The church in Lozova

Sometimes we get the question from people in Lozova were we are meeting as a church. And nearly always there is some confusion  as we explain in which house we meet. But from today this problem is solved: we put to big posters on the fences and now whole Lozova will know where the church is! May many come and hear the truth!

God has priority.

Jesus is life. The rest are details.

Bidstond in Lozova / Prayer meeting in Lozova

Vanavond de eerste bidstond gehad in Lozova. Met 7 broeders en zusters en 3 kinderen hebben we gebeden voor Lozova, Frankrijk, Moldavie en onze persoonlijke verzoeken. God zegene Lozova!

Tonight we had the first prayer meeting in Lozova. With 7 brothers and sisters and 3 children we prayed for Lozova, France, Moldova and some personal request. May God bless Lozova!

Winterclothes for Dumitru

Dumitru is 6 years old and has had already a hard life. When he was 2 years old his parents separated and his father took him to live with him. Unfortunately father was drinking a lot and often he forgot to take care of Dumitru so he would be left by himself. As a two year old he would walk on the street and beg for food. When his mother heard how father was taking care of Dumitru, she went to the village where he lived and wanted to take Dumitru but father heard about her coming and hide Dumitru. Mother went home without Dumitru. This happened several times; mother would go to the village with the intention to take her son but every time father found out she was coming and he would hide Dumitru. Until one day mother got a call from a neighbor asking her to come as quick as possible and take Dumitru. Dumitru had gone to the neighbor to ask for food and she took him into her house and called mother. In this way mother was able to take Dumitru and bring him home with her. He was 4 years old when he came to live with his mother. The first weeks it was hard for mother and Dumitru because they all had to get used to the new situation. Dumitru didn’t want to take baths because he was afraid of water, he hardly ever took a bath while living with his father. He never learned to eat in a proper way etc. but after some time Dumitru accommodated and he got used to his mother, his siblings and grandparents. Mother was still afraid to let him play outside with her other children because she expected father to turn up and take Dumitru from her. But so far father didn’t turn up and it seems that he has forgotten that he has a son. Mother tries to take care of her 3 children in the best way she can but without a stable income there is always a lack of finances. Dumitru and his sister Cristina have to go to the kindergarten next month but they didn’t have good shoes and warm clothes and so mother worried how she would be able to dress her children and get them ready to go to the kindergarten in December. When mother heard that she would receive help to buy some clothes for her children she was very thankful and she actually said: “I think this help must come from God cause only He knew we needed help”.

First!

Today Dima was the first at the Day Centre in Huzum. He was sitting on the well, in the sun, near the enterance of the church property. He was ready for the program and one of his first questions was: are we going to color? Cause this is his favorite activity;) Dima is 5 years old and he lives with his mother and older sister Madelina (7 years). He does not go to school yet so he is by himself for a big part of the day. When his mother finds work, she is gone for the whole day and his sister has to go to school. So a lot of time Dima spends on the streets and every day when the Day Centre opens Dima is present and he enjoys the attention he gets and normally he eats two plates of food so that is something he enjoys too! May God bless Dima and his family! We would like to ask you to pray with us for the work with the children in Huzum, May God work in the hearts of the children and in their families. He knows all of them and cares for them!

Preparing the land

Today the local church from Lozova, several brothers from Micleuseni and the local OM team put the hands together and cleaned the piece of land where in the future we hope to build a church. The weed had grown high and it was hard work but with help of some tractors and our own efforts we did a good job. There is still some work to be done but the land is prepared now and in the spring we hope to sow grass and have a nice grass field later-on. And as we prepared today the land for the grass seeds, we continue to pray that God will prepare the hearts of the people in Lozova for the seeds of the Gospel. God bless Lozova!

Vasea and Liuda working hard

Girl power!

OM team in action

Our youngest worker

The land (nearly) weed free!