Raul Sadului, Romania––Romania held its third district summer camp for youth 23-28 July, focused on becoming “Disciples Following Jesus.” Thirty-eight young people, a combination of lifetime churchgoers and new believers, built relationships and some participated in group prayer for the first time. “Before the camp we prayed a lot for the event and I feel that God gave us more; at the end of the camp, three young people gave their life to Jesus,” said District NYI President Clara Halmagian. “Looking at the future Nazarene generation of Romanians, I pray that they will stay close to the Lord and be a blessing for their local churches.”
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
District Assemblies 2007
More than 150 people met 27 Oct. for Romania
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2007
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2007
District Assembly
Source: Scott, Cindy, & Olivia in
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Prayer and Praise
Pray for new missionary families on the field: Scott and Cindy Meador in Romania
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2007
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 4, Dec. 2007
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Prayer and Praise
Pray for Petar Neychev (Bulgaria) and Lucian Voica (Romania) who have just completed their bachelor’s degrees at European Nazarene College. Pray that God will show them clearly his will for their lives, and that he will give them wisdom and strength for the next steps in their life and ministry.
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007
Congratulations SEE Graduates!
Congratulations to Lucian Voica (Romania) and Petar Neychev (Bulgaria) who graduated from European Nazarene College in June 2007. They each graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. Lucian and Petar, on behalf of the entire SE Europe Field, we want to send you a special message to say that we’re proud of you and that we’re praying for you as you continue to pursue fulfilling God’s call on your lives. You are already a valued part of the SE Europe ministry team, and we all look forward to working alongside you as co-workers in the Kingdom in the years to come. May God be your faithful guide and give you wisdom and strength for each day!
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007
The Best Years
Roberta Bustin completes decade as a volunteer in Romania.
By Dorothy Tarrant
Despite 30 years working as a college chemistry teacher and 16 summers as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researcher in the United States, Dr. Roberta Bustin still calls her decade as a volunteer in Romania the most enjoyable and fulfilling years of her life.
On 25 May, friends and church members at the Sighisoara, Romania, Church of the Nazarene surprised Bustin with a party to commemorate her 10th year as a volunteer in Romania. Friends shared how they had been impacted Bustin’s expressions of care for them, being with them in times of crisis and suffering, driving them to the hospital, praying with them, joining in family celebrations.
“[She’s] a person who combines strong principles and convictions with a warm and caring heart for all kinds of people,” said Ben Mehedin, a devout Orthodox Christian who worked with Roberta in the early days of her Romanian ministry. “She’s the person who for me who most exemplified the servant nature of Jesus.” This sentiment was echoed in the spontaneous words of many who were present.
Bustin first came to Sighisoara at the invitation of missionaries Jon and Margaret Scott, who pioneered the work of the Church of the Nazarene in Romania. After teaching chemistry for 30 years at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas, where she was a life-long member of the Church of the Nazarene, and working for 16 summers doing research for NASA, Bustin had a strong conviction that God was calling her to leave the world of science and academia to become a volunteer missionary. Her desire was to serve in evangelism and church planting. Her original job description was “to teach, preach, and do a boatload of other things.”
During her first year in Sighisoara, Bustin concentrated on studying Romanian and the “Ecology Club,” an activity which taught local youth the importance of caring for the world that God has created, while building relationships through activities like river clean-ups and monitoring the quality of the town’s drinking water. Several young people who first got to know Roberta through ecology club started coming to church activities and eventually committed their lives to the Lord.
In 1998, Bustin was asked to pastor the Sighisoara Church of the Nazarene, a new congregation that had developed out of the friendships between American students spending a semester in Sighisoara with the Romanian Studies Program and local Romanian young people. Under Bustin’s leadership the church grew and became a bilingual congregation that was reaching new families and isolated elderly people in addition to a vibrant group of high school students. Roberta devoted time to discipling these young people, many of whom are now serving the Lord in other places both in Romania and in other countries.
Five years ago, Bustin began a ministry in Tigmandru, a poor village 15 miles from Sighisoara. Most people have no regular jobs and little formal education, yet many have responded with eagerness to the gospel. Bustin has supervised construction of a large multipurpose building with a sanctuary, clinic, sewing workshop, preschool program, plus social and educational activities for youth.
For the past five years, Bustin has pastored two very different congregations. She also works steadily on ordination requirements, enjoying the challenge of classes in theology, Biblical studies and practical church leadership. She regularly teaches environmental science in the Romanian Studies Program and at European Nazarene College. Hundreds of visitors to Sighisoara have enjoyed her southern breakfasts, complete with biscuits and gravy, while her pie-crusts, chicken salad and “Roberta cake” are mainstays at the International Café. On the rare occasions that she takes time off, Bustin most enjoys exploring the Romanian countryside, especially the mountains.
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007; reprinted in Where Worlds Meet, Year 4, Issue 6, July 2007
By Dorothy Tarrant
On 25 May, friends and church members at the Sighisoara, Romania, Church of the Nazarene surprised Bustin with a party to commemorate her 10th year as a volunteer in Romania. Friends shared how they had been impacted Bustin’s expressions of care for them, being with them in times of crisis and suffering, driving them to the hospital, praying with them, joining in family celebrations.
“[She’s] a person who combines strong principles and convictions with a warm and caring heart for all kinds of people,” said Ben Mehedin, a devout Orthodox Christian who worked with Roberta in the early days of her Romanian ministry. “She’s the person who for me who most exemplified the servant nature of Jesus.” This sentiment was echoed in the spontaneous words of many who were present.
During her first year in Sighisoara, Bustin concentrated on studying Romanian and the “Ecology Club,” an activity which taught local youth the importance of caring for the world that God has created, while building relationships through activities like river clean-ups and monitoring the quality of the town’s drinking water. Several young people who first got to know Roberta through ecology club started coming to church activities and eventually committed their lives to the Lord.
In 1998, Bustin was asked to pastor the Sighisoara Church of the Nazarene, a new congregation that had developed out of the friendships between American students spending a semester in Sighisoara with the Romanian Studies Program and local Romanian young people. Under Bustin’s leadership the church grew and became a bilingual congregation that was reaching new families and isolated elderly people in addition to a vibrant group of high school students. Roberta devoted time to discipling these young people, many of whom are now serving the Lord in other places both in Romania and in other countries.
Five years ago, Bustin began a ministry in Tigmandru, a poor village 15 miles from Sighisoara. Most people have no regular jobs and little formal education, yet many have responded with eagerness to the gospel. Bustin has supervised construction of a large multipurpose building with a sanctuary, clinic, sewing workshop, preschool program, plus social and educational activities for youth.
For the past five years, Bustin has pastored two very different congregations. She also works steadily on ordination requirements, enjoying the challenge of classes in theology, Biblical studies and practical church leadership. She regularly teaches environmental science in the Romanian Studies Program and at European Nazarene College. Hundreds of visitors to Sighisoara have enjoyed her southern breakfasts, complete with biscuits and gravy, while her pie-crusts, chicken salad and “Roberta cake” are mainstays at the International Café. On the rare occasions that she takes time off, Bustin most enjoys exploring the Romanian countryside, especially the mountains.
Source: SEE Sketches, Vol. 4, Issue 3, June. 2007; reprinted in Where Worlds Meet, Year 4, Issue 6, July 2007
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