A Day of Worship & Fun!

Bev Hart & Gabi Szabo at
 the Philadelphia Church in Tarneveni, Romania

WOW! What an amazing day of worship the Lord provided for us! We started our day with a delicious breakfast and a time of devotions. We worshiped with the gypsy population (Roma) at the Philadelphia Church. The team shared in their service with songs, testimonies, and words of encouragement. We all agreed that even though we cannot understand the Romanian language, the Holy Spirit was thick among us. PRAISE GOD!

After service we got to tour the Point of Hope for the first time. This is an amazing facility/school where we will be doing VBS on Monday and Tuesday to serve the children of the Roma population....Romania's poorest of the poor.  Without this facility, many of these children would be without education, food, shoes, medical assistance, etc. But most importantly, this is where they learn about Jesus and what the Christian life is all about. What a blessing to be able to work with these children and the staff! Thank you, Lord!

Team bowling!

After lunch, we were off to Targu-Mures, about a 30 minute drive. We had the privilege of meeting 10 outstanding kids who come from group homes (orphans), who are excelling in school and "earned" a wonderful night of bowling and a delicious dinner. These children are learning English and it was amazing to see the connection the Lord put in place, even with somewhat of a language barrier! Within an hour, we had connected with the kids and were"high-fiving" it through the evening. Several of the kids shared their favorite subjects in school...chemistry, trigonometry, etc.  Uh, are you getting the picture? We were feeling, shall we say, a bit intimidated! 😀 It was an absolute BLAST...a night we will never forget! We promised to keep this great group of kids in our prayers.

We closed our evening with group prayer and all agreed, stand in amazement of what the Lord IS doing and what HE is going to do. I wonder what is in store for us as we begin VBS tomorrow.
   -Bev Hart, Calvary Church of the Quad Cities

Roma women praying at the Philadelphia Church

Our tour of the Point of Hope Development Center