HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Ministry of PIEI- Decembre 2016 2015

Costea Raul

PIEI Office Pastor at Hope Church Draganesti-, Romania

Address: This month we had the opportunity to evangelistic event in Craiova around the 5518 W. Diversey Ave. Chicago, IL serve our Lord and Saviour in different Christmas time. I was asked to preach the 60639 Phone # ways. With a group of believers from Word of God. I felt blessed and honored to 773-202-8500 First Baptist church, Jonesboreo, I preach to over 400 people. I hope and

Web Site visited several needy families to whom pray for all of those people and for the www.piei.org/romania we presented the Gospel and also gave citizens of Craiova to come to know Jesus. them food bags. We pray that these He already is there and we want to be U.S. Contact people will open their hearts and eyes where He is. Cornel Stef, to receive Jesus as their personal PIEI President Cell Phone # Saviour. Also a group of women from 312-972-4262 Draganesti and surrounding area had E-mail [email protected] the opportunity to attend to a [email protected] meeting. They had dinner together, have heard testimonies from those PIEI-Romania who already walk with Jesus and did Contact some crafts.

Andrei Dragomir It was organized an evangelistic event Secretary E-mail: [email protected] in Craiova. Those who attended to it were very opened and we saw their Thank you for your prayers and

hunger for more.That was the begining support.May God richly reward you! Pastor of a cell group. We praise God for them Raul Costea and we pray that they will repent and Costea Alexe & Veronica, Email: [email protected] become new born again christians. missionaries in Comani

RESO In partnership with Samaritan’s purse Blessed be the Name of the Lord! Spreading organization we organized short I’ve stared the month of December by The Gospel programs for children in Draganesti. going to a youth conference in Alba Iulia. In Southern Because Christmas was close we I took with me three young people from Oltenia presented why Jesus came to us and Comani. The theme of the conference was Anchored in Jesus Christ. It was a blessed that he wants to have a personal PRAY time and one girl decided that she wants relationship with us.Our desire is to GIVE to start a life after His will. open other 4 new children clubs and In partnership with our brother Lanny we GO children to have a growing desire in organized an evangelistic event. where their hearts after Jesus. around 145 people came. PIEI-ROMANIA Me and my wife were invited to an

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA Decembre 2016 2015

- Other servants to work alongside to us Together we prayed , did visits and shared the - wisdom to work with people gospel. - the salvation of the chidren A group of 17 young believers came to help our - to finish the construction ministry. We visited around 25 families, gave - for wisdom in the youth program we them food bags and sang to them carols. want to start. As you know from the other letter when we ask you to pray for the kitchen to be finished. We want to give glory to God for the way He Berechet Octavian & Nicoleta, provides and also we thank you for prayers, donations and for labor. missionaries in Maruntei Again this year with God’s grace we organized an event for chidren in partenership with OCC organization. Around 250 kids came and This month is known as the month of the recieved a gift but also they heard about the presents and indeed it was for our ministry. most important gift ever,our Saviour. The month of December was a very busy month. At the beginning of the month we worked together with 3 sisters from First Baptist Jonesboro. We visited a few families . These families were the poorest in Maruntei and it was a big joy to bless them in the Name of Jesus with food bags but also telling them about God’s love. Our mission point was also blessed by Samaritan’s purse organization.

We pray that next year many more kids to come to know Jesus as their personal Saviour and also to attend our children program. Through Hope for the community association we were able to help 2 families with wood for winter and also we thank the church from Barcelona who also helped 6 families with wood for winter.

Around 60 children received a gift. We hope and pray that in the new year which is coming Thank you for praying for andencouraging us. Here we have sommeprayer requests:

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA Decembre 2016 2015 the children will come to the children program and will be a light for their families.

For those children who came to our children group we made for them special gifts.Pastor Dave Taylor and his church from Nova Scotia,Canada expressed their love for our ministry, making possible this project. The kids enjoyed the gifts and felt encouraged. Another project was “Food bags for poor families, a gift Also this month I was to a youth conference for Christmas”. Ten families were blessed with two young man from Maruntei. It was a through this project. good time for them. They were impressed with everything was there.Please pray for them and their families to repent. Their names are Dani and Laurentiu. Thank you for your support and love for us. May God bless you! Ion & Cristina Vlad missionaries in PERIETI, LISA

The month of December was a month of joy. We spent more time among the people and we were able to organize two evangelistic events. Our desire is to see the children and the people Our brother Lanny Loe preached the gospel to in Maruntei that they will open their heart to almost 130 people. We pray that the seed will see the wonderful Gift given to us who is Jesus grow in their hearts and many more to come to Christ. know Jesus as their Saviour. This year with the group from our church in Draganesti we went to carol 8 families from We are very blessed to receive from the Maruntei. Samaritan’s purse organization the shoe boxes for the kids. We can’t express how much joy It was a good time and other new families open have the kids when open their presents. their hearts to hear us. We pray that this will be a new start for our ministry.

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA Decembre 2016 2015

Mircea & Cornelia Dumitru Missionaries in

We are very blessed to have such a value like partnership. Every year our brother in Christ Lanny Loe and his wife are visiting us. Not only that they come but they bring others to serve alongside us for God’s kingdom. It was a great joy hearing him preaching the Gospel to Almost 200 kids were blessed this year. Praise children, adults and youth.We pray for fruits God for those who donated for all of the kids and especially we pray for seven young children around the world. that we are investig in to repent and that they will be in fire for Jesus.

This year the winter was cold and the asscociation Hope for the community was able to help 2 families who were in need of wood. We did visits to needy families and blessed them At the end of this year all we want is to praise with food bags. Brother Doug and Justin were God for the way how he comforted us and here also to help, We are very thankful for encouraged through all the difficult times. The everyone and we praise God for all his servants. verse 14 from Exodus chapter 14 spoke to our hearts and helped us to trust the Lord. We want to share with you an experience. Three We have some prayer requets to share with years ago we wanted to give shoe boxes in one you” Pray for : school in Corabia.This school has poor students. - a new baptism this year and that my It wasn’t possible that time. But this year we daughters to baptise as well tried again and it was possible. We praise God - for the church to get invoved more in for this opened door and we hope that we have the ministry shown them God’s love . For most of the - for a believer from our church who need children it was first time when they have to have a surgery for her eye received this gift. Great joy was on their faces. - for our protection, for our needs to be covered and to stay close to Him in all With a group of young believers we visited a our ways social place. Around 50 old people stay there.

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA Decembre 2016 2015

We sang carols and encouraged them. A lady to visit people and to do street Evangelism and was there having a bible on her table. She also giving the support to the new pastor in started to cry because she was very happy to . meet other christians. It was rather sad in one of our visits to one of We sang carols to several houses and it was a the ladies, to hear how many health problems big joy to praise our Saviour. and family problems she has and how nobody in the family is there willing to give her support. Please pray for Mrs Mimi, she is about 53 years of age and in great need of help physically and of salvation.

It was a great joy to give out Christmas shoe boxes to children at kindergarten and Church in Coteana. We gave out just over 100 boxes, thanks to brothers and sisters in England.

Four different families received wood for the is a big village. Here is only one winder thanks to a family in Usa. These families christian family. We pray for servants to come were very grateful. This is a tangible way to show to people that you care and prepares to move here, to love the people and to plant a there heart for hearing what you have to say church. But is still in our hearts and that is why about Jesus. with a group of believers from Craiova lead by Doug, Adrian and Justin, visited 10 families and There are 6 girls that i have a closer relationship sang carols to them.It is encouraging to see that and disciple them for Christ. Two of the girls, they opened their houses to receive the Laura and Iulia they come to the program repenters.Praise God! regularly and recently they expressed their desire to get baptized. This is very encouraging. Pray for the people in Corabia,for the people in While other two girls decided to stop coming to Tia Mare to receive Jesus Christ in their hearts. church. Please pray for Aura and Ionela. The other two Marinela and Alina come to church Mark & Florian Darvell programs regularly but so far ar not too hot or not too cold, just warm in their desire to know Missionaries in Coteana the Lord. We would greatly appreciate your prayers for this 6 girls to steadfast follow Jesus.

Thank you very much for the part that you take prayer points to God's work in this part of the world, to be exact in Coteana and Draganesti. - a day out for the children in Coteana - salvation for the children and their parents The work continues in Coteana building up the - believers in the church to grow in their faith new church by visiting people encouraging them -summer camp, to raise the needed funds to continue in their desire to come to know the Lord. Mark is taking turns in preaching and goes

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA Decembre 2016 2015

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