Today we were in Micesti, the village where Matt and Denise Elliott lived. We started as three teams – each team with both Romanian and American members – all going out to visit homes in the village. Each team also had a few Helps Bags to deliver. Many of the villagers know Matt and Denise and some of them come to the church services that have been held here.
My team had the pleasure of visiting first with a woman who was a member of the village church already. Her name is Nastasia and she was such a beautiful woman. We visited with her in her home and then, after we prayed for her, she decided she would go with us to visit the other homes. What a blessing to see the spiritual generations that have grown out of the work Matt and Denise started many years ago. This woman is a part of this church because Matt and Denise have passed on their evangelistic legacy to their Romanian son-in-law and daughter who have passed it on to other Romanians who have passed it on to Nastasia.
On our travels through the village, we met a man who will turn 100 years old in just a few weeks. He was amazing! He couldn’t really see or hear very well, but he still had a spunk that was very fun to see. He told us about how he came to be a Christian 70 years ago. He had been sent by the Communists to spy on the Christians. By the second time he went to spy on them, he realized he wanted to be one of them and he got saved. He never went back to the Communists after that. I am certain he could have shared many other amazing stories with us. We were so blessed to have him pray with us – even though it was in Romanian and we couldn’t understand the language, the joy of the Holy Spirit was so evident in him that it just radiated to fill the whole room with light.
After visiting several other homes, we headed back to the center of the village where we split into two teams – one team was going to do a program for the village children and the other team was going to continue going from house to house doing evangelism. Each team had American and Romanian members. This was an especially special children’s program for Denise because she knew most of the children in this village and had done many other programs with them. It was precious watching her with “her” kids. We did a similar program to the one we had done the day before in Martinesti. It was another great time sharing God with the children.
After the children’s program, we walked back to Matt and Denise’s home in the rain. We were a bit wet and cold, but it had been an awesome day!
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