Our Trip to the Oltenia Region - Bible Club in Ohaba

September 3-6, 2010 we visited the Oltenia Region of Romania. It has 5 counties in that region. We went to Gorj county to the village of Valea. Valea is where we stayed in the home of Emil and Mariana Goaie. We arrived on Friday afternoon, had lunch and then went to our 1st Bible Club in the village of Ohaba. While we were there for our visit we held 4 Bible Clubs from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. The pictures below are from Ohaba and the next few post are the other Bible Clubs in Bolbosi, Conace and Valea. We enjoyed our time there. The children were precious and very attentive. Some of the villages don't have Baptist Churches, only Orthodox or no church at all. It was a blessing to minister to these children. The youth from Valea are conducting Bible Clubs in these villages named above and 2 others on a bi-monthly basis. Please pray with us that they will see these children come to know Christ as their Saviour. The youth liked some of the things we did and the way we presented the story and then gave them questions afterwards to review what they learned. I gathered up some material to send to them to use in the Bible Clubs.

Pictured here are the children along with the youth leaders, Romina and Miller at the end on the right.
Bro. Iosif is pictured here with the children as they are singing. He lives in Arad but goes to this area 2 times a month to serve as the pastor for the church in Valea and the surrounding villages.

The children love to sing the songs!

Below they are being helped by Flavius, our translator, and Nicu (in the burgundy shirt), with their questions. Nicu is the youth leader in Valea and helps the young people to go to the surrounding villages for the Bible Clubs.

They enjoyed doing the cryptogram also.

Barbara and the younger children we gave Bible Story books to.

The children were happy to receive the Bible Story books!

Buddy with the school aged children who received a N.T. Bible.

Looking at the N.T. Bible.

Preparing to leave as the children still gather and talk. We had a great time with them.

Below, Buddy traded this lady a N.T. Bible for her stick. She was pleased to make the trade.

The picture above and the one below are other ladies who were at the Bible Club, curious as to what we were doing, who wanted a Bible also. I told them they had to promise me they would read them everyday.

The next few post that follow are of the other 3 Bible Clubs we held,pictures of babies we gave blankets to and our trip on on Sept. 6, through the mountains. It was a blessed trip. We hope to go back next year.