And so it Ends...Tour

And so, tour continued...We had safe trips, made great memories, and watched the Spirit of God move on the hearts of people!  Since my last post we went evangelizing, did another Micro Kids, ministered in a home for girls rescued from sex trafficking, and ministered in three more services!  Let me just say this, "SLAVA DOMNULUI!!! (Glory to God)

The body of Christ is a powerful thing!  Our XMC family and us (MCR) had seamlessly become one moving entity this tour and have been reaching out to Romania.  From old folk's home, to the streets of Targoviste, God has been moving!

In evangelism, new relationships were made with people who did not know Christ.  At Micro Kids many made confessions of Christ as their savior.  Healing was brought to the heats at the girl's home, as our Master's girls taught them the value they have in Christ!  The sad thing is that I could probably spend one post on each of these testimonies, and don't have the time to go into each of these.  The one thing I would like to focus on, however, are the different churches we ministered in.

Why?

Well, our ministry in other churches is our means of recruitment for MCR (Master's Commission Romania).  If this year ends and no body joins next year, then our ministries stop too.  That means no Micro Kids, no ministry in the girl's home, old folks home, evangelism, etc.  And, if more people catch a hold of the vision God has given us, then we can also do more.  More people in MCR means that we can do multiple Micro Kids sights, can do more with the girl's home, etc.  It also means that more young people find that deep inescapable passion for Christ.

At every church we stopped at, young people were hungry for God, and many excepted Christ as their savior.  The elderly in their chairs wept as they heard unfiltered truth: They had given up their lives for Christ, and now God was calling this new generation to do the same.  Young people who were once satisfied to sit in their chairs and do nothing, now came up to us and wanted to be a part of something more!  I want to highlight the last church we stopped at...a Romanian mega church.

It was the biggest church we stopped at of about 300 people.  This was an incredible blessing!  Even more so, considering that the church its self was made up of predominantly young people from 18-25, and most of them out of college and looking for what they should do next.  Because of the economy it's hard for many of these kids to find solid jobs, being so young, and so they have little they're doing.  These young people we're incredibly perceptive and their enthusiasm was overwhelming!

Usually, when we think missionary work, we don't immediately associate promotionals as God's work...but if my ministry only stretches to the tip of my hand, then there is much darkness in our world.  However, if our ministry can reproduce ministry in others, then more of the world is changed...The seeds we plant overtake the garden, and so here we are sowing.  "Nimic Fara Dumnezeu!"  ("Nothing without God!" our tour motto.)

And so it Begins...Tour

So, to all of those who support me back home, I apologize for not having written a post in a while.  In our process of getting ready for tour, and preparing for our Crossroads Master's Commission family from Lafayette, Louisiana, I haven't had time to keep anyone back home in the loop.  However, let me say this: God is moving in this tour and changing Romania!

I remember when I got my first vision of a drama for tour.  I remember being in prayer and God inspiring me with this: The Romanian flag under the symbol of communistic oppression.  The flag was rippling and in the center was a red sickle and hammer.  I heard "ROMANIA!"  being chanted and Ceausescu’s name (the last communist dictator) mingled with the shouting.  Let me say this, "Romania has a beautiful history painted with the blood of the saints."

Last night, we got to honor all those who died for the cause of Christ and spur this next generation to multiply the legacy left for them by their saint's of old.  This is what I saw: Men making their way to the altar, declaring to God that they desire to reach their community for Christ.  I watched Romanian men who rarely show emotion weep at the altar as the Holy Spirit moved across the room.  The atmosphere was thick with The Spirit of God!

It was more than just a drama, a production, a performance.  I told my guys that if they did this drama and missed the heart of ministry, all the practices and late nights would be pointless, worthless, and ugly.  God would rather a little girl squeak out a few notes on a scratchy violin for Him, then watch a worship team with a perfect set list make a mockery of him on stage with their hearts and lives.  Thanks be to God, though, the dramas were excellent, the hearts were pure, and the Holy Spirit was ushered in!

I would like to get the video up to you sometime.

Beyond this we blessed a hungry gypsy village with a food drive, and around 45 people gave their hearts to Christ (this is a very conservative estimate.)! I was in a home with a woman who, knowing we were American, was rejecting Christ and asking for money for medication.  As much as I would have liked to help her out, I wasn't able to do this.  However, I looked at her and said, "I don't have the ability to buy you medicine.  But I got something better.  Suppose you get medicine, and your kid gets healed...but then he gets sick again, what good would it have been for me to buy that medicine.  But what i can give you is something eternal!"  I began telling her about how God loves her and her family and what He says about her in His word.  She began to choke up as God moved on her heart.

There has been even more crazy things happening!  Remember that Guy I told you all about that Sorin and I lead to Christ at a train station?  Well, as we were traveling we stopped in a random city to stretch our legs.  When I opened up the car door, he was standing infront of me.  I hadn't seen this guy in a few months but he recognized me instantly!  The coolest part though, is that he is still serving God!

And to think that this is only a small window of what God has been doing in this season here in Romania!  What we need from you though, is your continual prayers.  We'll be on tour for two more weeks and we're excited to see what God's going to do next!  Pray for the churches we minister in, the cities we evangelize in, the micro kid sights we visit, and please pray for health.  Some of the guys are feeling under the weather.

Let’s win this country for God!  Romania Pentru Hristos! (Romania for Christ)