Renewal

Monica and Cristi renewed their commitment to one another this past weekend at a Marriage Retreat in Balchik Bulgaria. Monica had wanted to celebrate her union with her husband in a Christian ceremony for years. She wanted to pray with her beloved and celebrate their union in a more meaningful way. They were married years ago in an Orthodox church where their focus was more on getting the traditions right on their wedding day. Years later they came together and this time focused their attention on their commitment to one another and they prayed together. It was a precious ceremony to witness.

May God cover them and bless them.

Pray that God would give both vision and direction for new church planting opportunities in Romania.

Pray for a new generation of God-called pastors and leaders in every na­tion of SE Europe, that God will give them the courage, perseverance and passion for ministry.

Source: Where Worlds Meet – Year 5, Issue 2 – March 2008

Lives of Compassion

Bucharest, Romania––Romanian District leaders and their families came together on 4 April at the La Castani restaurant in Bucharest to show appreciation and gratitude to the OCEAD* [the Romanian equivalent of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries] staff that had faithfully and diligently served since the Nazarene work in Romania began in the early 1990s. Each of them shared how they had first found the Nazarene church and when they had begun their work. Some have served in hospital ministry, some through administration, and others in an endless variety of ways. They received framed certificates and Romanian Bibles in recognition of their ministry. -Joel Mullen

Source: Where Worlds Meet – Year 5, Issue 4 – May 2008