Friday was spent in the Children's Hospital of Oradea and in the Village of Margena. This was a great day of ministry that affected all of us in different ways! In the Children's Hospital, we were all struck by the fact that almost each child was one who had been abandoned by their parents. Humanly speaking, these children have no hope. Many of them are stricken with disease, cancer, and deformity. This broke our hearts and brought us all to tears to see them and know that we cannot do what needs to be done for them. Many of them will die in that hospital and never experience what it is like to be in a family. But then we remember Maria Thomas. She used to be in this same hospital. She used to be someone who had no hope in this world. But the Thomas family chose her out of their love for her to be adopted into their family and they rescued her from certain death. This is a picture of what Christ did for us - doing we could never do for ourselves! Christ rescued us from certain death and hopelessness and we are grateful to be His adopted children!
The rest of the day was spent driving to the village of Margena and ministering there. We were able to share the Gospel with many in the village and we invited them to the service that evening. I was so excited to see God using our team and how they willingly shared the Gospel without fear! This is a village that has had great opposition to the Gospel, since the village orthodox priest has forbidden the people to attend this church. However, by God's grace we had a good number come to our service! Zach and Shawn gave their testimonies of how Christ changed their lives and Brian and I preached the Gospel. We trust that God will use His Word to change this village and bring many souls to heaven!
Your fellow servant,
Pastor Stephen
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