I wanted to write a little about a couple ministry experiences I’ve had. Sunday was quite a day as I went to Romanian church in the morning and was treated to a fancy lunch. Then I went to Venga (a gypsy village) where I was asked to speak at their afternoon service. I asked them how many had ever heard the story of the Samaritan woman and only 1 raised their hand. How powerful to tell the story of Jesus reaching out to a socially unaccepted woman. I really felt the Spirit speaking through me and the people seemed very attentive. I had a bucket there to ask the question of what they were putting their faith in….is it their own ability or in the living water? Afterwards we drove up and down the dirt roads talking to families and trying to get kids to come to a camp.
Yesterday was a great day too. I was able to go to a local hospital and hold and care for abandoned babies. I guess they are often abandoned and the hospital puts them in a back room where they just lay there all day with no one to hold them. One little guy Joseph was 4 months old and still the size of a newborn. He couldn’t even hold his head up because he is never sat in that position. As I stoked his face and tiny head his little body got shivers every time like he hadn’t been lovingly touched in a long time. It was a little hard to sit there and think that Joseph didn’t belong to anyone and no one in the world cared about him. Adina has this ministry where she goes in a couple times a week and bathes them, lotions them and changes their diapers. It’s a small difference but she dreams of big things in the future. May God bless the work of her hands. I’m so grateful for the way she has included me in much of what she does for the Lord here. She has little resources but is changing the world!
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