Moldova Blog Saturday 13 October
After our breakfast of toast and cereal we
headed to Karis Pizza to start prep work for the day and to meet the other team
members. It had rained during the night so after sliding down the hill we were
all a couple of inches taller due to mud and sand stuck on our shoes! So after
a very nice pizza dinner we headed off in the van to Brinza. Ailsa and myself
were looking forward to meeting the Brinza youth but unfortunately were told
that it hadn’t been arranged so we would be going out on visits to the outlying
parts of the village.
I headed off in
the pastors 1980,s audi which was a real state but perfectly in tune with the
roads we were traveling. I must confess that I felt I had nothing in me to give
as we approached the house, and after being only allowed into the courtyard my Christian
goodwill was being fast eroded.
There were 8 children who were very grubby and
in ill fitting clothes in the house and this truly made me sad. We had a
general question and answer but I felt no inspiration, just the sense of
desperation in the place. It was only when a boy who seemed to be about 6 but
was in fact 12 said that he had a dog and he was very proud that he walked him
every morning. I was able to tell about my dog and the time that I felt God met
me when I was walking him. This led on smoothly to more testimony and of course
sweets. But when we left I felt sure that I wouldn’t see them again.
A very funny moment happened in the car
when Igor the translator commented that my that pronunciation of letters was very poor and then started to
correct my grammar. I must confess he wuz prob correct m8.
We got back to the church and later I
started playing Frisbee with the kids as they arrived at the church as I had
all week. To my amazement the mum and 2 of the kids arrived, all scrubbed up
and obviously having made a real effort. It was one of the high lights of the
week to welcome them and see the smiles appearing……
That evening we had 36 kids at the mission
which was really brilliant, we made crosses and did some paper weaving. The 2
most troublesome boys did the best work and Ailsa and I were really proud of
them.
Mat
Graham and the team allowed me to preach at
the Brinza Church today in the mission service, when we first talked about it
at the start of the week it did seem like a great idea but as today arrived I
was getting nervous, Graham helped me a lot, we stayed in the church whilst the
rest of the team went on their house visits.
After a lot of pacing up and down by Graham
and half a dozen screwed up pages of paper I had a sermon prepared. The team
prayed for me before the service started, I am still not used to being prayed
for but I felt so much better it’s a great feeling when the team are behind
you, but knowing that God is there puts you at ease. Cathy gave her testimony
and the choir sang, it was now my turn, I walked up to the front of the church
look out at all the people looking at me and started
”Today I want to talk about the True
Identity of Jesus” ……….. I felt completely at ease again and was ready to carry
on, I don’t remember much of what I said if the truth be known, but again Graham's reassuring smile and nod
was enough, I sat down and prayed that I had reached the hearts of at least one
person, that they would want to know God.
Vasille the pastor asked should anyone want
to be prayed for and want to know God come to the front of the church after the
service, we had 4 people come to the front two of them were teenage boys that
Cathy, Pete and I went to see the day before, Graham prayed for them both I was
so pleased that the mission team had played a part in the boys repenting, the
two Marias also wanted prayer and again Graham Prayed for them both. We all felt great that
night but we were all tired and wanted our beds, Mr Schumacher, our white van
man took a slower approach back to Nina’s house which was gratefully received
buy all!!!
Another day over big day tomorrow, we are all starting to feel the busy days of
the week catching up but God will see us through……………………
Tim
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