Andrew - son of Daniel & Raluca Fisteag

Andrei (Andrew in English) is the son of Daniel and Raluca Fisteag. Daniel is the pastor of 2 churches, one in Bozovici and the other in Sopotul Vechi. Andrew was born on Jan. 21, 2009 two months premature. You would not know it to see him now. He is a healthy, happy little boy. He is walking and into everything. He loves to open drawers and cabinet doors and play in the cabinets. He had to have eye surgery when just an infant and as a result now where glasses, but they do not slow him down one bit. He is being held by one of the sisters in the church in the top picture and Buddy in the bottom one. He loves Mr. Buddy.

Ladies Conference in Bozovici, May 21, 2010

On Friday, May 21, we held a Ladies Conference in the Baptist Church in Bozovici, Romania. We had 20 ladies to attend. Our Bible Study was on the Book of Ruth. We talked about how Ruth was used of God even though, she had many things against her from the beginning. Some of which were she was a woman, she was from a country who was an enemy with Israel, and she was a widow with had no means of support. She was very devoted to her mother-in-law, Naomi. As Ruth 1:16-17 tells us, she was willing to give up her life in her home country and follow Naomi wherever she went and make her God her own. God blessed and took care of Ruth because her faithfulness and unselfishness and used her in the lineage of Jesus Christ through being the grandmother of King David.

After the Bible Study the ladies made greeting cards. They enjoyed this activity and were very creative in their ideas of design. In the pictures below you can see some of them.

We served refreshments and they always like to try something new and different. One of the highlights of our fun time in the conference was when we drew for door prizes at the end. I think this was something new for them. The prizes were just small boxes of American chocolates but you would have thought it was an expensive gift. They enjoyed it tremendously. It was a blessing for me to be with these ladies and I pray they were blessed as well.

More Pictures from Agrisu Mare - May 15, 2010

This couple from England joined us for our Bible Club. Terry and his wife were visiting with Bro. Florin and his family for the weekend. They have been making yearly mission trips to Romania since the mid 1990's. They also minister in other countries as well.

Emma is helping the younger children with the Bile lesson questions.

Answering the Bible questions to see how well they were listening. Our story was about Hannah and how she prayed for Samuel.

Making our craft activity, a pop-up-card.

Going over the Bible questions with some children who came in late. We had a total of 21 children in attendance, plus 5 adults including Buddy and myself.

May 15, 2010 Bible Club in Agrisu Mare

Buddy having fun playing with the children while waiting for others to arrive.

The children playing Simon says as they wait.

The children send their greetings to you all and thank you for your support which makes it possible to have the Bible Clubs with them.

The Children's visit May 8-9, 2010

Here are Dani, Diana, Lori and Andreea. These are the 4 children who lived here in Vinga in our family home from Jan. 2006-April, 2007. They came for a visit for the weekend. They attended the Bible Club on Saturday and then church with us on Sunday morning. We keep in touch with them and try to see them a couple of times each year since their return to live with their mother. They enjoy coming for a visit to Vinga. They are doing good and are growing like weeds. They are in school and seem to be doing well.

Here we are waiting for our pizza.

May 8, 2010 Bible Club in Vinga

Our Bible Story was on knowing what you want to be when you grow up. Jesus knew when He grew up that "He Was Born to Be Our Savior". The children are holding pictures of what they could be when they grow up.

The children are praying and thanking God for Jesus, our Savior.

Group pictures of the children. We had 55 children and 4 workers in attendance.

May 2010 - Looks like we are in the Chicken Business

Above are pictures of Buddy's babies. Believe me their care requires as much attention as looking after a baby. The top picture is of a newly hatched laying hen. It was born on Sunday, May 23. 40 out of 60 eggs hatched and they are growing and doing well. The second picture is of the chickens we are raising for meat. We have around 24 of these. This picture is a few weeks old and they are growing and doing well. We also have 13 grown laying hens which are producing eggs daily.