Together with God in 2020

Jesus came to serve, Not to be served

What do you think? Is it easy to serve people? Who do we need to serve? Our family, relatives, friends, society? I believe serving requires sacrifice and dedication. 

Jesus is often found in Scripture as tired, hungry, with nowhere to go, in crowds, and so on. He is called “The Son of Pain and Suffering.” He was mocked and despised. But he continued to serve people. 

I try to show this Jesus, who serves others, to people when I talk to them on the street. I try to model this in my life by making disciples and encouraging them to invest in others. It is not easy and I am often tired, hungry, discouraged or cold. But I do everything I can to follow the perfect model of the servant Jesus, so that I too can win people over to Him.

Do you want to follow this Jesus and live this model of dedication? I said YES! 

A Year Full of Joy, Together with the Lord 

Because of His grace, this year has been a fruitful one. Here are the things I accomplished with the help of other people in 2020; some of them before the pandemic but most of them during. God is faithful! 

1) 200 people heard the Gospel by having a deep conversation about Jesus with them.

2) 8,000 pamphlets, Christian literature and New Testaments were distributed on the streets in Craiova or in people’s mailboxes.

3) 10 different evangelistic events. 

4) A weekly discipleship group. (11 people)

5) A group of women on WhatsApp who I send daily meditations from Scripture to. (13 women) 

6) 50 people whom I talked with that expressed their desire for God in prayer.

7) 4 groups of E2E students (one was on Zoom). I taught an evangelism course and went with them on the streets, showing them practically how to evangelize. Some of them use the method I taught them when they evangelize.

8) For two groups of students, I taught the course “Fundraising”.

9) I assisted some missionaries in evangelism. 

10) During the pandemic I was active on the internet through various videos or audio recordings. I recited psalms, biblical stories for children, secular stories for children, books and Bible studies. I also helped with puppet ministry and I did interviews for a series called “From women to women.” 

11) I also lead an English club for adults where between 5-10 people attend every week. 

12) By the grace of God together with others I had 3 missionary trips to the Balkans – there were people who expressed their desire to follow the Lord Jesus.