A Certain Woman in Eastern Europe

Around 70 women and men gathered for our 5th "Women for Women" meeting in Arad, Romania last Saturday.  We had a testimony from a young English girl who ministers to handicapped people in Romania and then I ministered  on "Joy".  A highlight was when one of the youngest attendees (almost 11) testified about seeing an angel standing guard at our meeting. She described how he looked (very large, shiny and with a sword) and what he said to her. "Do not be afraid." On Sunday, I also spoke at the gypsy church in Vinga and 3 women came forward to be water baptized. It was a great weekend. Jackie is doing such a great work in a very difficult environment.

Getting ready to return to Arad, Romania to start this year's ladies meetings with missionary friend, Jackie R. I train out tomorrow arriving Arad around 8 pm. Jackie will meet and we will prepare for our meeting on Saturday at 5pm.  We head out around 2 to set up the hall and get things arranges, welcome the worship team, talk with the translator, etc.  We usually minister until 7.30. On Sunday, I will minister at Jackie's gypsy church in Vinga. That is always a treat for me. I must return on Monday as I have a full schedule in Budapest on Tuesday. I was assigned the "Celebration of Joy" topic for ministry in Moldova in March and as I was working on it now, I decided to make it the theme of this quarter. Joy is an interesting topic; We will be talking about the differences between joy and happiness; what robs us of joy; and how to cultivate the fullness of joy among other things as I minister in Romania and Moldova. Speaking of joy - in our home group today, ou...