty Student with us today...Our Son Matthew and his friend Matthew Bowman.

Level 7 Mothers Day

Justin Costel and Andrew G4 Level 3

Here are some people to pray for.  Justin, Costel and Andrew are doing a great job with these people.  We need to pray for the man pictured on the left who will be going into jail again soon, for three years.  His wife seems to be coming closer and closer to saving faith. Pray for her.  The lady on the right has relation in the valley and has been very open to the lessons.

Angela Baptism by Fire First Team Meeting

We think that we have a plan that will keep us busy.  I hope you will stay praying (tuned in) for our next three weeks of work.  Cane Creek Stoddard Baptist will assist us in Zones 4, 6, and 9.  We will have many prayer requests over the next few weeks.  Please lift our team in prayer so that the Lord will show us His favor the next couple of weeks.  Pray for Angela as she will truly be "baptised by fire" down there in Braila.  I know that she is up to it and we are very excited to have her on the team.  She will be working with 8 young ladies "just like herself" that want to be missionaries and are in school for that very reason.  There are also two young men on the team that will help carry the luggage for the ladies!!! I am hoping that my son Matthew and his friend representing Liberty will also be a big help to us.  

A look at the Focus of the Attack

So we will continue to use the 555 points as a standard. It will not be difficult to exceed this unit for a two week team because we have more help. But I realize now that this is a unit of measurement that really gives me an idea of how we are doing. This 1 Cameron Unit is now a very effective tool to show how much progress we are making towards a group that KNOWS how to multiply. This is the key to discipleship!!! We are simply keeping track of number of hours we prayer outside, number of people we talk to about Jesus from the Bible (no hidden "I just try to be their friend stuff"), Number of EV lessons taught in houses, and number time a person meets in a home church environment, and also the tracking of leaders.

The Task ahead of us it to get the SBC teams quickly trained in the basics, especially SJWF (Level 2) Share Jesus Without Fear. Then turn them loose. If we can't find translaters then we either hand out literature or find an english speaker. This year I hope to try something new though. I hope to hand out a card where they can contact us on our web site trough an e-mail account. I hope this works....we will send them the lessons over the mail and then visit them to confirm they understood the lessons and more important see if they want to start a lesson in their homes.

Preparing the Team for the Teams

This morning I find myself with that same excitment and energy level that comes when you are two days before bringing a team in.  This time three teams!  We have my son and his friend representing Liberty (and yes they are here to see the family but it is an official mission trip, We will have CCSBA (Cane Creek Stoddard Baptist Association) also coming in on Tues.  The day before they get here a team from North Greenville will arrive with 12 people.  So we have many things to work out today in the meeting.  The GREAT thing about the Galati Plan is that everybody is on the same page doing the same thing. So we don't have to find orphanges or churches  or things for the team to do while they are here.  They will simply enter into what we are doing.  So for the first time after around 12-15 teams that have come in the last five years I have a team of people to help me this time.  The difficult part and the part that I need prayer for is I have a team in Braila and a team in Galati.  This will open up work in Braila as the teams from Living Word Baptist and Cameron First did back in 2004 when we found a real treasure in Bogdon and Paula.  So please pray for our team meeting to day...

Report after teaching first lesson level 3

This was a big day for Gabriela. She was with us last November when we prayer walked Zone 4 and now she is back teaching her first level three lesson from the National Bible Reading Campaign. She was amazed at the fact these two didn't know anything at all about the Christian faith. Here she is saying exactly how the lesson went ....In Romanian! More and more of these blog posts will be in Romanian because the plan demands that they take the front seat and begin pushing outward in Romanian without us to slow it down.

Lesson 3 in ZONE 4 Good Job Gabriela

We were able to do two level Three lessons in Zone 4 today. One of them didn't go so well because of a drunk man but the other went very well. For those of you that prayed for Gheorge the other day, Thanks...we were able to get into a house and teach a lesson to two ladies, one was 24 and the other 25. It went very well and these were the first two lessons that Gabriela has taught with the Level 3 material. She did great....I am very proud of her. She faced a demon or two in the first lesson that she was teaching. But she taught the lesson and stayed on the subject.

Zone 13 Level 3 First Visit

Now that I have made the first contact it will be important to select the correct person for the job. I have several options at this time:

Best option is probably to get somebody that is an older female to start the lessons while at the same time taking the younger men working our plan and have them start working with the boy. We will see what will work best. I like the location and probably would be able to get a group here in the future if the Lord would allow us that privilege.

I am sure we will be taking them to the clinic in Braila also at some time in the near future.

Following Up On Contacts is Important

We like maps!!!! This is how we track most of our contacts! I want to do a follow up visit on thelady we met yesterday at Metro.

More People to Pray for

Hopefully we can get over to Anacuta's house to do lessons... She is the second person we met this week that is having to go through parking lots to ask for money. We will go to her house and try to start lessons with her. She lives in Zone 13. We always help these mothers out if some how we can confirm the need. Not with much but with enough to get her through the day and next day..

Times are Tough in America

It seems that a someone in South East Missouri has found a second job trying to make ends meet. We have found that one of our Baptist sisters has been modeling on the side to try and pay the bills. I guess when times get tough the tough get going!!!!

Katie Geddes is the on-site reporter- Cameraman remains anonymous

Love ya Tamara sorry for bringing this to every bodies attention!

Plead for more Prayer Cover

We are simply asking you to make prayer for our team a very real and persistant part of your life...thanks..

Team Galati

(National Bible Reading Campaign)

Leaders Meeting Week 18

Team Totals: Each team total listed beside the leaders name:

Troy (Gateway Group leaders listed below) 111 Pray for direction begining work in Braila

Bogdon 74 He is trying to start what we call a level 7 in the Valley proving to be difficult

Paula 42 Doing great and wants to do more yet

Teresa 41 Has been the most consistant and has new people coming to her groups

Daniela 21 Her group is growing and has a new place to meet now!

Justin 74 Back and ready to Attack, pray for him as he guides CCSBA this next week

Randy 13 (helps others get points!) Needs to get a group of helpers

Mihai 38 He has a difficult job now and is gone from the city but is STILL working the plan PTL

Please pray for Gheorghe

This is another person needing prayer. He really believes that God brought us to him and he really seems to want his life to change. We are welcome in his home. Please pray for us to get in there and present the Gospel in a way that he will truly have hope for the next life.

Level 1 and 2 in Zone 4

I told this lady named Carmen that many, many people would be praying for her....I hope that you will take time to lift her in prayer. She has problems breathing, pains in her heart and also some issues with her blood. Most of all she is connected to three new families that we have found in Zone 4 tonight. We found a guy who said he believed God sent us. He really wants to get right with God. I hope to start three level threes over there soon. We met this family prayer walking in Zone 4 last December.

Praying for our Work here in Galati

Justin told me that his family met last night and prayed with a cell church in Atlanta. They watched the blog that mentions everybody by name posted yesterday. I had asked for prayer and they actually met for three hours.... and lifted us up in prayer. THAT is exactly why I started blogging again. We NEED your prayer cover. I know for a fact that when we lost our prayer cover things became MUCH more difficult. I really am pleading for people to start praying for us again and I will try my best to keep you informed. Thanks for taking my request for prayer cover seriously church and Pastor thanks for taking time to let your people pray also. May the Lord bless you abundantly for this....

Justin finally gets his Christmas Present

Justin just returned from a few days traveling around Europe. He was able to keep sharing his faith and also discovered some interesting things regarding the spiritual temperature here in Europe. Things about the promise, one world order and the extreme dislike for the nation of Israel. Just like the Bible predicted centuries past!

Good Report from Zones 7 and 6

We are discussing a way to include Matthew 25 activities into our Cell Church reporting. This can not be taught but must not be avoided either. We took about one hour and a half to discuss things as they are and then shot a quick interview for prayer requests and praises!

One if by Bus and Two if by Airplane

Please pray for:

David Groves (IGO), Matthew Tanner, Gary Burns, Laura Wade, (CCSBA) By Plane

Matthew Geddes, Andrew Bowman, (Liberty University) By Plane

Matthew Blaton, Sara Brooks, Leland Browder, Leah Dishman, Kristina Gulledge, Brittany Hilton, Hannah Limbaugh, McKenzi Thomas, Gerald Roe, Mary Underwood, Luke Varn, Lee Anna Williams, (North Greenville University) By Bus

Justin McGhin and Angela Stamps. (SBC and IMB)

These 22 people will be spending part of the summer advancing the Kingdom of God here in Southeast Romania. I am so thankful but also a little intimidated for several reasons. Just please lift us in prayer and I will keep you posted on how your prayers are helping. They arrive in three waves. Two teams will land on the 12th by airplane and the other will have already been here arriving by bus to Braila on the 10th.

IGO CCSBA will work zone 9 in Galati with Justin

North Greenville University will work Braila with Angela Stamps

Randy and I will try to keep things moving!!

Level 3 Zone 9 New Family 2nd Lesson

This is the Ionita Vasile family with his wife (Iuliana Carmen) on the far right and daughter (Daniela Georgiana) in the middle. They have been so kind to me and have allowed me to try and teach the Level Three material People who knew Jesus, without the use of a translator. They don't speak English so this is a real challenge. I am able to get through the lessons but I am severely handicapped compared to teaching them in English as I have in the past. But I know that I need to be stretched in this area and I must work hard to learn this language. I really like this family and they sort of remind me of a Bogdon and Paula I met some years back! I pray that they will come to Christ soon. They took out all their Icons and showed me them. This is where I don't even say a word. I just complement them and move on...the lesson went great!

Vasile was at the airport in 98 and stood only 15 feet away from Bill Clinton when he came to Romania. This was a big event in his life. He has held the same job for over ten years and seems to be a very stable person. His wife is a real sweet heart and I just pray and please you also lift here in prayer for salvation. Thanks!

Bogdons Reporting on Zone 6 Valley

Bogdon truely has been doing an awesome job in the valley. I think that he is doing everything he knows to do. He has his NEW believers...ones that HE has won to Christ, following him and doing the first three steps. They are WANTING to serve God and they are truely growing. Bogdon has much to be in prayer about now as his house, apartment, has been sold and he now has been given a notice. THEY have to move. So please pray about this... He really needs to find a new place to live soon. The situation is very complicated and I don't really know what to do about this except pray. Well, you all need to be praying for Bogdon and the work in the valley. He is doing an incredible job and also I want to thank Bridge Builders for supporting him and bringing him up under their ministry. They keep in constant prayer for him and also have weekly meetings with him... the group is out of Prestonwood in Plano Texas.

Every Saturday at 1330

Here is Teresa's table ready and set for her level four group.  She has taken her group through a book called "I've been Born Again now what",  "John, behold the Lamb" and now she is going through Galatians with her girls.  They have a solid level four and I am so proud of the work that Teresa has done.  What ever is asked of her she does it.  If you would like to bless us with your prayers please pray for Teresa's children.  Jason, Karissa and Emma who are being tossed to and fro by the enemy.  Families are precious to God and we need to be praying for God to show people the blessing that come with staying together, praying together, following Christ together.  Please pray for this family that Jason will now become the man God had intended for him to be and that Karissa will continue to listen to godly council  and that Emma be in and under a godly influence soon!  

The Youngest Prayer Warriors

These are picture perfect prayer warriors.  I think it is awesome that these boy's parents are training these two young men to think about the nations that don't know God.   This is an awesome way to bring your children up in the admonition of the Lord.  I pray that the Lord will bless these two young boys for the amount of time they lift us in prayer.  They sent Karla a birthday notice but we know that they think and pray for us more then once a year....everyday or at least every week they lift us before the Lord....amen!