The Valley Again

Just a quick note to those who have been here. Today we were back in the Tabac family court yard, also known as Gabriel’s family. Iulia, who works for the Betesda Foundation, (boys and girls home), went there to start a women’s group. The visit went well, 6 that could read took part. Ruth, after the lesson was over I told Grandma Tabac about your troubles and she prayed for you too. It has been good to have extra help this week as Mihai is working out of town and Andrea Larissa has a big school project to take care of, which made Iulia worth her weight in gold. Keep praying, God is getting ready to do big things here.

Check Troy's Blog

A just wanted everyone to know the blogging machine, Troy, was in our apartment today and we survived!!
We really just wanted you to check his blog, he has posted several times in the last few days.
http://seekandsave1.blogspot.com/
Or click the "SBC in Galati" on the right side of this page and be sure and read "older posts" to see all 7 or 8 which he has published in the last few days.

Zone 15

The Taking of Zone 15
First Report

Within the last few months Troy has mapped out a new area in Galati, Zone 15(Z15). This is the first report I have written concerning the advance into its area on the north side of town.
Jud 1:23 Rescue any who need to be saved, as you would rescue someone from a fire.

Mihai and I have prayer walked this area in recent weeks on two different occasions, and Troy had been there once too. On all these trips there, we had went apparently unnoticed by the enemy. This week was different.
1Pe 5:8 Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.



Monday of this week Adriana, a young lady from Teresa’s group came by the house ready to get back to work after a long Easter break. She will be working with the children in Z15 when we start the rescue. She requested that we go there and prayer walk the area. She had a friend that she was hoping to get involved in Kingdom work but after a quick call found she was unavailable. Also Teresa had a language class scheduled for that afternoon so she could not go either. Adriana and I went anyway.
Pro 16:9 A person may plan his own journey, but the LORD directs his steps.

As we drove in the area, which looks a lot like a village in Moldova, we were greeted with the enemy at work in the form of drunkenness and strife.(Gal.5:20-21) I should have been prepared for such, after all it was a Holy Day here. We chose a different parking place. The time of prayer and observation was good, only interrupted by an opportunity to Share Jesus Without Fear.
1Pe 3:15 Honor Christ and let him be the Lord of your life. Always be ready to give an answer when someone asks you about your hope.




I took Adrianna home and went by the house to pick up Teresa for a meeting we had that evening. On our return home we found we had missed a call from Peggy and she also sent a couple of emails asking me to call her. I did. She told me that her husband Kelly had lost his job today. I was not surprised, as news of the economy from the states sounds bad. Teresa had been experiencing attacks directed at her from home for some time. Her brother Victor was losing his fight with cancer when we left home for mission training. Since then she lost her nephew James and on the other side is Emma being born and not being able to hold her. The enemy knows where to shot. The armor of God in designed for offence not defense. Eph 6:10-18

Now it appears it is my turn. That is okay. That tells me Zone 15 is a place where God wants us to do battle. Pray that we are ready.

If You Love Me, You Will Love Others

I would like for you to meet Daniela, a twenty-one year old young lady who is a member of a Bible Study group that meets in my apartment each week. The group is made up of 8-10 young ladies. We started meeting about 8 months ago. Our first study was "I've Been Born Again, What Next". We just completed "John, Behold the Lamb". At our last meeting they decided the next study would be "Galatians, From Law to Grace".

I have been richly blessed to have the pleasure of watching these young ladies grow in the Lord throughout these studies. Their knowledge of the Bible has grown as well as their personal prayer life. Each of the girls have touched my life in their own individual ways.

There's more I want to share with you about Daniela. Daniela and her 3 sisters come from a broken home. Her 3 sisters are younger than her, at 21 years of age, Daniela has had to fill the parent role for several months now. She is the sole financial support they have with the exception of some money their Mother is able to send occasionally. Daniela must be the disciplinarian, which often causes some difficult situations and hard feelings between her and her sisters. She has had to grow up way too fast. It is such a blessing that all of them are born again believers.

I'm not sure at what age Daniela accepted Christ as her Savior. During these past months I've watched her love for the Lord change. Change how? Similar to the way Peter's love for Christ changed. We all know how Peter denied Christ 3 times. Even when Peter denied Him, Jesus loved him. Later Jesus questioned Peter if he loved him more than the other disciple did. Peter's answer was: "Yes, Lord you know that I am your friend." Jesus asked Peter the same question again, and once again Peter answered the same way, "Yes, Lord you know I am your friend." Peter's kind of love is "phileo", which means friendship. The third time Jesus asked Peter, do you love (agape) me? This is the kind of love Christ has for us. The kind of love that led him to the cross to die for us. Jesus accepted Peter's "phileo" love, but Christ led Peter to a deeper love for him, eventually Peter did die as a result for his love for Jesus Christ.

Daniela's love of Christ has grown from a flickering dimly lit candle to flaming fire. She has a heart full of love for her family, friends and others around her that know nothing about the "agape" love that Jesus has to offer. Daniela has stepped out in faith, following the leadership of God and formed her own group. There are about 10-12 people in her group and some of them are non-believers. I'm praying in that group there will be another "Daniela" that will come forward, step out in faith, become a leader, form another group, and win more souls to the Kingdom.

William Wilberforce

I prepared this for the blog some time ago, but I failed to publish it. Please keep us and the people of Galati in your prayers.

Recently, while waiting for the time for me to go to Romanian class, I was listening to the “Truth For Life” broadcast with Alistair Begg, which I had downloaded before leaving our home in Galati. I have been listening to these broadcast for several years. At the time of my downloading he was finishing the study of the first chapter of James. I have been very interested in works, and works relationship to a persons assurance of salvation as a sign of that relationship with God. During this message he made reference to the epitaph of William Wilberforce whose life was recently portrayed in the movie “Amazing Grace”. I have copied it from the on line Westminster Abbey site:


TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE (BORN IN HULL AUGUST 24th 1759, DIED IN LONDON JULY 29th 1833;) FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND, FOR SIX PARLIAMENTS DURING THAT PERIOD, ONE OF THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES FOR YORKSHIRE. IN AN AGE AND COUNTRY FERTILE IN GREAT AND GOOD MEN, HE WAS AMONG THE FOREMOST OF THOSE WHO FIXED THE CHARACTER OF THEIR TIMES; BECAUSE TO HIGH AND VARIOUS TALENTS, TO WARM BENEVOLENCE, AND TO UNIVERSAL CANDOUR, HE ADDED THE ABIDING ELOQUENCE OF A CHRISTIAN LIFE. EMINENT AS HE WAS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LABOUR, AND A LEADER IN EVERY WORK OF CHARITY, WHETHER TO RELIEVE THE TEMPORAL OR THE SPIRITUAL WANTS OF HIS FELLOW-MEN, HIS NAME WILL EVER BE SPECIALLY IDENTIFIED WITH THOSE EXERTIONS WHICH, BY THE BLESSING OF GOD, REMOVED FROM ENGLAND THE GUILT OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, AND PREPARED THE WAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN EVERY COLONY OF THE EMPIRE: IN THE PROSECUTION OF THESE OBJECTS HE RELIED, NOT IN VAIN, ON GOD; BUT IN THE PROGRESS HE WAS CALLED TO ENDURE GREAT OBLOQUY AND GREAT OPPOSITION: HE OUTLIVED, HOWEVER, ALL ENMITY; AND IN THE EVENING OF HIS DAYS, WITHDREW FROM PUBLIC LIFE AND PUBLIC OBSERVATION TO THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY. YET HE DIED NOT UNNOTICED OR FORGOTTEN BY HIS COUNTRY: THE PEERS AND COMMONS OF ENGLAND, WITH THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND THE SPEAKER AT THEIR HEAD, IN SOLEMN PROCESSION FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSES, CARRIED HIM TO HIS FITTING PLACE AMONG THE MIGHTY DEAD AROUND, HERE TO REPOSE: TILL, THROUGH THE MERITS OF JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY REDEEMER AND SAVIOUR, (WHOM, IN HIS LIFE AND IN HIS WRITINGS HE HAD DESIRED TO GLORIFY,) HE SHALL RISE IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST.

Here is the life story of a man who proved his faith by his actions. Not for his own glory like Oprah of our time, but for the good of others. James says it in chapter 2 verse 26.
Jam 2:26 So then, as the body without the spirit is dead, also faith without actions is dead.
So if you are happy in your “salvation” and you cannot show God “this is how I am living for you” then you have nothing to be happy for:
Jam 2:18 But someone will say, "One person has faith, another has actions." My answer is, "Show me how anyone can have faith without actions. I will show you my faith by my actions."
Jam 2:19 Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe---and tremble with fear.
Jam 2:20 You fool! Do you want to be shown that faith without actions is useless?
Time for a personal salvation check. Paul writes:
Eph 2:8-9 For it is by God's grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God's gift, so that no one can boast about it.
Eph 2:10 God has made us what we are, and in our union with Christ Jesus he has created us for a life of good deeds, which he has already prepared for us to do.
Do not be found without bearing good fruit:
Luke 3:9 The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire."
Really consider your salvation by looking at your own life. If you do not love you brother:
1Jo 4:20 If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen.
1Jo 4:21 The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also.
If God is not living in your heart, invite Him in today!

Link to Truth For Life:
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Truth_for_Life/archives.asp?bcd=9/29/2008

Are You Going to Heaven?

http://www.crossway.org/assets/tracts/heaven/

http://www.crossway.org/assets/tracts/heaven/

Please Pray For Us

Pray, prayer, prayed and praying collectively show up in the KJV of the Bible 498 times. There are also references to speaking to God without the use of any form of the word “pray”. I point this out that there must be something to this prayer business for it to be written down so many times.
Paul says: Pray without ceasing. 1Th 5:17
As we near Easter I ask you to take our request to the Father for us. We live in a city where there is mosty hopelessness. These people need your prayers.
Please pray that God again this year will send workers, at the same time giving thanks for those He has supplied.
Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
Mat 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
The body of Christ was in the tomb on the Sabbath of the weekend we know as Easter. All hope was gone for His followers who did not remember His words:
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Mat 16:21
We ask you that have that hope, to pray that thousands here in Galati will be told about the hope there is in Jesus Christ. That they will see the Light of the world through His children.
Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
2Th 3:1 Finally, our friends, pray for us that the Lord's message may continue to spread rapidly and be received with honor, just as it was among you.