Page 13 - Contact Autumn 2017

At Kids Club each day, there was 50 children
from the village and the local area, where we
taught them some songs, told some stories
from the bible, played games, did a memory
verse, a quiz and learnt some songs in their
language. At English classes, we had the
amazing challenge of expecting 15 but ending
up with 40 each day. As we served, we were
reminded that God never gives us more than
we can handle. At night time, we met up with
the young people to get to know them. On the
last couple of nights, we had a bonfire where
we used Google Translate to break that
language barrier and build friendships.
On the Sunday, we had the opportunity to
take part in the worship at the church. It was
an amazing experience seeing how different
cultures worship. After church there was a
family day where everyone had lunch together
and played games with the children. It was
great to see everyone that went to church that
day walking over across the road to have lunch
together.
From the first moment, we arrived in the
village, we realised that even though we were We have been really blessed to play a part
there to serve them, the people from that in God’s amazing plan in Romania. We all
village also wanted to serve us and show God’s enjoyed getting to meet everyone there, and
love back to us. It challenged us, seeing the the connections we built made it really difficult
generosity they showed even though they to leave but we have come away with a greater
didn’t have much too give. Over the course understanding of God’s heart and His love for
of our time there, we enjoyed being able to people.
get to know the parents, children and young
people. Each day the focus was on building Chris Cunningham
relationships with the people and sharing God’s
love through serving at the kid’s club, English
classes, painting fences and visiting families.
Each day presented different challenges and
thoughts that showed us a little bit more of
God’s character and God’s love for the people
of Tamaseu.
Before serving each day, we started off by
spending some time with God in prayer and
devotions. During devotional time, we had the
opportunity to read a new devotional called
Time Out: John or other devotionals. It was
great to be reminded about Jesus’s heart for
people through the book of John. We also
found it amazing giving the day over to God
before going out and serving, as it helped us to
see where God was working and how he was [more pictures on the next page]
answering our prayers.