Over the last few months God
has allowed Bill to train Daniel from Nigeria for the ministry. He came to Romania to study at a local university,
but after he started to learn more about the Bible and how to study it on his
own he then decided he wanted to go to seminary and be in the ministry full time. What an amazing opportunity to influence a
young person like this from Nigeria in the heart of Romania. Please pray for Daniel that God will guide
him and use him for his kingdom and that a door will be opened for him to study
and prepare for the ministry.
Daniel and Bill studying Bible Study Methods
Once a month Bill is equipping people from our church with the
tools every Christian needs to be able to share their faith, to study the
Scriptures and to live a godly life. The
end of April he taught us how you can give an overview of the Bible in just
twelve words. It was an amazing ride
through the Old and New Testament.
Bill teaching the overview of the bible
In May, several ladies and I (Naty) from our church attended
the annual women’s conference organized by the International Baptist
Convention. God allowed me to be part of
the Women’s Ministry Team representing the convention. Each spring the convention organizes a
conference to reach women from many International Churches across Europe and
beyond. This year, 150 ladies from over
20 nations gathered in the hometown of Corrie Ten Boom, in the Netherlands for
a time of encouragement in God’s word.
This conference is so important because it ministers to ladies from all
over the world who go through similar challenges brought by their transient
life style either because of their own job that moves them every 2 years or
because they follow their spouse when his job gets relocated. Praise God for a blessed time and hearts
that were restored!
Women’s ministry team for the Convention
Ladies from Bucharest in Corrie Ten Boom’s house
In the last few months the church has been exposed to a new ministry in Bucharest that works with
women caught in human trafficking.
Monica, a pastor’s wife from Romania, found out about the grim reality of
humanly trafficked women and with God’s help she opened up a safe house for
them. Because of the lack of jobs, Romanian ladies go to work in Europe and many
of them end up being caught up in this sort of tragic circumstance, but they
don’t have anything waiting for them if they ever return to their former life. This Christian safe house that just opened up
ministers to those girls abused, that by God’s grace, are able to escape. The church is learning how to better get
involved in this great ministry opportunity.
Members of the church have already started being involved by providing
dry foods, soil for the garden, volunteer work and a lot of prayer. If you want to learn more about this unique
ministry opportunity you may want to watch the movie ‘Nefarious’ which you can
find in your local Christian bookstores.
Please pray for Monica, for the workers and for the women that will come
through this safe house.
Monica (in red) shares
about the shelter at a Women’s Bible Study
Many of you have been praying for my dad as he was fighting
hepatitis C. This month we will
celebrate one year since his liver transplant. While dad was in Italy, before
even being on a transplant list, he started a Romanian/Moldovan church. After one year the church has grown to approximately
60 members. Recently, they brought in a
Moldovan family to pastor the church. My dad has recovered very well and is now
serving in the ministry in Moldova. We
thank you for your prayers for my dad over this past year.
My dad with the new
Moldovan church in Italy
On a personal note, Bill and I are now in the States
visiting family, friends and ministry partners.
My older brother Vali, who lives in Atlanta, got married May 25th. What a great excuse to come back to the
States! While we are here we will be covering over
8000 miles by car and a few by plane visiting with families and speaking in
churches. If we don’t get the chance to
thank you in person we would like to once again to express our gratitude for
partnering with us in the ministry God has called us too in Eastern Europe.
Vali (my brother) and Elizabeth on their Wedding
Day
