Nieuwsbrief / Newslettter

De zomeractiviteiten gaan bijna beginnen dus tijd voor een update over het werk en een paar verse gebedspunten;-) Hieronder vind je de link naar de nieuwsbrief:

Nieuwsbrief Juni 2014

The summer activities are about to start so time for an update about the work and some fresh prayerpoints:-) See below for the link to the newsletter:

Newsletter June 2014

Kids camp preparations

Just a few days are left until we will go on camp with the children from Huzum, Micleuseni, Lozova, Nisporeni, Calimanesti and Coresti. We are thankful that we will be able to organize this camp for the approx 100 children. Coming Sunday afternoon we will travel to Calarasi and there the fun will start! We will be from Sunday afternoon till Friday morning in the camp.

We would like to ask your prayers for the camp. Some special requests:

- Pray for the children who would like to come to the camp but their parents don't allow them to come. May God change these situations and make it possible for the children to enjoy one short week at the camp. In the last week I talked with different parents trying to see what can be done to get their permission but so far they did not change their minds. Please pray for Gods wisdom and guidance as we will try to speak with some parents on Thursday again.

Madelina, 8 years, cant come to the camp
because somebody needs to stay at home and watch the animals.
Her father is in Moscow and mother works  every day on the fields. 

Lilia, 8 years, is not allowed to come because she didn't have good marks at school
and so her mother punishes her by not let her go to the camp.
(I doubt that other ever helped Lilia to make her homework as mother herself never finished school)

Luminita, 7 years, needs to stay home to watch her nephew (3 years) and niece (4 years).
Her mother works on the fields and is only home in the evenings.

- Pray for energy for the leaders. (After a week full of activities we could use some time to rest....but time is short and there are still things to do...)

- Please pray for the last things that still need to be prepared. Pray that we won't forget anything important.

- Please pray for safe travels to the camp and safety during the camp.

- Pray for good weather.

- Pray for the children that will come to the camp, that they will get to know our Father better!

We appreciate your prayers and look forward to have a blessed week!

A busy week....

During the last week we had a team of students from a Bible School in Switserland, with us in Micleuseni. Every day different activities were on the program and we look back upon a blessed week.

One day we went to the elderly home in Micleuseni. Until now we did not have the permission from the director  to visit the elderly but this time she agreed for us to come, if we brought for all the 22 elderly a soap.

On Thursday afternoon the first official soccer training took place and around 40 boys came. Praise the Lord! We are praying that God will soften the heart of the mayor so we can get his permission to use the field but so far he is not willing to work with us.

Twice we were able to serve practically by working on the fields: cutting weeds. For many a new experience....

During rainy and muddy times, we could not work practically so we went to visit different families with food parcels in Lozova, Huzum, Micleuseni and Nisporeni.

And of course every day we did a program at the Day Centre in Huzum. Many smiley faces were seen! Praise God!

Of course all the translating, organizing, running around made us tired so we are very much going to enjoy our free day tomorrow! But we praise God for the last week!

Tanea is going to camp!

In February 2014 I met Tanea for the first time. She lives, together with her mother, 2 minutes away from our house. It was wintertime and the snow and cold outside made Tanea stay inside already for months. Tanea was happy to meet us and after a short chat with her mom we understood that Tanea was 34 years old and she was never been able to walk. Her wheelchair was broken and this made it hard for her mother (who has some major health problems too and walks with a stick), to move Tanea around and so often she sat just the whole day in her chair in the same spot.
When we left, we promised to come back and visit them again. A few weeks ago I was able to visit Tanea again and this time we also brought her a new wheelchair. We modified the wheelchair and it was a joy to see how Tanea was sitting in her new chair.

Every year a camp is organised for people with disabilities and this year the camp will be from 25 till 31 may. For one week around 150 people with different disabilities will spend time together, make new friends and most important they will learn more about God. We told Tanea about this camp and she did not even think but said right away: yes I want to go! Please pray with us that Tanea will have a good time as probably in her life she never went to a camp. Pray that she will get to know God and that together with her mother she will enjoy the camp.

A special "blessing" this morning...

This morning as we arrived at our car, to head to church, we saw that somebody had let go of all the air in our 4  tires....mhhhh.....let's say we were blessed in a special way: a lesson of patience and forgiveness and also a reminder to not park the car outside on the street but when possible (because of the mud this is not always a possibility) in the garden....Praise the Lord that the airpumpplace is also working on Sunday!