Wow, what an incredible Sunday. Spent the weekend in a village called Variosh. I will blog about that when I’m not exhausted. Today was my second Sunday with Lorentiu’s “clan”. I say clan because a herd of orphan boys and believers seem to go with him everywhere he goes. His charismatic personality seeming to lift the spirit’s of all those he touches and his fatherly touch on the boys makes them look at him like a father…..and someone who understands. I’m really in awe of this Romanian’s ministry here in Timasoara. He has taken care of me and set up some much ministry but I have most enjoyed peering into the way he touches lives and spending time with the boys of the Onesimus house. We started the day at 8:30 am. First service I sang and shared my story and testimony. I shared the harder version because all of the orphan boys I’ve been getting to know had come to hear my story. It was great to peer into their attentive eyes as I spoke and to know that they would relate to much of my story. It was also nice that I knew them and had spent the week trying to express love for them in whatever ways I could find. I did feel God’s presence as I spoke and didn’t seem to notice the translation barrier. Afterwards the boys came up to me and opened up more than they had all week. all of them wanting to tell me how their story was like mine…..i couldn’t believe the things I heard from them. I truly wish I could support each of them……
We all went back and had the weekly lunch after church where 50 people show up to eat with the boys on Sunday. It felt like family and they try to resemble that since the guys didn’t get that when they were younger. Then we rushed off to a village (who knows where we were an hour later)….bumpy roads and open land……the orphan next to me wanting me to teach him guitar lessons while I’m bumping along. Another service where I felt half asleep but shared my story again and sang “light of the world”……thx John for the chords. Then a quick strange sandwich thing and a ride where I feared for my life……the swerving and combination of the weird sandwich and hot van air creating a very sick feeling in my stomach. We then arrive back at 6pm in time for the 3rd service of the day…..i was able to play “Your name” and encourage the church from 2 Chron. 7:14…..the church is so fervent in prayer you can almost reach out and touch the Spirit’s presence in their midst…..then I sang “Our God is an awesome God” in Romanian…..I’ve never heard Romanians clap in church before but they actually clapped when I finished…….they are so touched when you learn to speak “Romanechte” ……then back to Onesimus for a quick dinner and talked with boys for another hour…….one boy walked me to a cab and I’m finally home about to fall into bed………what a great day.
“But even if I’m poured out as a sacrifice of your salvation…I rejoice” (somewhere in Philippians)
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