Barbecue For All!

As we had shared a few weeks ago, yesterday was a big day in the life of the church here in Bucharest. We hosted the 'Welcome Back Barbecue' which welcomes back to town those who have been away traveling and those who were visiting just wanting to learn more about the church. We were blessed as many attended.

The day began in worship as we had what we call a Church Ministry Celebration. This time was used to review who we are as a church and to explain to our visitors all that the church is currently doing. In addition to all that, we also used the time to thank our ministry leaders and to encourage others who are not currently involved in the church to get involved as well.

A sister in the church sharing a testimony during the celebration



Experience Some Worship From Yesterday's Celebration

As we shared, the barbecue exceeded all our expectations. We were hopeful for a little over a hundred to attend. After a few tallied the total's I was told the consensus was that somewhere between 130 to 140 attended the barbecue. God gave us a beautiful day for the barbecue as well. The day was a little overcast which allowed for cooler temperatures. Up till yesterday we had been experiences temperatures near 100 everyday. Yesterday the temperature was a cool 75. As a result God blessed us with a great crowd and we praise him for the opportunity to introduce some many to the work He is doing through the International Church.

This was a great day to meet many new visitors

With God's help there was enough barbecue for everybody

All our friends from the Philippines really enjoyed themselves

Even some of Naty's English students from Japan attended for the first time