It has been another great week, and we have been under some wonderful training! We would love to pack all of the speakers in our suitcase and take them with us to Moldova, but while they have been very inspiring, they have always led us straight back to the Word of God. We have been studying about the characteristics of the New Testament Church and church planting movements around the world. It really makes you want to know everything that God teaches us in His Word so that you stay on track with where He is leading! That is what these men have stressed the most to us ... our prayer life and our quiet time and study time with God.
We need to be able to focus on what and who God is placing around us every day; this is part of being a servant leader. There is one particular word for servant that is used over 124 times in the New Testament ... Doulos, which means devoted to another to the disregard of one's own interests, and it also translates as slave. 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 is a great passage to read on the subject of servanthood.
While we were not able to attend the funeral services of a dear friend of ours, Frank Ross, we have prayed for his family this past week. Frank and his wife, Wilma, were very instrumental in our going on the mission field, and while we will miss Frank very much, we know that he is having the time of his life in heaven with the Lord!
The young man that we asked you to pray for last week is doing well. He has not been back to work at our location, but we have heard that he will not lose sight in his eye. Praise the Lord for answered prayers!
In the book that Myra read, Let the Nations Be Glad!, the supremacy of God in all areas of life was highlighted over and over again. It was also mentioned that missions is not the main point. Worship is the main purpose for our being here, but because people are not worshipping God internally as we should, missions is necessary in order for God to receive all of the praise and the glory that He so richly deserves. The scripture tells us that one day every tongue and peoples from every nation will proclaim that Jesus is Lord! Praise Him Today!!!!!!!! We love you and are praying for you as God speaks through the Holy Spirit in your life.
Please begin praying with us for the people groups in Moldova. We pray that God is working in many people's lives in Moldova, and that their searching will lead them to the truth of God's love through His Son Jesus Christ! Pray that those in the city of Chisinau will begin to have a real burden to plant churches in the villages where they were raised, and pray that leaders will come forward to be trained in multiplying house churches all over Moldova! We were reminded that Satan doesn't want these prayers to be lifted up, and he will try to put everything in your way to prevent you from praying ... PRAY IN SPITE OF HIS INTERRUPTIONS!
Smile, God loves you!
