August 2019
Ps 127,3 “Lo,
children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
Our second grandchild
was born. Glory to the Lord Leah is healthy and has Christian parents. We pray
for her, may the Lord bless her!
This month due to the fact that in most prisons it is the
month of holidays, and I did not have activity in the Mioveni Prison I took the
opportunity to visit all the volunteer leaders in the country. Every time I
filled the car with devotional books so many that I could not have sent by
post. I traveled a lot but I had warm meetings, blessed conversations:
Brother Dantus received me in his new apartment in Cluj
Napoca. With tears in his eyes, he expressed how pleased he is that he has a
home of his own and he received a kind help to this by Berean board.
Besides his volunteering
activity he works part-time as a paralegal, his wife teaches Romanian language
and literature at a nearby school. We have been friends for more than a decade,
may the Lord bless them.
Brother Elekes is a pensioner, but he still serves in his
church as a substitute preacher and he is a busy man. He sadly told me that for
months he has not been received in the prison and the management there does not
communicate for what reason refuses his team (Toth Zoltan a highly educated missionary,
Ferko Attila a young pastor). They do not have the opportunity to serve. This problem
with Oradea Prison I already noticed last year and you also asked the official
delegation when they visited you last year, but so far nothing has happened in
this case. It is very likely that we get into the rare situation that we have
volunteers but we have no opportunity to serve.
We are praying to the Lord for this case. All things are
in His hands.
Brother Spatarelu
welcomed us with love. He had a busy summer with the church children. He gladly
told us that his daughter had recently been married. They have a marriage in
the Lord. He starts the program in September with a new group of inmates. And
soon, besides his job as a pastor, he will restart his professorship at the
Christian school in Craiova. He is a very busy man, also serves with love among
the prisoners.
We also talked about the legal possibility of making individual
visits to inmates, who have become Christians, or they have contact with evangeical
churches in Oltenia (region of the country).
I visited once again on my way home Costin Dumitru. He
was just working on some social aid for needy people. His association with the
name Gloria pro Deo is well known throughout the area, often making donations
to Gaesti Prison where he is a volunteer. His team is highly appreciated by the
management.
At
Bondoret’s I read letters from prisoners, with whom he met over the years. Some
express their great joy of hearing the gospel and changing their lives. Brother
Cristi also told about a young man from his team who finished the military
academy and is now a commander in a military unit he is also a devoted
Christian. Cristi’s mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, I thank the
Lord that the food she made was perfect, she didn't forget any ingredient. So
she's still fine. It is the only family with which I am a friend where culinary culture reaches
mastery levels. It is a blessing any meeting with the Bondoret family.
As I told you before
(April July letters), we have a new volunteer who rarely goes to the prison
with Viorel, but he is very passionate about correspondence. In fact, besides
his ministry as a pastor in a small church, he serves at a Bible school through
correspondence.
Our book of devotions has been warmly received bz him and he is
glad that he can send to his inmate contacts. A new way to serve those behind
bars. Thank God he is often helped by his daughter.
Brother Baboi also sent some pictures about the occasion
when he distributed the books with daily devotions to the prisoners. Inmates
read the book on the picture.
In August, I had the opportunity to serve in a Baptist church also.
Do not forget the people with whom your life started, I had
the privilege to pray together of preaching the gospel to my classmates with
whom I had a childhood near Tirgu Mures.
“Remember, if we don't meet here, we will meet there!!” wrote
David Meister last time. I also thank you for each letter of encouragement, I
read them many times when I can. David Meister wrote the last time. I cannot
tell every blessing related to our ministry, many are hidden from the Lord we
do not know yet. When we meet at His eternal home we will see those. That will
be the perfect comecoming.
Thank you for
prayers and support!
With love in Christ,
