New Year's Eve

Being at the end of the year, I'm thankful to God for everything.

On 17 November we were at Rotunda, approximately 18 kilometers from Caracal. We began to study the Word of God, and three people were determined to be baptized.

This month we partnered with a few families in the church, especially with Avram’s family from Sadova. Although they came to church for over fifteen years, departures to work in Austria weakened the family, and they lost control of their children.

Pray for the rehabilitation of this family, and for the Holy Spirit to convict them of sin. This is painful, because I worked in this family for five years.

Sometimes two or three times per month I go to Marsani, a village near Craiova, where 25 children and 11 adults gather regularly.

This month we distributed food packages to needy families.

I wish with all my heart that the Lord Jesus is glorified and His glory is seen in the work. 

Blessings beloved brothers for all you do for me and my family. May the peace of God keep your hearts and thoughts in Jesus Christ.

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Romania Missionary

A Gift and A Miracle

Dear brothers of the PIE organization,

I thank God every day for the gift and miracle of each day, and that I am part of these miracles!  In November Covid affected several members from church: the Rila family, a few sisters, brother Ionut from Marsani, and brother Marian from Rotunda. I thank God that they all recovered and returned to church.

On November 7th brother Sami Tutac, together with five other brothers and 20 young people from Timisoara, inaugurated the church in Rotunda. I thanked God for the way He worked in a lady (55 years old) and in Daniel and Nicoleta’s family, who have come to church for about two months. They asked questions and they opened up like a book to spiritual truth. I am glad and thank God when I meet candid people like them.

The work in Marsani continues with 25 children and 7 adults. Today, November 26th, we bought food to distribute to poor families.

My dear brothers, thank you for the help you send me. May God give you health in body and soul, and may He give you peace in abundance, joy and much grace!!

Your brother in Christ Jesus,

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Romania Missionary

From the Past to the Present

Dear friends from the PIE organization,

At this time, I offer thanks to God for the way God worked in this area, especially in Caciulatesti.

In August 1995, Brother Cornel Stef and his family had an evangelistic ministry in this locality. Today we currently have 26 members who come to church regularly. Thank God!

On October 16 of this year, Brother Cornel and Sister Gabriela Ștef visited us in our house. On Sunday, they participated in the worship in the church from Caciulatesti. In the afternoon, sister Gabriela had a meeting with the sisters, while me and my brother Cornel went to the village of Rotunda – where we enjoyed the time being with brothers and sisters and some friends. A house of prayer was opened here.

The next meeting took place in Marsani, where brother Ionut started a work with children. There are about 25 children, some of them are accompanied by their mothers. Monday morning Brother Cornel and his wife Gabriela left. May God bless them and accompany them in all their travels.

Last but not least, brothers and sisters of the PIE organization, be blessed and may the power of God be with you. The reward of God be upon all of you -  you do many things for us! Thank you for praying for us, we need to be supported in prayer to be guided by the Holy Spirit.

With love,

Gabi Cuc, PIEI-Romania Missionary

A Pleasing Aroma

My dear PIEI partners,

God bless those in Romania and those in America with grace, peace and health in abundance for all you do for me and for the work here.

At the beginning of September, I spent a few days in Marsani. We arranged the house of prayer. On Sunday at 5:00 pm we had a meeting with the children and from 6:00 pm a meeting with the people from the community. Sunday, September 19, was the first meeting when several women came with children.

On September 4, I was in Rotunda with seven brothers, working at the house of prayer. On September 19, the first evangelistic effort took place.

We believe in the infinite power of the Lord’s love for people and the Holy Spirit who acts. I believe that God will show His glory in these localities as well.

Thank you for supporting our family and the church in Caciulatesti in prayer.

Be blessed!

2 Corinthians 2: 14-17

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the aroma of death; and to the other the aroma of life leading go life. And who is sufficient for these things? For we ae not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

With all my heart I wish you grace in all things!

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Romania Missionary

In My Daily Prayers

Dear friends in PIEI,

Thank God for August as a month of passion! As the apostle Paul said: “..;that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.” [Romans 7:21] On August 26 I had an argument with my sister-in-law, but then I was sorry and I had to repent.

On August 14 I was in Beciu where I met with Cornel Ștef, Timotei, Florina, Walker, and Florin. We had fellowship, exchange of ideas, impressions, encouragement, and prayer. On August 31 I join an evangelism effort with sister Florina, Florin and four other brothers to Grindeni, and then on to the village of Listeava.

We ministered to families, including Gigi's husband, Eleonora's wife and daughter, and Florentina, and all expressed their desire for us to visit them again. We prayed with them, and it was a warm fellowship open to the gospel.

Dear brothers, thank you for material aid and for your prayers. May the reward be yours! You are daily in my prayers. With all my heart I wish you health, peace and grace!

With love your brother in the great savior JESUS ​​CHRIST,

Gabi Cuc - PIEI-Romania Missionary

To all the brothers and sisters in need

Dear PIEI brothers and sisters,

I thank God for you in helping us both materially and spiritually, and that you pray for us.

I want to tell you that part of the money you send me, goes to Africa and Asia: to brothers and sisters who are in need, to orphans, to people who have nothing to eat, not even drinking water, and there are areas where faith in the Lord Jesus is forbidden. The Lord has put it in my heart to help these people with what we can.

On June 20, I went to village of ''Rotunda'' together with five brothers for opportunities for evangelism in the village. Women and men participated. I met a man named Florin, about 40 years old, who was open, but he said he still does not repent. We never know how God works. We pray that the Holy Spirit will make these aware of their sin and cause them to believe in the Lord Jesus.

Prayer Requests:

• For the church from the village ''Caciulatesti'', to be active and steadfast on the Way of the Lord, to live in love and unity with each other,

• For ''Marsani'' village, ''Rotunda'' village and ''Grindeni'' village

May the Lord reward you and give you health for everything you do!

With love, your brother in Jesus Christ,

Gabi Cuc, PIEI - Romania Missionary

Hebrews 13: 3- Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

Tenfold

Dear brothers of PIEI,

I thank God for the grace and mercy He shows me. He gives me health, light, and the spiritual and material help I need. I thank God for how He uses you. May He give you everything you need in abundance and protect you from any harm. I thank God for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus.

Our church recently had a big fight over certain events. I need to explain. A family from the church left for England last year to visit their children. They came back in May this year. They brought their tithes to the church, but did not tithe the full amount that they should have. The next Tuesday the police stopped them, took their registration for their car, and obliged them to repair the car. It cost them 2,500 lei, exactly 10 times more than was missing from their tithe.

The following Sunday they brought to the church the difference of money they should have given to the church. They told the church everything that happened, and the fact that you cannot play with God. They prayed to the Lord to forgive them for their deed.

Prayer Requests:

• Support us in prayer for Sara, my daughter, who is taking the baccalaureate exam this month

• Pray for the church we belong to, that all of us work in the Lord's vineyard and that all of us are healthy in the faith

• Pray for the people that the Holy Spirit may convince them of their sins and to add them to the church
  

I wish you much peace and health! With love, your brother in Jesus Christ,

Cuc Gavril - PIEI Missionary

Light and Faith

May God reward you for everything you do for us!

On February 23, I was with 5 other missionaries from Oltenia, in Mârșani. I preached the gospel in groups of 2 to the people I met. We met men, women and young people who listened to us and received Christian literature.

We meet every Sunday from 16-18 in Mârșani, where we have a house where we can gather to preach the Word to people. We hope and believe that God has mercy on people and the Holy Spirit convicts them of their sin and adds them to the church.

On February 24, Timotei Stînea's brother came to me, where he saw the work in this area. I pray that the Lord Jesus will give me light and faith in everything I have to do.

With love, your brother in Jesus Christ, Gabi Cuc!

Psalm 112

Varied Opportunities for the Gospel

Dear Partners in Evangelism brothers and sisters,

Thank you for all your material and spiritual the help in the Gospel. May the Lord bless you and reward you. I wish the grace of Jesus Christ to be over your families, and that this year the Lord may send his light and faithfulness to guide us in the work He has given each of us. 

In December I went to the fair in the village of Mârșani. I went with brothers to many families and houses where I preached the Gospel of Jesus. Also during this period there were two missionary brothers from Botoșani who worked in Mârșani with us as well as in the surrounding villages. I did meet a man in Mârșani who had received the Lord Jesus, and have since seen him several more times.

In the village of Mârșani we have a family of two brothers who are dumb (unable to speak). They stay with their in-laws, who are also dumb. There is another family in Căciulătești also with a speech deficiency.  These dumb people went to Mârșani several times. They have received the Lord Jesus in their life as Lord and Savior. Their names are Marian (43 years old) and Mirela (41 years old). Also, during this period I went to the Bechet fair and the Celaru fair where there are good opportunities to preach the Gospel to people. 

Since December 24 I have been quite ill. I have coughed but I did not have a fever; by the grace of the Lord Jesus my COVID-19 test was negative. I have entrusted my life to Him, and we believe that He still protects us from evil during the Winter holidays. The Lord enabled us to take gifts to poor families and needy children. Jesus does strengthen us, give us light, and bless us in the work we do.

Your brother in the Lord Jesus, 

Gabi Cuc, PIEI-Romania Missionary

Evangelizing in the Streets

Dear brothers of the PIE organization, thank you for all the help you send me and for the prayers you offer to God for me, my family and the area where I live and work! Thank God for the part you have been taking in the gospel for years, I pray for you every day to be blessed.

Together with some brothers from Caciulatesti and other churches, I went to the streets of Mârșani every week and preached the Gospel to the people I met. Some were open to the Word and I continued to visit them and pray for them. We have a case in which a woman came to the meeting with her nephew, her name is Olga. Please pray for everyone I met, but especially for Olga!

Two months ago, I met a brother named Marian, who started coming to church and going on missions with me. Between September 19-25 I was on a mission in Transylvania: in Sibiu, Alba Iulia, Turda, Câmpia Turzii, Cluj, Zalău and Ceanu Mare; where I met different families and single people to whom I shared the gospel in detail. Most were open, only two people did not receive the Word! May the Lord watch over them and work on their hearts.

I am glad for Brother Marian that he has a lot of zeal and a desire for the mission. The church in Caciulatesti enjoys peace and I hope that our salvation will be completed.

With love your brother in the Lord Jesus Christ,

Gabi Cuc, PIEI-Romania Missionary

The Work Continues

Gabi Cuc, a servant of the Lord Jesus, to all the brothers of PIEI in Romania and America. Grace and peace from the Lord Jesus Christ!

Thank you for the brotherly love you have for me, for the prayers you make for me and the area where I work, and for all the help you send me. May the Lord reward you and give you health and all you need along the way.

I am glad that God has shown his power globally and that man is nothing but His power is everything as the Bible says. During this period of Covid-19 (March-June 15), we had a state of emergency, but the Word of God and our prayers did not cease. During this period, I frequently visited the brothers' families and prayed with them. I preformed three funerals, one of them a member of the church from Caciulatesti. Having gone abroad, none of this sister's children were able to attend the funeral, but approximately 35 people who did not know the Lord were able to hear the Word. I participated in a baptism of four people in Sadova. There were many people who attended the baptism, and we prayed that God would work on their hearts. We have been to Marsani several times, where we prayed for all the inhabitants in that area. Please support us in prayer for the work of proclaiming the Gospel that we want to carry out in Marsani and in Caciulatesti village.

With brotherly love,

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

THE LORD CAN!

My dear brothers of PIE, thank you for all the help you sent me. I wish God blesses each of you with health, peace, His strength, and to fulfill all your needs. We thank God for showing His power over His earth, not only in this pandemic, but in all times, we are more than victorious through the One who loves us.

At the end of February I went to Marsani with three brothers and preached the Gospel to many people, including the mayor of the village. Currently, we can only pray for Marsani, because of the declared a state of emergency; we cannot move there.

We started going to Listeava village, and we found some families open to receive the Gospel. Currently I visit two or three families of brothers every week.

May God strengthen us and protect us from evil!

With the love of your brother in Jesus Christ,

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

NEW MISSION POINT IN MARASANI

We went to the village of Marsani with a group of brothers from the Golgota Christian Church in Caciulatesti. Our purpose was one-on-one evangelism and home visits with people open to Bible study since August. God began to speak to us more and more specifically about this work. So in September we wanted to organize an evangelistic meeting at the local stadium. Unfortunately the mayor of the village, influenced by the local Orthodox priest, did not approve our use of the stadium.

However, we have come to see how God's plan is being fulfilled step by step. It started in a house of a brother. At this home people were asked if they would like to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior. At the invitation three people answered “Yes.” A person of 60 years and two young people 17 years old.

We continued praying for specific guidance regarding Marsani. After a period of prayer we decided to start meeting on Sunday. At the same time God put in the heart of a young family, Berceanu Ionut, to move to this village to continue the mission work started.

Prayer Requests:

• God will change the hearts of the people of Marsani

• God will help Ionut integrate well among the neighbors of this village

• God will bring mission teams to continue evangelizing one-on-one throughout the village

• Golgota Christian Church in Caciulatesti will continue to support brother Ionut in missionary activities during the week and on Sundays with fasting and unconditional prayer.

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

THE POWER OF PRAYERS

In June we organized several Evangelical campaigns, with the local Church, as well as with American teams. As a result of these campaigns, we found people opened to hearing the word of God, but also opposing people who showed us violence during the preaching of the Word on the street.

After many prayers to God, things began to move in Mârșani village. To a young, faithful brother from the village of Poiana Mare, the Lord put on his heart a mission in Mârșani. He mobilized several young people from the Church in Tunari and together we initiated some evangelistic campaigns in Mârșani. We continue to pray to the Lord that He will put on young people’s heart the desire to get involved in planting a Church in this village.

Also, with the help of the Lord, we organized street evangelisms in Căciulatesti. In some houses we were even welcomed to enter, I preached to the people the gospel and invited them to the Church. We pray that the Lord will touch the hearts of all those who have come in contact with the truth of God.

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

Our God, the God of Wonders

I want to share with you some of the most important mission events in recent weeks. I continued to maintain relationships with the families I evangelize. I meet them occasionally and I managed to get close to them, linking a friendship, and in this way I have greater openness to share them the gospel. Some of the families I evangelize came to the church with me several times.

In April we began the missionary work in the village of Danet. One of the people we have evangelized, hearing the truth of the Scriptures, he expressed his wish to be baptized.

From the beginning of April, my daughter, Sara took in the apartment as a roommate a 25-year-old girl she found on the street and who had no place to live. She was taken by me and my family to the hospital because she had some medical problems. She was also exposed to the gospel by myself and my wife on a Sunday, even going with us to the Church.

For a while, I began to pray and to fast before the Lord to bring me forward to proclaim the Gospel to trusted people who, once converted, will be able to teach others, according to 2 Timothy 2:2. After a feather at the car, I went to a vulcanization service. There I met a man named Paul, who showed himself to be very open to the gospel. He invited me to his house, to tell him more of the Gospel, and in the near future I plan to visit him with my wife.

Prayer Requests:

• For the local church to receive more courage and elan in the ministry.

• We pray that God will bring to the repentance worthy believers to be able to carry the gospel further by teaching others the way of repentance;

• For Danet village, God give us light, guidance and authority in presenting the Gospel in this village and opening people's hearts to the Word.

• For the children who grew up in the Church but have a great attraction to the world. The Lord bring into their lives an authentic return to Him.

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

About Relationships

For me, March was all about family relationships. I spent a lot of time in Craiova, with my daughter, because I wanted to take care of her and to strenghten our relationship. We enjoyed our time together, our communication improved and we are closer now. Being in Craiova, I had the opportunity to serve by preaching the Gospel. We live at the second floor and above us lives a family with three children. We are very happy to have them as neighbours because they are very willing to hear more about God and we had the chance to visit them a few times.

While I was in Craiova, I realised that there is a huge need for prayer and for spiritual growth. I understood these needs and I started to pray for the city and especially for my neighbourhood. We also had the privilege to go to the hospital to pray for people alongside brothers and sisters from Romania and Craiova.

Prayer requests:

• For my daughter's highschool and for the teachers to know God;

• For my neighbourhood named 1 May and for the people that live here; we want to start evangelizing and to make God known in this place;

• For guidance and wisdom in every aspect of our lives;

• For my daughter Sara; we want her to see how much she needs Jesus in her life;

Thank you for all your support in prayer and may God bless you!

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

Missionary visits

My beloved brothers from PIE, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything that you are doing for me.

I realize that I wasn’t at the highest point lately and maybe I didn’t exceed your expectations so I want to apologize and to pray that God will give me the strength to continue His work.

This year, through the kindness and faithfulness of God, had a very good start. We went to see a few families from our church and in every meeting we had prayer time, fellowship and each one of them expressed their desire to serve the Lord. However, their children don’t have a relationship with Jesus so they are very sad about it.

This month we wanted to bless the people with the Word of God so we had a few meetings:

• with Marian from Caciulatesti we had a blessed time talking about faith in Jesus Christ;

• on 8th January we went to Dobresti to see Ilie, a professor, and Monica, an economist; we told them about faith in Jesus and eternal life;

• on 10th January we met a man from Gheta and we shared with him the Gospel;

• on 20-21th January we were at two funerals where were a lot of people so many of them heard the Gospel including Stelica, a sick man;

Please pray for:

• passion in the church from Caciulatesti;

• Marian, Ilie, Monica si Stelica; we pray that God will do His work in their lives;

• open doors to share the Gospel;

With love, your brother in Christ,

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

As you sow, so shall you reap

Last summer we spread the Gospel in a village called Dobresti, and the seed grew in the heart of a man named Tomita. He started to come in our church. His change brought the possibility to speak with his neighbor, Ilie, who is the principal of the school and with his wife, Monica. We saw Ilie’s open heart for the Gospel and his availability to welcome us in their house.

Last week I had the opportunity to share the Word when I met a few people at the service. Their names are Monica and Ionel, they are from Craiova. After we talked for a while, I saw their openness towards the Gospel and we’ll meet again to go deeper into the story of Jesus Christ.

This month, I went to the hospital to buy some medicine and there I met a man named Crisu. He was surprisingly willing to hear about God and we decided to meet again to talk more about this topic.

Iulian, a man from our village, used to come to church for a while. He is not a believer but he was always full of respect for our faith and didn’t argue with us. Now, he is very sick and close to death so please pray for his salvation.

Please pray for:

• Tomita: we ask God to touch his heart and save him;

• Ilie si Monica: to come to God. They are important people in their area so it will have a huge impact on the others;

• Monica and his employee, Ionel: we pray for their hearts to be opened and for their salvation;

• Crisu: we pray for healing and for open eyes to see and understand the love of God;

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

God loves Căciulătești

During the last month, God has blessed Căciulătești village bringing missionary teams from Timisoara, Ucraina and Suceava. The Christian community has been blessed both spiritually and materially.

The missionary team from Timisoara visited some families having material problems. They sang Christmas Carols and spoke to them from the word of God. They also offered a little material help such as food, concording to what the Gospel tells us in Galatians 2:10 “All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I have been eager to do all along “.

Three of the visited families expressed the desire to come to the house of God.

The church was spiritually revived by the Timisoara missionary team. There were some sisters that cried during the service, and the people were touched by the power of God, that put a hunger for Him in their souls and a bigger desire to approach more to Him. 

We are greatful to God for thinking to our village Căciulătești and sends missionary teams that can support us on His work. We are very glad to start the missionary activity in Georocel village. We went there with a team of brothers and sisters from our church and another team from America, we talked to people and offered them New Testaments and some of them showed interest for the Scripture.

Prayer requests:

-           We are praying to God so that He can send 2 missionary families: one for Mârșani village and the other for Daneți village. We have a house available for the missionary family in Mârșani that would like to start the work there.

-          We are praying so that God helps us to enter and preach the Gospel in Georocel.

-          We are praying for short and long term teams.

-          We are praying for Tâmburești and Mârșani villages where we will have some revival services, so that God would open people’s minds

Gabi Cuc - PIEI Missionary

Pray with us

Beloved brothers from the PIEI,

God bless you for everything you do for so I might be able to go and share the Gospel in the area we live.  May the Lord reward you, your families and the churches you attend to.

  The brothers from Caciulatesti and the surrounding, want to serve the Lord Jesus and testify His name.

  Two weeks ago a serious situation arose in the church: Brother Gheorghe of Brabeti, who has been in the church for almost a year, who came to the church almost regularly (and we visited him very often, we helped him when he needed) now he told us that he was convinced by the nieces who are in England and Turkey, to follow the Orthodox way again, not to give up tradition and customs, but to give up repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

I was at his home with a brother, and he told us that he decided not to come to the church anymore.

 Prayer requests:

- for Brother Gheorghe of Brabeti, who gave up the path of faith in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit set a spirit of repentance in his heart, and the Lord would search his close relatives.

- May Jesus continue to help us to communicate His Word to the villages where there are no churches.

With love in Jesus Christ,

Gabi Cuc!

(2 Thess. 3: 1-2)