In November I had the opportunity to meet a friend of mine from Tarasauts, the former president of Kolkhoz, a collective farm in the former Soviet Union. His name is Vasil Shtyop and I’ve been friends with him since childhood. When I started to tell him about God’s love, he told me directly that he didn’t believe in God…

Because I often drive my grandchildren Iulia and Valerica to school I have the opportunity to talk to the school staff. They usually ask me how I find time to come to school with my grandchildren and take care of them. I answer that I love my grandchildren…

One Saturday, I was at the village market and I met a couple, George and Maria, who have the habit of coming to church and who didn’t come the previous Sunday…

Great was our joy when on Friday night more than 50 youths came in front to repent; among them were two youths from Vanchikauts. On Sunday after camp they came to church and brother Cornel Stef and Daniel Petruts prayed for them and blessed them

In July I had the opportunity to talk to the village mayor. I urged him to listen to God’s will and ask wisdom to lead the village in peace because each problem can be solved by God if we obey Him. I thank the Lord…

I had the opportunity to talk to the neighbors across the church building, Vasil and Ileana, and their children Calin, George, Natasha and Marchel. They have no idea what a spiritual life means because they don't read the Bible and don't go to church. When they see me, Vasil and his wife Ileana, are always wondering…

In May we started our evangelism with a funeral ceremony of a sister in Christ from Fagadau who repented in 1997 and who had a good testimony among her neighbors, relatives and villagers. Around 45 unsaved people attended the funeral. They had the opportunity to hear the Gospel twice…

When I visited sister Solomia, her children asked me whether I come from a repentant family. I told them I did not and started to tell them my story of disobedience to God and rebellion during Communism and how I started to read the Bible and how I repented. I answered other questions they asked me about my faith and about God…

I visited the sick people and the youth of the church had a special program of songs and poems for mothers, as we celebrate mother's day on March 8. I preached about mothers too…

I talked to a lady, a former kindergarten principal, whose name was Olga Fyodorovna.  She sings in the orthodox choir and she knows the Bible very well. I suggested that she read what the Bile says about repentance, God’s love and baptism.