August 13, 2011 Day Retreat - Logos Church

On Saturday, Aug. 13 we had 13 children come for a Day Retreat along with 3 adults. We had a wonderful time with the children. They played games outside, jumped in the space walk and heard a Bible lesson. The Sunday School teachers do a great job in sharing the Bible lesson with the children. Buddy also shared some magic tricks with them. It was a fun day. Here are some pictures to let you have a peek to see what they did here that day.

The children loved the space walk.

They also enjoyed the cupcakes.

Simona & Gina shared the Bible Lesson and sang songs with them.

Bay Springs Team July 26-August 4, 2011

The Bay Springs Baptist Church in Dothan, AL sent a team of 7 people to work with us. Carla Woodham was the team leader. She served as team leader a few years ago when she came to Romania for the first time. This year the team included the pastor , Bro. Scott Wyatt and his wife Rochelle.
The team worked with Bible clubs in 4 areas. In the mornings before the Bible Clubs they went door to door to invite the children to the Bible Clubs and the adults to the evening worship services and to share the gospel through witnessing and sharing scriptures and their testimonies.
Below are just a few pictures to give you an idea of the joy that they brought to the children by sharing the love of God with them. In Agrisu Mare the children are having a great time playing with the parachute.

Working hard on coloring the caps.

The precious expressions on the faces faces of these children is priceless!!


Below are the children in Vinga as they are saying the pledges to the flags and Bible.

Now for the fun time with the spacewalk!

Below are the girls in Agrisu Mare wearing and showing off the caps they colored.

Below, after Linda G. shared the Bible story, Bro. Scott share the plan of salvation with the children in Iratos.

Linda H. shared the story of David and Goliath with the children in Arad and two of the boys dressed the parts to add visual to the story.

The children are sitting on the stairs coloring their caps.

This is the patch quilt made by the children. Each child created a picture on a square and the squares were all tied together with ribbons.

Baptism in Agrisu Mare - Aug. 7, 2011

We attended the Baptismal service for 4 young people we have seen grow up during the 10 years we have served as missionaries in Romania. It is a blessing to see that they have now accepted Christ as their Saviour and are serving Him. The 2 girls are both named Emma and they are both working with the young children in Bible Clubs. Their brothers Robert and Emmanuel both are active in the work at the church also. Pictured above are Emmanuel Stefan & Emma Stefan with their parents, Avram and Sylvia and the Pastor, Bro. Florin Balaceanu.

Below are Robert and Emma Balaceanu with their grandparents.

Buddy and I are pictured with the 4 young people who are now children in the family of God.

Emmanuel, Robert, Emma B. & Emma S. during the worship service.

Buddy shares a word of encouragement for the Baptismal candidates.

Pictures of Donalsonville Team June 27- July 7,2011

The picture above is in the Oltenia region of Romania. Fawn is sharing the story of creation with the children as Emma translate and Danny shows the pictures. One of the boys raises his hand to answer the question Fawn asked.

Below is Annice showing the children how to make the cross necklace with the colored beads that tells the story of salvation.

Mr. Troy is capturing the children working hard on their color sheet with his camera.

The spacewalk is always a big hit as well as the balloons with all ages.

On Sunday after the morning worship service we enjoyed a delicious meal in the home of the family pictured below with Fawn on the far left and her mother, Annice on the far right.

These are just a few of the many pictures that were taken on the trip. It was a blessed time for the team and us as well. You can read about it in an earlier blog.

The Beauty of God's Creation - Simple but Awesome!

On Friday evening, Buddy noticed some unusual looking clouds and tried to capture the nature and beauty of God's creation with the camera.

How can anyone see the beauty of the sky and clouds and not realize the awesome power and the love for us that our God has?

Day Retreat for Agrisu Mare Bible Club 7-14-11

Today we had the children from the Bible Club we help with in Agrisu Mare to come to Vinga for a Day Retreat. Below is a picture of lunch we served. We had 5 boys and 10 girls attend plus 3 leaders. Emma Stefan is the main leader of this Bible Club. Her father raises sheep and make cheese from the milk. He is also a deacon in the church in Agrisu Mare. Emma Balaceanu and Emma Stefan leading the children in songs as we prepare for the Bible Story. We shared the story of Jonah with the children and emphasized that you can not hide from God.

The 2 teams getting ready to paint their team flags and prepare a song.

Emma Stefan and her team working on the flag.

Beni working with the children in learning their team song.

Emma's team were the Sharks!

Beni & Rebeca's team were the Bears!

Emma Stefan enjoying treats from her gift bag.

The little ones checking out to see what they received.

Our group picture wit the children wearing the sun visors they made as their craft project.

It was a great day and the children had a wonderful time playing games, listening to the Bible Story, making their crafts, eating lunch and snacks and making and presenting their team flag and song. May God bless the word that was shared with them and it sink deep into their hearts so that they will grow in the knowledge and understanding that God created them to serve Him, He loves them and He sent His son to die and pay for their sins. Amin!

Day Retreat for Children from Bible Club in Arad

Today we enjoyed having 16 children plus Emma, their leader and Emilia, one of the moms, come to Vinga for a Day Retreat. We shared the story of Jonah with the children, let them make a craft, fed them lunch and they played games. It was a long and tiring day, but very rewarding. The children seemed to enjoy it. Below are a few pictures we took during the activities. Barbara and Emma sharing the story of Jonah.

The children listening as the story was told so they could answer the questions at the end.

Emma divided the children into two teams. Each team made a team flag and prepared a song that represented the name and purpose of each team. Here is Emilia preparing the flag for her group.

Emma with her group preparing their song.

Emilia's group presenting their flag and song.

Emma's group presenting their flag and song.

I think Beni is having as much fun as the children. It was a very hot day, so the water was refreshing to the children.

A group photo at the end of the day!!