Friends–
Thank you so much for your prayers for the Opening Day at Speranta Biserica, "Hope Church."
We spent an adequate amount of time in the community passing out invitations. In about a week and a half, there were at least 5,000 invitations to the Opening Day Celebration that we passed out, along with our Romanian friends from the church.
After we finished passing out invitations we would go to the hills to pray for the city, for the people that would read the invitations, their families & friends.
me, Kelsey, Amanda, Elizabeth, Brittany & Angel in Draganesti
We were SO excited about the opening day!
Angel and I were asked to be the greeters, so we did and learned a few Romanian phrases to coincide with it!
Angel & I
The church was OVERFLOWING with people, so much that my team and I couldn't fit into it! We went outside and prayed, as well as helped prepare for the celebration meal.
It was incredible to see the way the Lord truly made His presence known.
the following are some photos from the day (photo credits to Brianna Danese)
an echo of the overflow
Pastor Raul, FAR RIGHT, visiting pastors, and a choir
guests and members of the church
marveling over sweet Daamaris
Pastor Raul, FAR RIGHT, and visiting pastors
Established September 2011
Brianna, me, Madisson, Brittany, Katie, Kyle, Jake & Pastor Raul
Please continue to pray for this community. These people. Our friends. Those that are seeking to know Him more. Those that don't know of His great love yet. The missionaries here. The pastor. The broken. The ones that feel unwanted, and unloved.
Pray for strength. For boldness. For pursuit of His purpose here.
For land that might be purchased to start a house church in a neighboring community
For a women's ministry in Pestra, a neighborhood nearby with only 2 believers
For an "adopt a child" ministry with our friend Marion from church, for people to partner with this church in praying for these children
The small groups that are being started with youth
Thanks!
