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Different Languages - Same God

This morning we went to Bethany Baptist Church here in Timisoara on Romania's Pentecost Sunday. It was such a precious experience and a privilege to witness their worship service on a day where they had more special music than normal and three baptisms.

When we first arrived we met the girls from Deborah and it was truly so sweet when they ran up to Megan and many hugs were shared. One of the girls went around giving all 8 of us hugs with just a big grin on her face. We all sat in the upper level of church and the praise band began service. The worship was absolutely gorgeous. We had the praise team, the whole choir, a young girl with a solo, another girl with a violin solo, and an all men group have specials. Even though everything was in Romanian, I knew most of the songs and it was precious to hear it sung in another country. There were three baptisms near the end of the service. Those may have been some of the most genuine baptisms I have seen. After the baptisms, the two pastors prayed over the new fellow believers and it was a sweet sight. Afterwards, Megan was asked to speak a little bit to introduce our team and she talked about how wonderful it was to know we can worship the same God in different languages. That comment definitely encompassed how beautiful it is to worship with another culture. It may have been quite hot and a much longer service than we are used to in the United States (2.5 hrs), but it really was beautiful to worship there this morning. -Kaitlyn K. 


Today was a wonderful day, we went to church with the girls and then we had lunch with them. I was looking forward to reuniting with all the precious girls from Deborah House. As we ate lunch, we were able to visit with the girls and introduce them to the team members that had not yet met. It was a sweet time of visiting, laughing and of course enjoying a nice lunch together. The girls were excited to take us to get ice cream after lunch, what a nice treat! Today was a great way to kick off a great week in Romania. -Kim C.

Tomorrow, we will begin Bible study on the Names of God and before we begin, we will share how important and life-giving the Bible is. And to express this in a tangible way, we will be giving them each their very own Bible! 
Please pray that each girl would come to crave spending time in the Word as they learn who God is for themselves over the next 2 weeks.
We also had one team member get sick today, she is feeling better but please pray for a restful night so she is fully back to health by the morning!
The excited walk for ice cream with all 20 girls!

We spent the afternoon organizing and preparing for all the exciting things we have planned for the week!

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