Moldova

we have been in Moldova for over a week now. we stayed in a village 3 hours away from the capitol. the village was called Beltz. we stayed in a church for most of the time. we were there really to encourage the church and its building process. they have been building their church for 6 years. they have had a lot of persecution from the orthodox church in the 90′s. we helped them work on finishing the inside, mudding the sheet-rocking, taping the walls, sanding, spraying texture, and painting. there is a pastor there that is in charge of 10 churches. he was there every day, along with the pastor of the actual church. they also have many evangelists (as they call them) that work at the church everyday. we also had about 8 men from the village working with us every day. we made great friends with them. we had a great time trying to communicate without speaking the same language. we were also able to visit several homes in the area that were very needy. the town we were in was only about 6,000 people. we went to many different houses giving a bag of groceries, visiting, sharing the reason we were there… the gospel, and praying for and with them. we also got the chance to visit the local school and talk to them. a lot of doors to encourage the local christians and to help them reach out to their community.

the culture here is amazing. they pray a lot – before and after meals, in the morning and evening, and many times during the day. each prayer is a group event. everyone prays aloud, and someone closes after everyone is done.

i had the chance to get a ride with “sara taddy”, a local missionary, back to town one day with a pastor and his family. we ended up taking a 2 hour detour to his church because he was so proud of it and the work they are doing. they ended up filling me with amazing cheese, fresh bread they made, and crapes filled with cheese. i can never say no to food.

last night i again got another crazy chance to stay the night at the pastor of the local 10 churches. he has 10 children. i stayed in his upstairs that had just been finished. they, of course, wanted to show us all his land and farm. he has a lot of property with vegetables, fruit trees, sunflower plants, chickens, and ducks. then, as it got dark, they decided to take us to their friend/s house out in the middle of nowhere to get a ride on a tractor. we all rode along on this tractor, talked in the field for awhile and went back to the house. then, at about 9:30 ate dinner consisting of bread with cheese, mayo and fish. i really dont enjoy fish!!! we ate pickled watermelon. really interesting. then they had me play guitar for them and harmonica. amazing experience. this pastor was in the russian army. had some really tough times – great man of God. we then got up at 6 and prayed. finished texturing the church and headed back to Chisinau where we are based out of.

it is amazing here. God is doing some amazing things. we are helping many many people. encouraging the local church, and sharing the love of Christ in practical ways. we are walking out our faith and being the hands and feet of Jesus.

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