18 June
One-on-One Discipleship
Up to today, the Lord has added three more new people with whom I can do one-on-one discipleship. In March, there were three people, and now there are six. I am so grateful to the Lord and amazed at how He has provided the right people with whom we can build life through relationship and the Word of God.
One of them is a girl from Timor-Leste whom I met for the first time on March 8 at the mini event for Women’s Day. She truly has the desire to study the Bible together, and I have watched her journey and how the Lord has been working in our lives.
At the same time, I see the value of having mini events to bring in new people, build new relationships, and share the Gospel with unbelievers.
The six people I am now doing discipleship with are from Zambia, America, Romania, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and India. I meet with four of them face-to-face in Craiova and with two of them online through Zoom. They are currently in Germany and Bosnia.
Easter Ministry
For Easter ministry, I felt called to serve the Lord in two ways.
First, I invited some international students to an “Easter Lunch” at my place. Seven people came for lunch. One of my Romanian partners was so kind and generous to offer homemade pască, cozonac, bread, and Easter eggs. For some of them, it was their first Romanian Easter.
I also printed Easter bookmarks to give to people, with the message of Jesus’ death. It was encouraging to see several nations represented at this gathering: Indian, Zambian, Indonesian, Kenyan, and Sierra Leonean.
Second, I visited Anca’s ministry with the Roma children in Romanescu. For seven years, Anca has been teaching these children. They come from very poor and marginalized families. She built a small school trailer and has been teaching there.
There were 15 children who attended that day, and I prepared small packages of sweets and bookmarks with the message of Jesus’ resurrection. I was blessed to see them all smiling and happy because Anca said this small gift meant a lot to them.
