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Nieuwsbrief November 2014


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Newsletter November 2014

Najaarsschoonmaak in de tuin = gewoon alles verbranden wat je niet meer nodig hebt;-)

Zomerse verbouwingen

Veel Moldaven hebben min of meer de volgende standaard in hun leven: een zomer niet verbouwd in of rond het huis, is een zomer niet geleefd;-) Twee weken terug zijn we begonnen met het aanleggen van een badkamer in het huis waar we wonen. Stromend water in huis is natuurlijk toch gewoon pure luxe en als je dan ook nog warm stromend water hebt dan ben je helemaal goed bezig!
Inmiddels is de douche klaar en ook de wc zit prima;-) Volgende week hopen we ook een wasmachine te kopen en dan zijn wij weer klaar met de zomerse verbouwing;-)

Verbouwingen in Lozova

Afgelopen week is er druk gebouwd in Lozova. De extra ruimte bij de kerk begint nu echt vorm aan te nemen. Het is wind, regen en sneeuw vrij. Dus deze winter kunnen we de ruimte gebruiken voor kinder en jeugdwerk! Prijs de Heer!

Make a choice now, to spend eternal life with God later

This week in Micleuseni the villagers are talking about 2 funerals that took place this week. One boy, 19 years old, died in an accident. He had been drinking and together with his 4 friends, he was in an car accident. He died, 3 of his friends ended up in the hospital, 1 friend didn't have any injuries. Many, many people came to the funeral and paid their respect.
Also this week a former teacher of the local school died. She passed away in her sleep and today is the funeral.
An Orthodox funeral comes with many traditions, habits, expenses and stress to get everything done in time. There is a lot to organize and to think about. We pray for the families, that God may comfort them and that through these hard times they will draw closer to Him.

Last night it was youth night and since also the youth is talking about what has happened, we decided to talk a bit about the subject: life after death, eternity. Through a game we debated about some questions like: is heaven real? How does heaven look like? How can you get to heaven?
Together we watched the film: heaven is for real and we hope and pray that through the discussions, the film and our encouragement to think about their eternal destiny, they will take eternity seriously and will make a choice now, to spend eternal life with God later.

Teenager meeting nr 2!

This afternoon we had our second teenager meeting. Praise the Lord we are growing in number of participants, this time we had 11 boys. (I am wondering where the girls are?? = prayer point). But of course more important than numbers, we also gained more knowledge about the Bible and God Himself. We learned that Gods Word is: Powerful, Practical, Personal, Productive and Profitable = 5xP.

We pray that God will keep working in the lives and families of: Costea, Danu, Vasea, Seriosa, Costica, Ion, Vlad, Valeras, Samuel, Vasile and Sergei. May God bless these boys!