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Zoli is a Hungarian student that I had a discussion with and found out that he had been born into a family of Catholics. His father left his mother and warned him not to go to church. Zoli was invited by his friends to go to the Reformed church in Odorheiul Secuiesc. He enjoyed the religious service and continued to attend the church. It seems to me that his faith was humanistic. He was in a few Christian camps with young people from Ireland. He said that something happened in his life; something changed. When I asked him "Where are you going when you die?" he answered "I don't know." I shared the Word of God with him and told him about being born again. While we were talking he smoked a few cigarettes. I asked him straight and respectfully whether he was a testimony for others who didn't know the Lord. He told me that smoking wasn't a sin. I continued to talk to him and he started to realize that he was wrong. Probably nobody had talked to him about this matter. I asked him whether he was born again. He didn't know what to answer so I went through 1 John and presented the signs of being born again. It was a very good discussion with Zoli. I realized that Zoli had a closer relationship with his friends than with God. I went with Elisei to proclaim the Gospel in the dorms. Elisei is a Christian student who got involved in our ministry. We met Iulian and his girlfriend, Tania, from Transnistria. At first they were not receptive, especially Tania. We started to talk about marriage; about the relationship between a man and a woman in the Bible. I proclaimed the Lord Jesus to them. Iulian is from Romania. His brother has attended a few meetings of our group. Iulian asked for my phone number. He said that he wanted to contact me for advice. I visited Vasi and Robert again. We talked about the real significance of Easter. There was also a girl, Robert's schoolmate, that listened to the Word of God with an open heart. She also received the New Testament that I gave her. Mrs. Elena is a woman from Moldova Republic who emigrated to Greece. There she married a very wealthy man. Her husband died and she inherited all his fortune. Meanwhile, her son, Alex, turned to the Lord. In the past he was an alcoholic. I talked with this woman who was staying at a Christian rooming house in Brasov. The families from our church were having a fellowship time there. The elder from our church asked me to share the Word of God with this woman. She told me, "My son loves his wife more than he loves me. When he is praying, he cries out and screams. Once, he pointed his hand at me and told me, "Satan come out of my mother". I got scared. They left me here. I am orthodox. I believe in God, but I always loved my mother first and my husband second!" I prayed for wisdom. I had undergone the same trial with my parents who had been persecuting me. This woman was doing the same thing with his son. With the New Testament in my hand I started to preach about how sinful man was and how the wrath of God abides on him. Then I preached Christ and the forgiveness that He gives to all those who put their trust in Him. I tried to help her see what had happened with her son. In the end she thanked me and then said "Maybe the Lord will reveal Himself to me. I will start to read the Bible." When I was about to leave, her son came with his mother-in-law and sister-in-law. They were Christians. I had a discussion with her son. I told him to be wiser when he shared the Gospel with his mother. They were Pentecostals. Probably the way they used to pray scared his mother. Diana is a lady who was in the United States. She is orthodox. While in the U.S., God guided her to contact some Romanian families who attended a Baptist Church in Sacramento, California. She was impressed by their living. When she came back to Romania she started to come to our church. I met her and her husband and I shared my testimony with them. Mihai and Vlad are students in Brasov. I entered into a discussion with them at one of our weekly meetings. I shared my testimony with them and continued to tell them about the salvation of Christ. Mihai told me, "I watched a movie which demonstrated that the Bible was written according to the stars. They had strong arguments. I don't know what to believe anymore." I knew about this movie which was ravaging the students' crumb of faith in God and the Bible. I told them why the Bible was true. Then I continued with the weight of their sin and the salvation of Christ. I encouraged them to look to God by reading the Bible. Bogdan is my disciple. He ministered with me in the ministry in Bacau. He returned to Brasov. Before he came back to Brasov he had worked at BRD in Bucharest. Before leaving he wanted to share his testimony with his colleagues. He wrote it down and gave it to everyone including his boss with a brochure. Then he had a short sermon. One of his colleagues said, "I didn't know it was so easy to believe in God and to reconcile with Him." On Easter we had an evangelistic event where 30-35 non-Christian students came from Sibiu and Brasov. I continued the Wednesday evening Bible study with the families from our church. I continue to preach the Word on Sundays. "A sower went forth to sow".  Through God's grace the seed was sowed. ÂÂ
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