Sunday, March 16th
We started the day by taking the minibus to Stei, RO which is about 30 minutes from Beius. We were greeted by Pastor George Dragan and his congregation, and enjoyed a beautiful service of worship. We had the privilege of hearing Peter Lucaciu give a message of hope from the pulpit, followed by Josh preaching the text of Mark 10: 46 – 52. Both Zach and Carol shared their personal testimonies of faith, and Elliot led this travelling chorus in several contemporary arrangements which would have made Ron Pearson proud. The service came to a close after the children from Casa Josif, the pastoral staff, and many of our group sent video greetings and prayers to our very own church in Tulsa. We understand that the video was viewed during the FPC 9:30 service about seven hours later!
Later in the day, after lunch and some rest, we again piled in the minibus to travel to TULCA, RO, a great “sister” city about an hour’s ride from Beius. There we joined in another service led by Pastor Chise, two wonderful interpreters, and a musical ensemble consisting of a drummer, pianist, and a brass band! Josh again preached his message from Mark, noticeably fired up by this time of the day revealing that he is indeed the son of a preacher man! We all wondered what would happen at a future 11:00 service in our very own sanctuary if he let loose as he did today! Andrea and Elaine shared their stories, Elliot got us all in tune again, and we wearily travelled the hour back to enjoy Ana’s special dinner of Sarmale.
2 comments:
We did show the video at 9:30 - and it was like you all were just beyond the screen! But did you have to rub it in by talking about Sarmale?
The video was awesome and I heard people talking about how cool it was and how we need a screen at the 11am service so that that crowd won't miss out on greetings like that one.
You guys are awesome. Keep being the hands and feet of Christ, not just to the people of Romania, but also to each other.
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