Shared My Testimony Last Night

I had the privilege of sharing my testimony last night with the young people we hang out with on Friday nights in a part of Braşov call "Noua". Later Vali (next to me on the left) and I went to my apartment and talked about God for a few hours. May the Lord provide more opportunities like this!

Calvary Chapel Brasov Worship

Today I was in Brasov to preach and I took some video during the worship. You can download a 17 MB mp4 version here or a 132 MB mpeg version here.

Down to Earth Tour in Brasov

Here are some video clips I took Thursday night

Worship at Lauda Live

Jeff Anderson at Lauda Live

Outreach Team in Brasov

The outreach team from Boise and Costa Mesa arrived in Brasov at 2:30 in the morning on Tuesday. This photo is the outreach team and those from the Calvary Chapel in Brasov gathering for a time of worship and prayer on Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday the ladies went out to the prison and some of the guys went out to the family center and later that evening those performing in the concerts on Thursday and Friday performed during "Lauda Live"(live praise)at the coffee shop which is an outreach ministry of the Calvary Chapel in Brasov. Today (Thursday) the guys will go out to the prison and some of the ladies will go out to the family center. In addition, a few of the ladies on the team have been able to go in to the children's hospital to help a ministry that is involved there.

I have put an album on my Flickr account of the photos I have taken so far of the outreach. I will continue to add photos this the outreach is done in Brasov. You can see the album here.

Off to Brasov for Outreach

I am off the Brasov today to help with an outreach that a team from my church in Boise and Calvary Chapel Cosa Mesa are doing. On Thursday and Friday evenings they will be doing a concert at a local club in a mall on the outskirts of Brasov. I am really looking forward to spend some time with Kelly Link and those on the outreach team and of course the body there in Brasov.

Please pray for this outreach, the team that is here ministering and for those who are a part of Calvary Chapel Brasov helping with the outreach. I think there is around 26 people on the team. Pray for God to open the eyes of peoples hearts to the gospel, for a spirit of conviction and repentance and for Him to call many into His kingdom.

On Saturday the outreach team will go to Bistrita to do a concert there and I will go back to Bucuresti to help get things ready for a outreach concert we are doing on Sunday with Romanian bands. More on this in a later post.

To God be the glory.

Andreea's Graduation from University

On June 8th Andreea Oprea graduated from the University of Transilvania in Brasov in the faculty of Modern Applied Languages. Though they have had the graduation ceremony she still needs to finish her final exams then she will officially be done.

Andreea was the first person who started coming to the church when we began meeting on Sundays. Before that she had been regularly coming to the Bible study I had been doing.

Please pray for her as she begins a new chapter in her life. That God will show her what His calling and will is for her at this time.

You can check out a photo album of her graduation here.

Storming the Gates of Hell

During our conference Ken, one of the speakers, asked if our churches were storming the gates of Hell. As you can see, Calvary Chapel Brasov is. See larger photo here.

Twins Birthday Party

On Wedneday, February 7th Loren and Faith Hoe celebrated their first birthday in Romania, they are now seven years old. You can check out the photos I took here Twins Birthday Party

First Service in New Building

I took this photo at Calvary Chapel Brasov's first service in the new building on Sunday, February 4th. It is a small and very warm place which could hold around 40 to 50 people. They are praying about possibly opening up a coffee shop there to reach out to the community.

It was good to be back and see everyone but it did feel a bit strange for me to be a visitor for the first time at the church I had started. I will always have a connection with the body there I am sure but life goes on along with all the changes that come with time.

It is great to see the church there continue to develop and grow step by step. Please continue to pray for Keala, his family and the fellowship there in Brasov.

You can check out the rest of the photos I took here Brasov First Service

Going to Brasov

Tomorrow (Sunday) I will get up at about 5:00 so I can take the 6:30 train to Brasov so I can attend church there. They are having their first service in the new place and asked me to come. They got a place right below where Keala and Heather live which is a great location for the church.

I will be there till probably Thursday as we are having our monthly pastors meeting there on Tuesday and Keala's twin girls have their birthday on Wednesday.

I look forward to my time seeing everyone in Brasov.