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Saturday, 01 May 2010 10:22

The kids were on a short break the first week of March. On March 8, all the youth came to church and we glued some bible verses on about 120 cards. Then we went downtown and gave them to all the ladies we met. They were all very surprised.

We went to the hospital to visit a lady form the church. She was so surprised to see how many we were. We congratulated her and the women she was sharing the room with. We gave them flowers and a card and we sang a few songs for them. They were all so happy that somebody came to visit them that day. Some of people from our group went on to visit other people from the hospital and the others stayed to talk some more with the lady from our church.

One of the ladies form that room wanted us to give her the lyrics of the song we had sung. In the evening, the boys and men from our church prepared a something special for all the women. We had a wonderful and blessed time and cherished what the Lord had done for us.

I managed to visit the old people that I had not been able to see during the winter time. I was happy to see them all even though they had health problems. We had a blessed time together as we talked about the Bible. As you already know, I don't visit these people by myself but go with a girl from our church, Jenicka. She helps me with this ministry. The people enjoy our visits and our packages as no one else ever visits them.

We also had the opportunity to visit the children that are part of our project. We brought some care packages with us. I was happy to see that their parents enjoyed our visits. They were also open to hear the Gospel. They asked questions and Pavel and Vitalii answered them. There were 7 families present.

We and the kids made some wonderful things in our program "skilful hands". We read Matthew 7:7 and learned that if we asked, God would give us our request. They all drew the outline of their hand and wrote down their personal needs on it. They were supposed to pray for that every day. Another time we talked about sin and for them to understand better. We used a craft that had a black butterfly with a red heart on it. We also talked about the coming holiday of Easter which they all shared what that meant for them. Then I told them what had really happened back then. I asked them to make a drawing about that. They all drew what they had understood which was the three crosses, the crucifixion, the empty tomb, and Jesus carrying the cross.

I want to share with you something that happened to me this month. I am very grateful for the financial support I get. It is a little difficult in Moldova during the winter time as almost all the money goes to pay the bills. I managed to save a little when I stayed at the pastor's to cover my trip to Russia. At the beginning of the month, I borrowed some money so that I could buy my medicines and pay the bills. But during those days, people came to me and gave me certain amounts of money. I felt embarrassed, but I understood it was God speaking to me. I could hear Him say, "I am with you, don't worry." It is hard to spend so much money on pills every month but God can do miracles and I really want Him to do them in my life. I could clearly see His provision in my life, even when I went to visit my father. When I got to my father's, he had a drunk friend over for a visit. My father asked me to join them. I had no idea what I could talk to them about. But I agreed and we talked for about 20 minutes. They offered me something to drink, but I refused. Then he gave me 10 lei, then after a few seconds, another 10 lei saying "you're a good person". God loves this kind of people too and He sometimes chooses to work through them.

I thank God for this month as I could learn many things. The most important is that I should trust Him always and with everything. I am actually still learning this lesson. I am thankful that I am his child, and just like Revelation 21:1-4 says of heaven, there will no longer be any diseases, tears or death.

 
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