Greetings once again from beautiful Cluj-Napoca! The church here enjoyed a fine Lord's day filled with worship, blue skies, and wonderful sunshine. Eighteen of us gathered for Bible class and worship this morning. The late afternoon was spent meeting with eleven new students who have enrolled in the intermediate English courses.
I'm thrilled to share the news that our wandering brother from Texas, Al Jolly, finally arrived in Cluj at 6:30 this evening. His flight out of Newark on Friday was delayed by 2 hours which resulted in his missing the connection in Rome by a mere ten minutes. He found assistance at the Rome airport and found lodging for the evening, then completed his journey today. I was so relieved to see him! And I know that his family back in Franklin were happy to hear that he had reached his destination. Now, on to the work.
Some of you may not be familiar with the materials offered by the World English Institute that we are using here in Cluj. The material, used for many years now, is very effective in teaching the student the English language AND it uses the Bible as the basis for the lessons. Many students are led to an interest in things spiritual while going through these lessons. It is not an exageration to say that there are thousands of Christians across the globe today who began their journey to Christ through this material. The approach has been used widely in Romania, even in Cluj during some of the early years (1996-2003).
Claudiu made arrangements for advertising about a month ago and we now have over FIFTY students who have enrolled. We will meet with two groups of beginner students on both Monday and Tuesday evenings this week. Please pray that these students will become open to the gospel in the coming days.
We also have several excellent prospects with whom we will study the Bible this week. At least one of them is very close to obeying the gospel. I ask that you pray for these students.
We will also make preparations for the retreat that will begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday.
Thanks for the replies and encouraging words. Feel free to post comments to the blog and I will share those with the rest of the team. Or you can e-mail me at marty@operation-outreach.com.
Until tomorrow...
Marty
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3 comments:
Marty,
Glad to hear that you and the others have arrived at your destination save and sound.
We will be thinking about you and praying for your work, your travels, and your family.
Much love and God Bless,
Tommy and Carol Edwards
Boy, wish I was there with y'all!
JT
our sunday night bible study has been praying for you guys to make it to cluj safely and for the bible-based english classes there to successfully bring christ to as many as possible. i'm enjoying the updates on your trip.
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