Outreach

What a great joy we had on Sunday when Nicolae stepped into the waters of baptism and publicly confessed his faith in the Lord Jesus. It was a wonderful opportunity for evangelism, this event for the dozens of people who came to hear the Word of God, some for the first time.

Viorel, the man in the picture, is going through a tougher period due to liver cirrhosis, with which he was diagnosed at the hospital. He has had a life of heavy drinking and has not turned to God, but I visited him at home and encouraged him to read the Bible and accept the Lord Jesus into his life.

We continued to meet with young people at the sports hall, and this winter we had several meetings with some who were quite open to having a dialogue on religious topics, and I offered them the opportunity to ask questions about the Lord Jesus and salvation.

Prayer requests:

• Nicu, one of our hosts in Albac, is undergoing surgery and needs prayer support.

• Sister Ana from Campeni is at the hospital in Targu-Mures for kidney surgery.

• For Ilie and Petru, two young men we met at sports, we had a nice meeting and discussion with them over a drink.

Thank you for your prayers and support. We know you pray for us, for the work here, and we feel your support and are grateful.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Visiting The Families With Good News

One of the beautiful aspects of the celebration of the Birth of the Lord Jesus is the fact that together with the youth from Campeni, we can go every year with the Good News to those who are not part of our church. It is a precious time of interaction with the unsaved who are much more open to the Lord during this period. And this time we managed to visit around 20 families. We thank God for this time, and in the coming period, we continue to pray for these families and to approach them with the Gospel.

We thank you for the support and encouragement we receive from you to be able to continue serving in the Apuseni Mountains.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

One Man At A Time

One of my recent concerns and preferences has been to engage in dialogue and establish relationships with people to bear witness to the Lord. God has granted me this opportunity, and I have had pleasant discussions with certain individuals. However, some became resistant when I broached the topic of faith and declined further dialogue.

Among them, I met Vali, a young man with whom I've met three times. The most interesting dialogue I had was with these two men, Nicu and Ovidiu, who were very open and asked many questions about the Bible. Razvan was at work when I met him; he works at a grocery store. However, he took a moment to stop, and during a break, we communicated.

Thank you for the support and encouragement you have provided in this ministry. God bless you!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Continue Growing

I continued my visits to Albac, and the meetings were so beautiful because the people I met were open to the Gospel. Anica and Nicu were so joyful and had many questions that led to friendly discussions about the Lord Jesus. I met Silviu in town while sharing the Gospel with some young people. He lives alone as his wife passed away a few years ago. He is retired, and I meet him about once a week. He hasn't accepted to come to church yet. I also met Ghita in Albac, who was quiet at first but gradually opened up more and more.

Prayer requests:

• Sister Olimpia is having surgery.

• Pray for Silviu, that the Lord may open his heart through the Word.

• The husband of a sister from Campeni has decided to follow the Lord and accepted to be baptized!!!

Thank you for your support in prayers and finances, which I receive from you. May the Lord be glorified.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Every Chance

God has given me the grace to share the Gospel with a person named Nicolae, right in front of a store. The Lord opened his heart and gave him a special interest in the Word. He has come to the church a few times. The meetings at the sports hall have been going well, with a frequency of twice a week, and I have been delighted with the attitude of the young people at our gatherings. During the breaks, we have the opportunity to have a drink together, and I serve them something sweet like biscuits or wafers. This way, I can interact better with them. Thank you for your encouragement and the support you offer me in prayer and financially. May the Lord be praised! 

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Open-Hearted

During the winter period, called in our area and the summer of the soul, we continued our mission to Albac, a village without evangelical believers, but in which there are a few families who welcome us into their homes, where we can testify for the Lord, we pray with them and for them, and we believe that God will give repentance.

During the Christmas period we were involved, together with the young people and in the work of the chorus, where by singing we announced the birth of the Savior. We found open-hearted people who welcomed us into their homes and enjoyed this wonderful news.

We were able to meet over 20 families, who are willing to know God.

Prayer Requests: 

• For the locality of Albac (to reach as many families as possible) 

• For the families surrounded by Christmas, especially the Corches, and Onet, which we visited and discussed with them 

• Olimpia and Jenica, who are undergoing oncological treatment.

Thank you for your support, both spiritual and financial, God bless you!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary 

A Good Testimony

Dear brothers and sisters!

With the help of God I participated in the Campeni City Football Championship, not only as a spectator, but also as a player, and as one of the organizers.

Beyond the game itself and the results achieved, my goal was to be a good testimony to all those who were present: local authorities- City Hall, Police, ambulance, but also very many spectators, who for a week, every evening came to see the games.

On the occasion of this championship, I met many people, I interacted with them, some approached me right on the street, and had discussions with them.

After a football game, a cop named Theo, whose mother died this summer, asked me about the condition of my soul after death, and right there on the field I talked to him about the two places the soul of man could go; and I urged him to choose the Lord Jesus. 

Thank you for your prayers, for your encouragement, and for your financial support.

Reasons for prayer:

• Two sisters from Avram-lancu have been detected with breast cancer and need support and encouragement 

• For the home meetings we have in Albac 

• In the mission area for the apprenticeship work

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Special Time

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In July at the Christian center of Alba Iulia we had a wonderful time of partnership with the missionaries and the group led by brother Cornel Stef. After the days spent together I returned to the Campeni encouraged and motivated to continue the Lord's work with even more faith and dedication.

During this time of summer I continued meetings on the sports field looking to get even closer with young men, standing with them after a football game.

Sergiu and I met and he invited me to his family twice. I met his parents and brothers. 

With Alex and Gavrila, I have been seeing them more often lately, as they are sport lovers.

Reasons for prayer: 

• Starting next week we have a football championship in the city where we have registered a football team. May God help us to be a good witness to the participants

• On August 28 our daughter Theodora is getting married and we will have guests from relatives and acquaintances who are not faithful 

• For Alex, who has an admission exam to the police school

Thank you for all the support I receive from you, be blessed by the Lord!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Visiting Families

This month I visited some of the families who live in the hills. Ana’s family, together with her nephew Catalin, were very open to discussions of the Word of God. Another family we visited is Anisora and Remus' family, and they were also open to the Gospel.

I've visited them four times this year. Many questions have been asked, highlighting their desire to know more about the Lord.

Alin is a young man who I've always met through Campeni, and he came to church several times. He has even prayed a few times. His grandmother was a believer. Please pray for all the people that we visit.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Spreading The Gospel

Praise God for His unforgettable gift of our Lord Jesus Christ!

With the help of God we have delivered the Good News of the Lord's birth to more than 20 families that do not know the Lord. These have gladly received us into their homes, and we have shared the word of the Lord. 

We hope that He will search their souls, we continue to pray for them, and we ask you to pray with us for this work. God bless you for everything you do for us. May God bless and reward you!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

A Great Opportunity

The meeting in our church of the sisters with sister Gabi has brought a revitalization among the sisters and a greater desire to serve the Lord.

I make visits to the elderly who cannot come to church. This gives the opportunity to meet people and to preach to them the Gospel. This is how I met a man named Balea, along with his son, Ionut (pictured below). The elderly who live far from the church need our visits and encouragement.

I thank you for your encouragement and support in this work. God bless and reward you!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Open to the Word of God

Meetings at the sports field for evangelism give me the opportunity to know and establish relationships with people who do not know the Lord.

The other day I had the opportunity to be a witness for the Gospel to a group of people who listened with great interest. I noticed that especially young people are much more open to the Word of God. They do not have many prejudices and listen much better than older people; and they know how to ask appropriate questions. This is a prayer request for the young people with whom I interact twice a week, especially for Sorin, Andrei, Alin and Tudor.

Thank you for all your support, and may the Lord to bless you!!!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

In the Heavy Rain

In some localities in the Apuseni Mountains very heavy rains in less than two hours affected our area and caused damage to several households. Some were left without gardens, yards were destroyed, cars taken by water, and stables destroyed. I visited some affected families and offered basic food as well as encouragement.

The sports field that we rent for football was also flooded and only leaving mud and dirt behind. With a group of young people, we helped clean up the sports field so that we could use it again. May the Lord be glorified.

We had a great joy to see our brother Cornel Stef again with a team that came to Alba-Iulia at the beginning of August. Glory be to the Lord!!!

With all love,

Relu Rodean - PIEI Romania Missionary

Visiting the Sick

Dear brothers,

In recent days, visits to sick people have predominated in my agenda. These visits are an encouragement to them. Also it is a good opportunity to evangelize their families, who for the most part are not reconciled to the Lord. Here I am sending you some photos from visiting and evangelizing families when visiting sick loved ones.

Thank you for your support in prayer, and for the financial support I receive from you. May the Lord bless you and reward you!!!

Relu Rodean, PIEI - Romania Missionary

Evangelism through Football

This month I have continued the meetings with the young people at the sports field. I was happy to see how they have opened their hearts through sports and discussions about the Word of God. I met these young people a few times, and I managed to establish a beautiful friendship. After the football game I served them some sweets and juice; then I talked to them about the Lord.

In one of the visits I made to the sick, I shared the Gospel to a sister's son, named Puiu. He has given his life to the Lord!

There is a need for prayer for the Adam family. Their son Viorel is an alcoholic.

At an evangelism meeting in the city I shared the Gospel with Cosmin, a young married man, but very open to discussions about Christ.

Relu Rodean, PIEI-Romania Missionary

Moments of Joy

I am so glad that I can share with you some things about my family and ministry in Apuseni mountains, in Campeni and around this town.

In the period when we couldn't go to church, I continued to serve in community visiting people with different health issues (Christian and non Christian people). I bought them food and medicinal pills needed for their health issues. I also shared with them the Gospel of Jesus.

In Campeni we had a baptism in autumn. Paul, our son, together with another 4 young teens received Jesus in their lives and they got baptized.

There were moments of joy in this year in Avram Iancu. A young girl from our church received Jesus as her Savior and she got baptized in the river.

Paul is learning online for university. The University is in Timisoara but he is staying in Campeni as long as he studies online.

I really thank you for your support in prayer and financially. In this way I can continue the work that God called me to do. May God bless you in everything that you do!

Relu Rodean, PIEI-Romania Missionary

CARE FOR SICK PEOPLE

One of the projects started this summer is to look for and visit lonely and sick people. These are ones for whom no one cares, and who are in difficulty to take care of themselves. It is also a good opportunity for evangelism. We give them a bag of food, and we talked with them about the love of God.

In this project we identified 21 people who need great help from which we managed to visit nine people. The other eleven we will visit during the course this month. I attached some photos from this work.

Thank you for your support in prayer as well as the financial support with which I can continue the work to which the Lord has called me.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Missionary

CHRIST WHO ENERGIZES

We are thankful to God for the wonderful time we had for a week in the camp with 15 young people, most of them from families who do not know the Lord. They were exposed to Bible study, hiking, games. After this camp I began to meet with their parents, to establish new relationships with them.

In the image below, I am together with an Orthodox priest and his family that we invited in our family, we had lunch together and we also went on a hike with them, to establish a relationship with them.

At the football field meeting I had discussions with 2 medical students, Claudiu and Sami who asked me several questions about Christ and I was able to interact with them.

Prayer Requests:

• A project of visiting older people who are living isolated from other people and who have certain needs, we will talk to them about God, and we will share the gospel to them. We have 21 people on the list, and from next week we will start this work.

• A young woman who comes to us at church, is not baptized, is called Bianca, has a small child; he will have a heart surgery on August 22 in Targu-Mures.
  

Thank you for your support both in prayer and financially. God bless you!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Missionary

OUTDOOR EVANGELISM EVENTS

Two major events that we had during June and which had a strong impact in our comunity: Outdoor evangelism in Campeni and Avram-Iancu with a fanfare musical band.

The other event was the participation in a sports competition with a football team - outdoor championship unfolded over two weeks, the occasion with which we shared the Gospel with participants, groups of young people and spectators coming to the field!

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for these outdoor events, for a strong impact of the Gospel, and an opening to the heart for our Savior.

• Another reason for prayer would be the summer camp that we will start on July 15, for a week there will be 15 young people, non-believers, who will be exposed at Christian singing, bible study, prayers, games, hiking and other activities!

Thank you for your support!

Relu Rodean - PIEI Missionary

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Street Evangelism

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This month we started to go out on the streets of Campeni, to talk to people about the love of God and to be saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. This two young people were opened to the Word of God. The first one named Sergiu, came up with so many questions about repentance, so, we are going to have a meeting next week. The other young man is called Toni.

Please pray that God will work on their heart.

Relu Rodean - PIEI Missionary