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July 2007
Romania Mission Trip
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The American
portion of the team as we start our journey on Wednesday, July 18.
(Left to right) Marty Knight, Kyndall Knight, Robert Swain, Derek Phillips,
Debbie Moreland, and Paul McLendon |
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Team members
gather in the church auditorium for our initial team meeting on
Saturday, July 21. |
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Preparing bottles
of water for distribution in the city park. Labels advertising our
campaign were attached to each bottle before they were given away in the
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Beware of elders
bearing butcher knives! Paul applying some unusual techniques to keep
the team motivated! |
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More bottles. |
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The grape arbor
in the courtyard of the church property was absolutely loaded with grapes,
not to mention the beautiful flowers. |
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This banner hung
in the church courtyard inviting the general public for Bible studies. |
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Robert speaking
during the Bible class hour on Sunday, July 22. |
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Marty preaching
on Sunday, July 22. |
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Debbie studying
with Claudiu Demes-Pop, one of the translators, who later in the week was
baptized. |
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Derek, Kyndall,
and Raoul studying with Vlad on Monday, July 23. |
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The team beats
the heat - or at least tries to - beneath the grape arbor during a break in
studies. |
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Derek prepares to
baptize Claudiu in a bathtub at the church building. |
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Our new brother,
Claudiu, arises to walk in newness of life! |
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Romanian
Christians gathering for service on Monday, July 23. (Left to right)
Dan David, Raoul Szatmari, Bianca Grigorivici, Cristina Grigorivici, Eleana
Grigorivici, and Klara Veer. |
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Monday night also
brought us an additional group of American workers, led by Phil Jackson (far
right). Phil and his wife, Rebecca, were part of the initial mission
team that established the congregation in 1996. |
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Magdalena studies
with Derek, Kyndall, and Claudiu Murtaza of Craiova. |
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Raoul and Bianca
search through records and call former students with invitations to study. |
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Robert and Raoul
study with Elizabeta. |
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(Left to right)
Stuart, Dan, Chris, Robert, Kyndall, Derek and Claudiu prepare to distribute
two suitcase loads of bottle water in the city park. |
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Debbie and Bianca
enjoy Romanian pancakes (crepes) at the home of Zica, one of the sisters
from Cluj. |
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Claudiu with
three of the young ladies who came for studies throughout the week.
Maria (far right) was baptized later in the week. |
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Team photo taken
on the Citadel, a large hill that overlooks the city of Cluj-Napoca. |
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A joyous Lidia
celebrates her baptism on Saturday, July 28. |
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Lidia (second
from right) and her teachers - Robert, Dan, and Debbie |
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Dan takes Maria's
confession before baptizing her into Christ on Saturday, July 28. |
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Marty with two
Romanian preachers - Gabriel Ciruas of Arad and Vasile Iuhos of Oradea.
They stopped in Cluj for a visit on their way to a retreat in Busteni. |
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Marty trying to
get comfortable in the old pews at the ancient Reformed Church. |
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The team poses on
the steps of what is left of a 2,200-year-old Roman wall that once
surrounded the city of Napoca. |
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The team poses in
the Roman Forum on Monday, July 30. The building immediately behind
the team is part of an ongoing archeological restoration.
Tradition holds that this building was the meeting place for the first
century church in Rome. Just imagine - Paul's letter may have been
read for
the very first time in that building! |
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