Saturday,
19th December, 2015
My chest is still bad – but mission work must
continue – need strength today Lord and believing to receive answer to my
prayers. 
First stop
of the day is meeting with a Romanian gipsy girl called M who 10 years ago
lived with me for a while. She is now 30
and lives in a small one roomed flat supported by Pastor Jackie. We go back a long way and despite many ups
and downs we have always maintained a good relationship and bond. We bought her lunch, gave her a specially
made up shoe box and we spent some value time together. We received a lovely Christmas gift from her
and she was in tears at saying goodbye.
We will supply some shoe box gifts for the children of a poor
friend. 
From there
we went to the Jesus Generation Club for their Christmas Concert and Music
competitions. Wayne and I were the judges – what a task with so much
talent – there were many singers and musicians.
There were prizes for all the winners (we brought a large box of these
over from Wales) plus chocolates for all those others who took part. During the year the children are given out
smiley faces for their attendance and good behaviour and these are totalled by
the leaders. Each child was able to
chose gifts from the in-house shop to the value of their points. The shop items consisted of: clothes,
assorted toys, electrical items, sweets etc. Later Adina arrived with the
Christmas food (hot dogs, biscuits and pop).
We also had the opportunity to spend value time with Alina, a social
work student at a Christian University in Oradea. She is doing very well, enjoying the course
and is also involved in prison ministry there.
The Charity pays her tuition fees and donations support her hostel
accommodation. Thank you so much to
Adina and her mum for shopping for the club food today and putting everything
together plus delivering all the boxes.
It was a truly blessed day seeing
all the children enjoying themselves.
Sunday,
20th December, 2015
Again up in
the night with a congested chest and blogging.
Maria and Ioan took us this morning to the Resurrection Baptist Church
in the city which is the Church Marius and Elena worship at. Great lively worship and Word. From there we walked to the Metanoie Church
to catch the last of their morning worship.
It was indeed a blessed morning.
Home for a quick delicious lunch before going out again with Pastor
Jackie to Vinga Church. Today she lit
the Love candle and preached on the subject.
There were more children gift distributions before we had to say goodbye
to everyone. 
Home to catch on up on an hour's rest before being picked up by Marius and Elena for a
meal and meeting at their apartment. Our
first ride in the second hand minibus they have purchased to resolve the
transportation problem at the Jesus Generation Club. They have incredible qualities, are great
teachers and love all the children who totally respect them. They have full time jobs but spend many hours
per week preparing for the Saturday Club.
They also give of their time to assist other ministries. We are blessed to call them our friends and
the Charity support their ministry which is bearing much fruit.
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