Youth meeting was great!

Hey everybody! Just got back from youth meeting and it went great! There were only ten of us but the youth that were there have been coming pretty regularly. I can see that God is really moving these teens and He is starting to work in there lives. Cristi talked about how we will and do have pressures and temptations in this world, but we must resist them and give our lives to Christ. That way we can be changed by Him and given the power to do what is right. This Saturday we want to take the group out to eat or something, so that we can show them that you can be a Christian and still do normal things like go out for ice cream. We hope to be a good and positive influence on them so that they will grow strong in the Lord and serve him here in Rimnicu Valcea over the years to come. Here are a few more pictures of the group for you.......


We have some more exciting news! We have someone who is ready to be baptized! Telu, our good friend that my dad and Cristi have Bible study every week, is going to be baptized two weeks from now on the 8th of November. We are really excited for Telu and pray that God be with him. We hope that he will grow strong in the Lord and be a good servant for Him here in Rimnicu Valcea!

This morning's service was good. We have this one man who is Telu's friend, Mr. Gigi I think I've mentioned him before, and we can tell that God is really working in his whole family. This morning at church his wife and daughter came with him and they seemed very attentive to everything Cristi said. The other night dad and Cristi went to visit them and they were very open to the Gospel and to what dad and Cristi had to say. We hope that God will take this family, use them for His glory and change their lives so that they will have a heart for Him.

Keep us all in your prayers and pray for the people I mentioned in the post. Pray that God will help them to see the Light that is His son, Jesus Christ. Pray that he will change them and mold them for Him and his purposes.

Some One had a Birthday?

Hey everybody! Yesterday was Irina's 22nd birthday! We had the party in our apartment where we have church on Sundays and there were about 25-30 people. We played some games, ate some cake, the works! Everyone had a good time and once again I we want to wish Irina a Happy Birthday! Here are some pictures of the party......


All in all everything has been going good. On Sunday night I(Cody)did the devotion for the youth meeting. The passage was from Psalm 139:1-13 which talks about God's omnipresence. My devotion was about how we as people have those "hidden sins" we think no one knows about or sees, but God sees them and knows them all. Therefore our sins aren't that hidden. Here are some photos of our youth meetings.... I'll get some more next week and will post them up along with Cristi's ordination video.




I(Cody) haven't been able to go help Cristi and Irina this week but Cristi called me and told me today that they had 20 kids for the first session at English class and 8 or 9 for the second. We've also had more kids coming to homework help and we are soon going to be running out of space in our small apartment if we keep going at this rate, we pray that God will provide a bigger facility for us in the future.

I hope to start writing more on the blog about general everyday things that go on here. I hope this will help our readers from the U.S.A. understand what it is like here a little better. If anyone has any comments about any of the posts feel free to comment you just have to click on the green number beside the word" comment " at the top of each post. Well, Keep my family, Cristi and Irina, and the Ministry here all in your prayers!

Cristi's Ordination went great!

Hey everybody! Sorry I've taken so long to write this post. I was trying to get some video of Cristi's ordination posted up but the video had some problems and I couldn't get it to work. I did however, get some pictures of the Ordination. They're posted below. I thought the ordination went very well and Cristi and Irina are very happy. Cristi was a little nervous but he answered all of Brother Rocky's questions and after that the Pastors that made up the presbytery laid hands on Cristi and prayed over him. Cristi said that he now feels confident and ready to lead in the ministry here in Rimnicu Valcea. We are really excited about the future Ministry here in Valcea.

Well, other than that we are doing good and have had an increase in our attendances at our after school program, English, and Sunday Morning Church service. Just keep us all in your prayers and thoughts!

(oh and I'll try to redo the video and see if I can get it o work and i'll post it up on the blog)

Cristi's Ordination is Tomorrow

Hey everybody! Well Bro. Mike and Bro. Rocky made it to Romania safe and sound and Cristi will have his ordination tomorrow! I'll have Photos and a video of the whole Ordination posted up next week on the blog. We are very excited for Cristi and Irina and and I hope you keep them in your prayers.

Our Homework help has been going really well and we usually have between 15 and 25 kids a day. We have one little boy that comes to our after school tutoring and he is in Kindergarten,yet he has already learned to add and subtract. This is a big accomplishment for him since he won't be taught addition and subtraction until he is in the 1st. grade. We hope we see more cases like this in the with these kids, where they strive to do good and learn.

Our youth meetings on Sundays are going good also, we have had between 8 and 10 youth every week. I'll have some pictures of our youth meetings posted up next week. Until then keep us in your prayers!

Cristi's Ordination

Hey everybody! Sorry I haven't written on the blog or posted any new photos up. My camera broke last week and I'll be getting a new one soon. Well we have some really good news for you all, Cristi is going to have his ordination next week! Bro. Mike Goodwin and Bro. Rocky Goodwin are coming to Romania this Wednesday and they, along with my Dad and some other Romanian pastors, are going to perform Cristi's ordination service next Sunday at 2o'clock at the Baptist church "Speranta". The service will end around 4o'clock followed by a short reception. We are all really excited for Cristi and Irina and for the future ministry with them here. I will have my friend Claudiu Nitisor video the whole ordination and I will post the videos along with some Photos up on the blog sometime next week.

I also hope to have some Pictures of our after school program posted up sometime at the end of this week. Until then keep us all, especially Cristi and Irina, in your prayers.