THE  MINISTRY  IN  TEREBLECIA

I was there five times this month. I preached three sermons and led two Bible study meetings in which we continued to study Titus. After the church services I offered counseling to 10 people from the church. I also visited 6 families, 2 of them are very young. It is sad to see them fight and going through difficult times. I spent 4-5 hours with these two families.  We talked and prayed for them. I have never seen young families have such problems since I became a pastor. I have to spend hours, days and weeks to counsel them. The reasons they fight are insignificant ones. They have their own demands and whims and they don't want to let themselves be changed by God.

Greetings in the precious name of our Lord Jesus! I pray that He will fill you with His power so that His glory will be known all over the earth! I am honored to have had the grace to serve Him and His church this month again. It is a privilege that God honors me with.

God helped us to sow the seed of the gospel once again. Considering the season we're in, it is not the best time of the year because people are now busier with the field work rather than being concerned about their soul. But even so, I do my best to be a model for them when it comes to my attitude in the ministry.

God gave us grace and we managed to continue the work in Patrauti de Sus and Patrauti de Jos. I want to share briefly about the most important events this month.

PATRAUTI DE JOS

I spent more time here this month, I visited several families and helped with the church services. As I mentioned in my previous report, the church is going through a difficult time. I want to share that with you so that you can pray. There are several parties in the church and there is no unity. Many people from the church adopted the Pentecostal doctrine, especially the doctrine about the Holy Spirit. Beside the church service, they also have a prayer meeting. I have already talked to the church members and I think we are going start a Bible study meeting soon.

My greatest responsibility as a pastor is to make sure that the church members receive solid teaching and good spiritual food so that the problems are settled and they are ready for the ministry. In order to do that, I need a lot of time of personal preparations such as reading and studying. I do that once a week on Mondays.

As I mentioned in my previous report, we started to meet together in a small group in our neighborhood. We come from different Baptist churches and need regular fellowship, prayer and Bible study. I was assigned to lead this group and was glad that after a few years we started to meet again. They asked me to teach them how to preach the gospel correctly. I am glad to see that they are willing to learn. We have this meeting every Tuesday.