Moldova Mission Trip Day 5 – Wednesday 10th October
Good news! Our prayers were
answered and I (Cathy) was able to wear all my own clothes today as my case was
collected from the airport yesterday.
Our day at Nina’s started with
a cooked breakfast, our first one of the trip, frankfurter sausage, egg and
toast. Once again we made our way down to the main road by 9 o’clock to meet
Mark and be taken to Gotesti to meet up with Pete and Glen. Our time together
began with devotions on the next part of 2 Peter led by Ellie. The morning then
provided us with time to prepare for later in the day and also our input into
the mission. Pete and Graham chatted with Mihai about youth work in Moldova. It
was really warm and sunny so some of us were able to work whilst sitting in the
sun outside the Karis Pizza place, enjoying a cup of coffee. My task was to
help prepare and fold the boxes ready for the
after school club, others prepared for the children’s work, for giving their testimonies or preaching and meeting locals. After a delicious lunch of ravioli, roasted peppers and sour cream we were ready to hit the road to Brinza.
after school club, others prepared for the children’s work, for giving their testimonies or preaching and meeting locals. After a delicious lunch of ravioli, roasted peppers and sour cream we were ready to hit the road to Brinza.
Pastor Vasile briefed us on
that afternoon’s visits and the arrangements for tomorrow’s meetings in the
school, policlinic and at the mayor’s office. We swapped teams and headed out
for the visits. In all the houses we were able to share the gospel and our testimonies
with the groups in the houses, pray for them and invite them to the mission.
Many of the people took our ‘tickets to heaven’ and expressed an interest in
coming along to the mission. Unlike Monday’s visit we were provided with
refreshments at the end of our visits. In our house we had compote (local fruit
drink) and crisps. The after school club went well although there were slightly fewer children there; Mat was pleased that he had bought exactly the required number of sweets for the children. When Mark returned to the church with the van he said he was concerned that there was a problem with the steering and asked us to pray about it; there was no sign of a problem during the journey back to Nina’s. Julian, who drives the van and maintains it, is working away in France from today and so we pray that the van will continue to function properly.
As it was quite a bit cooler
this evening we ate inside; this involved the guys putting away their beds and
moving the table and chairs into their bedroom, taking care with the rickety
table legs. Tasty chicken, salad and spaghetti followed by tea/coffee and
biscuits were served up by Nina in her usual cheerful way. Her husband Vasile,
who is a fisherman, showed us his catches for the day – a 7kg carp as well as
several smaller fish. Mark told us he would sell these to people from Chisinau
for the restaurants there, the large fish selling for about £2 per kilo (about
300 lau or half a month’s salary). Unfortunately fishing provides a rather
irregular income which can be a problem for people unless they are good at
managing their money.
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