Evangelism For Eastern Europe Newsletter Sept.09

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THE PRICE FOR THE BLESSING (Luke 14:28) “Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost?” How many times you prayed for something without realizing how much, to the end, you have to pay for it? For every success it is a price you have to pay. To be blessed it means a hard work first. We have to care for everything we receive from God. When God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden they had to care for it. The Lord Jesus said: “Which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost?” For example when God blesses you, you don’t expect everyone around to rejoice. Some will believe that this blessing came because of them. And this is because they don’t want you to prosper more than them. They might want to receive from God the same thing, but they are not prepared to pay the price you paid. James says: “For where envying and strife are, there is confusion and every foul deed” (James 3:16). You should not watch only after your enemies, you might be betrayed even by your team players. The Lord Jesus sat at the table with John who He loved very much, and also with Judas the betrayer. One was so closed that he put his head on the chest of Jesus and the other was so far from Him that he betrayed Him with a kiss. We have to know who’s sitting with us at the table. Still, as painful as it is to be criticized by the ones you respect and trust, it is even worse to turn away from God just to be accepted by men. Regardless how good you feel to be acknowledged and appreciated, it comes the time when you have to stop and ask yourself: “How much I have to sacrifice in order to be blessed?” Your answer will decide your destiny. SACRAMENTO, CA – The 41st Convention of the Romanian Pentecostal Churches in USA and Canada took place between September 4th and 7th, 2009 hosted by Emanuel Church, Pastor Alin Bob, in

cooperation with other

churches in the area. This Convention is the largest annual gathering or festivity outside of Romania. The main topic was: “Stir up the gift of God, which is in you” (2Tim 1:6) Due to the Grace of God, of the presence of the Holy Spirit, of His Word and of the great music sang by the orchestra, bends, choir and groups (especially young people from the West Coast), of the fervent prayers with tears and of a great place with good organization this Convention was considered superlative. The Lord healed many sick people and baptized with the Holy Spirit. This Convention received letters of greetings from the President of the Romanian Parliament, Mr. Mircea Geoana, the Romanian Ambassador in USA, Adrian Vierita and the representative Mircea Lubanovici. From the Word of God preached: Valer Brincovan – Discover your Spiritual Gifts, Florin Cimpean – How to invest your Talents, Beni Zagrean – A living Sacrifice, A Spiritual Service, Petru Lascau – A Holy Vessel, Useful for the Master, Leonard Semenea – A New Generation on Fire for the Lord, Nelu Prunean – How to Stir your Spiritual Gift, Cornel Avram - Fulfill your Ministry. Lazar Gog – Waiting for the Fire from Above, Cristian Ionescu – Empowered with the Divine Fire. We were motivated in giving by Cristian Ionescu, Nicky Pop, Johnny Buia and Teodor Luca. The following seminaries were presented on: Missions, Sunday School, Moms, Pastors, Worship and Family. Many young people participated at the Bible Contest and at the Music Concert. Credo-TV helped with the recording of the Convention and with the broadcasting on the internet. The Host Church put together “A Book of Remembrance” a great documentation with 135 pages regarding churches, conventions and missions. Among the 3,500 – 4,000

First Raw: Petru Lascău, Ioan Popa, Vasile Floarea, Ionică Buia, Florinel Câmpan, Lazăr Gog, Nicky Pop, Toader Luca, Alin Bob, Cornel Avram, Cristian Ionescu, Simi Timbuc, Pavel Pop.

participants were ministers from Romania, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand and other places. Pastor Alin Bob said: “This is the 41st year of the Romanian Pentecostal Conventions and we start a new era of promises of God (Deut.2:7), of the Romanian Pentecostal Community in the North American continent. Reaching this age of maturity, the Romanian Convention should experience a greater work of the Holy Spirit, a greater brotherly fellowship, a solid teaching of the Holy Scriptures, a great desire to fulfill the Great Commission, a fiery desire for prayer and to stir up spiritual gifts for better service of every believer as part of the Church, which is the body of Christ” The 2009 Convention started with the Anthems of USA and Romania and ended Monday with a wonderful fellowship at the picnic. In God’s will the 2010 Convention will be hosted by Philadelphia Church in Atlanta, GA, Pastor Teodor Luca, (847) 567-9920 (IJB) SHORT TERM MISSION (continuation) Finally, another benefit of short-term mission trips is the use your time in a spiritually constructive way. There is a saying that idleness is the Devil’s playground. Sitting around and doing nothing is a sure way to sooner or later get your self into trouble. The preparation of a short-term mission trip takes serious time. It requires that you prepare yourself with the many things earlier mentioned. Lamentations 3:27 says: “It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.” Although this verse can be applied in different ways it generally means that young people should have RESPONSIBILITIES. They should occupy their time not with boredom, excessive sports, parties, bad movies and bad friends, but with spiritually beneficial activities. One of them is a SHORT-TERM MISSION trips. I’ve gone on two, so far and they have both been worth every effort, cent, and minute. (Daniel Blindu and Timotei Dan) NEGRESTI, VASLUI, ROMANIA The month of August continues to be very busy in God’s ministry. We spent four days ministering with young ladies from our Alleluia Church: Timea, Julia, Crina and Lydia in Negresti, Vaslui to the children of the street. I was very pleased with their ministry; with so much love and joy they were washing them, teaching them, singing with them, preparing their food, serving them at the table and plying with them. I was impressed for the good testimony they left behind. They had no problem to obey the rules and they did it with much joy as they understood their mission there. Following I went to Constanta where I met a school team with which we ministered together in Durres, Albania. I was overwhelmingly blessed. I met missionaries who minister in Albania for 14 years and they challenged me to continue working for this mission. A family who is ministering in Turkey for two years was also here. We spoke together and I had the opportunity to better understand the difficulties of their mission and ministry within another nation, their life and many other things.

Our ministry was among the children of the street where we organized a vacation camp just for them. We taught them about the Lord Jesus, we played with them, we made all kinds of crafts and we ended every day with a dinner and prayer. We had good times with them and also we had times of challenge when the enemy fought to discourage us. I will end my ministry this year in Zalau and Satu Mare. On September 14th I have to go back to school. I thank you all for your financial support and for your words of encouragement.

Timea Olar, Crina Farcaş, Victoria & Johnny Buia, Lydia Floarea,Julia Kerekeş I miss you and I pray for you many times. I love you all and please send my thousands of thanks to the Church. Tell them that I have a deeper love for them and I encourage them to continue to fight side by side, together with us. Pray for me for the devil is trying hard to bring me down using some other people to discourage me. Pray for me that I will never forget my mission and my goal. (Philiphians 1) Liviu Vlad OZEORNOIE, UKRAINE Greetings from Oziornoie! God bless you all! I want to inform you about the Work of the Gospel among Romanians from South Ukraine. In the will of God we spread the Gospel to the unsaved people. This is our responsibility. On August 12th we had a water baptism at the lake where 18 people promised to serve the Lord for the rest of their life. We rejoiced for this water baptism because many other unsaved people heard the Word of God. Many were curious and they do come to see it. Four people from Priozeornoie were also baptized in water. Every Sunday I preach the Gospel there. These four people came to the Lord in the last months and now they were baptized, and other young people surrendered to the Lord and they are happy for the good news of salvation. They glorify the Lord through songs of praise for the salvation they received from Him. We bring thanks to the Lord Jesus and to the Holly Spirit who work even today so wonderful. Halleluiah! Our desire is to continue our ministry but we need your financial support. We trust the Lord for His provision. We thank you for your financial support and for your prayers. We are praying for you also. Please contact us, we need your encouragement.

Parfenti Balika (380) 971479585, [email protected]