HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Ministry of PIEI- December 2017 2015

Octavian & Nicoleta Berechet Missionaries in Maruntei

PIEI Office Address: We want to praise God for His bags for the children in Maruntei. We 5518 W. Diversey Ave. Chicago, IL faithfulness and the way how He praise God for how He provided. 60639 Phone # provides for His ministry. 773-202-8500 The month of December was a month Web Site full with activities. We were visited by www.piei.org/romania pastor Lanny Loe and his team. They came to support the missionaries in U.S. Contact their points and also to share the Cornel Stef, Gospel. PIEI President Cell Phone # In Maruntei we organized an 312-972-4262 E-mail [email protected] evangelistic event. Around 20 people [email protected] attended to it. The Gospel was shared. Those children who came every week were Pray that In His timing these people to rewarded. Our brother from Canada , open their hearts to receive Christ as PIEI-Romania David Taylor and his church sent their Personal Savior. Contact ressources to buy for them special gifts. They were very happy receiving those

I was in Germany to help Kevin with his gifts. Andrei Dragomir ministry and also to meet a couple Secretary who work with G.E.M organization. E-mail: [email protected] Also we did social visits and we were able to bless some families with food bags.

Pastor Raul Costea Email: [email protected]

RESO Spreading The Gospel In Southern Both of us tried to estabilsh a Oltenia partnership for the ministry in Romania and they felt that God wants them to PRAY come and to lead a team for short term ministry. Also they blessed the children GIVE ministry with 30 shoes boxes . We saw Through all these we want to bring glory to GO this like an answer from God for this God. We are very thankful for all of you year and for this season. Also the who pray, support and encourage us. leader from the team from Cluj who PIEI-ROMANIA worked with us in the summer, called May God bless each of you! me and told that they also have 45 gifts

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Costea Alexe & Veronica, missionaries in Comani

"I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth." We are at the end of 2017 and all we can say is " Praise the Lord!!" because He was so good and faithful to us throughout the year. We are thankful for all He has done in Comani throughout the year and it's a pleasure for us to It was so amazing and we are so happy and be a part in His plan here, in this locality. honored to work with such people from At the beginning of december, we were with Romania every year. They've been serving us for three young people in Alba Iulia at a conference, more then three years now with their time and which was organized by the church, Armonia. work in Oltenia, in Comani and so on. We were glad to see how people love God and December is the "month of gifts" for children. also how He could "melt" people's heart. More than 100 children received gifts and also This year was blessed by Him with the visit of they had the opportunity to hear the Gospel. our brethren in Christ from Atlanta. They were a God bless everyone who has been a part in it. team led by our brother in Christ, Lanny Loe. They visited the inhabitants from Comani to bring the Gospel and to led them to God. The inhabitants were blessed in a spiritual way and also with food. This month, we hosted , with God's help, our brother in Christ, Michael Dailey. He was with two brethren in Christ; we were so blessed with them there. A team of AIM was at the church Speranța in We ended the year 2017 in our church, enjoying Drăgănești for a week. We were also blessed to the blessing of God with all the people who love work with some of them: we visited some Him. families and we offered them "spiritual and material food". We served with them in Craiova in church and also we visited with them the Penitentiary of Minors in Craiova giving the Gospel to the young people. At the end of the day we invited people at the church and we prayed for each one. Same brothers in Christ from Cluj came to bring the "Good news", singing carols, to the inhabitants. Approximately 18 families were blessed with "spiritual and material food": every house which was visited, received food. These families were We started 2018 trusting in His sovereignty and so amazed by what they received. His faithfulness. Blessed be the Lord!! HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA December 2017 2015

nursing home for old people from was amazed by the fact that the director of the Mircea & Cornelia Dumitru nursing home immediately remembered us and we had the opening to bring some joy in their missionaries in Corabia hearts.

The December was full of opportunities to serve people from Corabia and arround..

Opportunities to talk about what God is doing. We also caroled the people from Tia-Mare . Partnership is one of the Hope Church value a The people were very welcoming and they value that we have also taken here in received us with such joy as we were family our church planting from Corabia. That’s why relatives that they have not seen for a long time. we enjoyed the opportunity to present God’s We started a discussion about God with one of work in which we are involved and presented the families. I will go to visit them to talk more our mission with the goal to make a about God. Pray for the people from Tia-Mare, partnership. During the presentation I saw that all the time they say that they do not have time the brothers were touched by the kid”s to talk. ministry and my involvement in equipping the missionaries who are working in County. Opportunities to bring joy to children Pray that the Lord will work as He thinks it is needed.

Opportunities to Create Bridges to the Gospel

This year also we had the opportunity to strengthen relationships with those we know through the carols. Our goal is to proclaim the gospel and to be saved. This time, we were not alone. We enjoyed the young people from Sebeş and Cluj, organized by brother Vlad, who celebrated the birth of Jesus through their carols singed together. The visit from the HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA December 2017 2015

Most of the children from "Little Explorers" I want to let you know about a five-year-old girl group receive gifts once a year, for Christmas, situation. She needs your prayers. She has when we give them gifts. And this year, with headache and leg pains from the age of one year. Her grandmother took her to Bucharest, God”s help we had an event in collaboration but the doctors didn't find anything. They said with a team from O.M. Romania. The young she is healthy and that she had no problem. The men who were with brother Michael also girl's name is Maria. Pray that God will heal her! presented a story about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. Cornelia, together with the children, Ion & Cristina Vlad Missionaries played several carols for the youth in Perieti from O.M.Romania. In this way, the surprises This month we remember that God has been were on both sides. The purpose of the event given to the world the greatest gift, his Son was to proclaim the gospel again Jesus Christ for the salvation of our souls. In December, we have managed to fulfill the PIEI Main Office: 5518 W. Diversey Ave. Chicago, IL Gospel by preaching publicly the good news of 60639 Phone # 773-202-8500 the forgiveness of sin of those who believe in For contributions: donate online www.piei.org or Jesus Christ, the Son of God. By God's grace we mail your check to the PIEI office. Memo line: Fund organized and Evangelistic event at the # 24220 Corabia community center in Schitu. On this occasion, U.S. Contact Person: Cornel Stef, PIEI President around 50 not born again people heard the Phone # 312-972-4262 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Gospel.

Florin & Alina Sfetcu Missionares in Beciu

We were very happy this month because we managed to help socially and spiritually over 20 people.

With God's help, we were able to offer gifts to 120 children from school and kindergarten. We thank all those who were willing to help us. We still need support in prayer and we want to thank to all who are already doing this. May God bless and reward you!

We also tried to help poor people in their needs by visiting them together with a team from America and with the occasion of Jesus's birth they have bought food for these families.

HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA December 2017 2015

with the support of some people, we organized a trip for the children from to Craiova.

I was glad to see god God toughed not only the hearts of the people we were visiting but also some people from the team said that this The children enjoyed the Christmas lights, they experience made them appreciate more what had the opportunity of riding electric cars for they have and they will be more careful with all children and they ate delicious food (for this the things that they received from God. children, this trip meant a lot, because most of Prayer requests: them never had the opportunity of having a trip 1 Protection upon the Church of travelling in other places). 2 Protection upon the work and the servants in By God's Grace and with the special occasion of this area and The Celebration of Jesus birth, God lead us into 3 Protection upon my family having a special Christmas lunch withe the 4 That we can reach to the Church regularly and people that are coming to the weekly meetings: in the area that we work in: the church van is we had a blessed fellowship, people received broken and many pieces from it need to be gifts and they were deeply moved by the changed warmth that they felt.

Sami & Raluca Iliesi Missionaries in Coteana This month, among the ordinary activities we had some special events through whom God used us and we trust that He worked in the hearts of the people: in Coteana, in the beginning of the month we had an evangelistic event, where new people attended and we are We pray that through all this things may God happy that they heard the Gospel, please pray bring fruits and to Him be the Glory! for them that the Holy Spirit will search their Have a blessed year with Jesus Christ! hearts. This month, i had the opportunity of spending more time with Alex, the teenager that i disciple and I've observed how God is searching his heart when we have Bible study. Please pray that he will be born again. As December is a special month, when people are more open, through the Grace of God and HOPE CHURCH Spreading the Gospel in Southern Oltenia Ministry of PIEI-ROMANIA December 2017 2015

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Partner with us and give A HELPING HAND TO CONTACT US: www.piei.org/romania ROMANIA: PIEI Main Office: • PRAY 5518 W. Diversey Ave. Chicago, IL 60639 • GIVE Phone # 773-202-8500 • GO For contributions: donate online www.piei.org or mail your check to the PIEI office. Memo line: Fund # 24203 Oltenia

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“For we are laborers together with God…” 1 Corinthians 3:9