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Romania Update

It’s crazy I’ve spent an entire month here in Romania. The time I spent in Georgia feels like a lifetime ago already. My first week here I was in quarantine so I didn’t get to do much at all. Everyone who wasn’t vaccinated had to quarantine for a week. The hard part wasn’t being stuck inside. The hard part was seeing all the other people going to ministry everyday having a great time. This leads into what the main struggle I and many other people have faced while being here. The work we do at ministry is not physically demanding. The struggle here in Craiova is the mental game. Most of my squad felt it the moment our plane landed here. There is a spiritual darkness in this place that you can feel all the time.

Our ministry host Raul inspires me so much. His views on evangelism and his efficiency in getting things done is so impressive. At the beginning of ministry we all went through our spiritual gifts and we got placed where we felt called. For me that meant street evangelism. On a usual day of ministry my entire squad goes to Hope Church in the morning. When we get there we normally get a lesson from Raul, worship, and spend an hour in prayer. Then after our lunch break we divide into our different ministries. I join up with my other SEALS(Street Evangelist) and we pray and decide who’s going to go with who for the day. You always go with at least one other person. Then for the next 4 to 5 hours we walk around the center of Craiova talking to the people and building relationships. The orthodox church has left a bad impression of church for most of the people so it can be a little hard showing people what we are really about. In my short time as a SEAL I have met everyone from nihilists to witches. I mostly end up talking to the younger generation as most of them speak a good amount of English. These people are brought down by the darkness around them and it’s heartbreaking to see. That is a lesson I’ve learned this month. When our heart breaks, God’s heart breaks too. The work we’re doing here pouring into these people’s lives is doing more than I can even imagine. 

God has been breaking my heart for these people and it has changed me dramatically. When I go to Roma communities it breaks even more seeing what those people have to live through. The gratitude I have for God and all he has done for me is more than I can explain. God has given me the gratitude and the strength to get through this Race. Everyday I wake up, eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, then go walk the city for hours talking to people or handing out fliers. I should be bored and sick of this by now, but I’m not. I cherish every hardship, persecution, awkwardness, and fun moment I have in a day. I love my life and I honestly wouldn’t change a thing. 

 

6 Comments

  1. So appreciate what you and your group is doing. I pray that your light will continue to shine as you spread the word of God and that God will continue to bless you in ways unimagined.

  2. Thank you for all you have shared. We will continue to pray for God’s faithful guidance and protection and that hearts will turn and realize His love and faithfulness as you walk those streets. Blessings

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