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Thursday, 07 May 2009 19:49
I am so thankful to the Lord for another month of blessings and opportunities to share the Gospel and to work in His field.

God's ministry in Tereblecia

By the Lord's mercy and help this month I visited Tereblecia village seven times. I preached five times and twice we had a Bible study on 1 Timothy chapters 5 and 6. I praise the Lord for His wonderful Word which is quick and powerful in the lives of those who read it and study it. We participated in mass evangelism at the visitation and funeral of the oldest woman from the church. She was 92. She had a big family, but only one of her daughters was a Christian and member of our church. The others are not Christians. There were approximately 120 non-believers who listened very carefully to the Gospel. Many were touched by this funeral and said they will begin to read the Bible. For us, the most beautiful and powerful times of evangelism are the visitations and funerals. Therefore, we use these opportunities to preach boldly the Gospel. After the funeral I spoke to several people about the Gospel and I urged them to come to church. They said they will come. I praise the Lord for the unsaved who attended our church services. Two or more non-believers attend almost all of the services. They also have the desire to repent.
As usual, once a month we have a gathering of the members. We answer different questions from them and plan the ministry for the next month. Then, every member has a spoken report on the previous month. They share with the church the visits and the ministry which they did. I think that every member should be involved in the ministry of proclaiming the Gospel in our village and even in the neighboring villages, where there are less believers. I was so glad to see that the church ministers for people's salvation. I am going to continue this project because "the harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few."

I made a habit of counseling believers and non-believers each Sunday after the service. This month I counseled ten Christians and three non-Christians who came to me for advice. The Lord is great for He has given me this kind of influence on the village. People esteem me and ask me all kinds of questions. They ask me to pray for them. I believe these people will repent. After I finish counseling, I pay visits in the village. This month I visited six families and I told eight unsaved people about the Lord and prayed for them.

This month I focused on feeding the church so that they could get more involved in the ministry in and outside the church. On Sunday morning we have a time when everyone can say verses, sing songs, and have short confession on how the Lord worked in their lives in the previous week. The purpose is the spiritual edification of the church. Along with the whole church, we went to a massive evangelization in Garbova village community center. A band from Balti, Moldova, was invited. Over 100 invitations were distributed and 15 billboards were set up all over the village. But only seven non-believers came to the event. After the time of evangelism, a few unsaved people started to come to church. Praise the Lord for this! At the end of the month we also had a youth meeting for two districts in Grusevca village. There were 80 young people who listened to the Gospel. We were glad for them because their lives were transformed and they started to become more active in church.

God's ministry in Cernauti area

This month I visited two villages and had two evangelistic sermons in the Cernauti area. One sermon was in Malinesti village and another in Rachitna village. After the services I discussed and prayed with several persons who had different problems and questions. I had six meetings with different pastors and missionaries from Cernauti area. At these meetings we had discussions on biblical subjects and prayed. Each pastor or missionary shared with us from his ministry. We planned the activity for the next month. I had six personal meetings with different men who minister in Cernauti area. We discussed and prayed together. We still need laborers, therefore we train them for missions. Now we are praying for Poleana village. We want to put up a tent here in the spring if the Lord will give us all the necessary things. We already have a family of missionaries. Please pray for us to overcome and to go on.

I cannot thank the Lord enough for all of you who support us spiritually and financially for the progress of God's ministry in our area. I pray that He may give you spiritual and physical health and that He may bless you with various blessings. Thank you from our heart. We love you.
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