Thursday in Transylvania

Hello from Transylvania!

I'm adding a few more pictures that I've taken which will give you an idea of what it's like here in Romania.

Above you'll see some gypsies, easily recognized here by the way they dress.

The big mural of God at the top is from a large orthodox cathedral here in town. Every wall and the entire ceiling of the cathedral was absolutely full of these kinds of paintings. It is amazing to see.

Then, this last photo is just looking up one of the streets in the town of TarguMures, where we're staying.

The 4 of us are staying at a Reformed Church guest house which also houses some sort of nursing training school. Each morning we have breakfast together around 8:30 and I assume that the students have eaten much earlier, so we have the dining hall to ourselves. Breakfast is usually some white bread, white cheese, sausage and some very strong coffee! The 4 of us (Didi, Rodney, Richard, and I) have had some wonderful discussions and prayer times together around the breakfast table - certainly something to look forward to.

We head on over to the YWAM house around noon for lunch together with the students and staff, after which we give some vocal and instrumental lessons to those who want them. Our program then officially begins at 2:30 p.m. with a staff prayer time and at 3:00 p.m. with praise and worship together. The students are split into 3 praise teams and take turns leading these times. There are then 2 afternoon teaching sessions before dinner at 6:00 p.m. Followed by one final session, a workshop, in the evening. It makes for a very long, but satisfying day.

On the first day I had a conversation with Sobe, a young man taking the course. He came to the Lord 2 years ago after searching for meaning amid the world of mediums and mystery. Apparently he'd said some horrible things to his father one evening and his father unexpectedly died the next day before he could make amends. Someone told him that he could "contact" his father through a medium, and this is what brought him to TarguMures and into the dark world of sorcery. A basketball friend of his was a Christian and Sobe felt the peace in this guys heart and longed for it, so he tagged along to church one day and accepted Christ! His life since then has been marked by his passion for God, the Father and worship has changed his life.

That is just one of the many amazing testimonies among the young worship leaders here in the Call2Worship course. Please keep praying for us with only 3 days left. We believe it will make a permanent difference in their lives and here in Romania!

Please also pray for spiritual protection for us as a staff and the entire class. To God be all the glory!