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Tileagd Community Church
& Outreach Update
October 2009 |
Earlier this year,
around Easter time, was the last update for the work at Tileagd
Community Church and the various outreach programmes Smiles operate
there. Since then, lots of things have changed. Personnel … programmes
… even those attending, but God hasn’t changed … He is still
transforming lots of lives!
 Our
prayer has always been for the people from the Gypsy Community
to get to know Jesus as their personal Saviour…..but as is so often
the case in our prayers, we confess to not always having complete
faith that we will see our prayers answered!
We are so delighted and thankful to God that now, more than 3 years
since the Church started, we are thrilled to see people from the
community coming to church, people we never imagined and almost gave
up inviting them to come in order not to be refused!! Do you ever
feel that way where you are?
The Tileagd Ministry Team is doing a great job and our God is
blessing the work there beyond our wildest dreams. All the lessons
that are taught are having the same message “We need a personal
relationship with God”!
 Dana
and Maria, Adi and Marian through the Wednesday clubs including “Angels
Club” and “Princess Club” reaches more than 35 kids,
sometimes up to 40! Games, fun, story time, lots of activities all
brings the same message: “We need a personal relationship with
God”.
Pastor Ilie, and Brother Titus (the newest employee of
the Ministry Team) are involved with the more pastoral side of family
visits and counselling. This is crucially important in Tileagd as
there are many needs and difficult cultural and historical matters to
overcome and pray through for the people to even begin to understand
what a personal relationship with God means. During September,
Titus requested the opportunity to attend a conference in Bucharest.
A teaching extravaganza with guests from America with a particular
emphasis on Roma (Gypsy) spiritual development from within their
culture.
 We
offered Guiry and Basti the opportunity to go also which they were
delighted to do. This was a great opportunity for them to go to
Bucharest and to be a part of a conference where they spend time in
prayer, bible study and getting together with new friends that had the
same passion for God’s word! After the week finished they came back to
the community and shared with us in the Church service what God did in
their lives! We were amazed and overwhelmed to hear their story! They
shared all their experiences from the week in Bucharest.
Here some extracts from the testimonies:
 Guiry
said “I
never imagined that there are people that share the same ideas and
passion as we do. I learned a lot of things. I learned how to come and
pray, study the Bible, and share the word to others that do not know
God. I came home with the desire to share the story with my brothers
and sisters, all my cousins, my children and grandchildren, and my
mother! I dream for the day when they all give their life to God and
together we will be a new family in God. I also dream that next year
this conference could be held in
our church and our community! I found new friends from Romania and
America and can’t wait to see them all again…(our conference teacher
promised me he will come to see a concert in the USA with our kids,
and I can’t wait for it!!)
Of course, Guiry was baptised last year and has moved on tremendously
but what would Basti’s story be? Again, we were happy to hear it, as
we all pray for Basti to take the step for Believers Baptism as well!
He is on the right path, and God is blessing his effort and
commitment!
 Basti
told us: “I saw people praying for every
single item they need……small things…big things….and God answered their
prayers, even while we were there praying!! I saw people that were
happy … but not happy because they are rich with nice things and have
money … happy because they have
God.!! I’ve learned to be content with what I have and be happy with
what I have…..You should do the same!! I want my whole family to know
this happiness and come to God!
We could continue with the story and news
from the Tileagd Community Church, but another thought comes to mind.
How about we stop at this point and we ask you to pray for each of
them… |
- Guiry and Basti - for the
Holy Spirit to continue working in their lives from the experiences
in Bucharest.
- For each member of their
families.
- For each person in the
village.
- For each person attending
the church and Bible study/Prayer meetings in the week.
- And finally, that Satan,
who is trying to destroy the work we do by offering people “short
moments of glory”, will be bound and ineffective by the Power of
God.
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Continuing … Just this past Sunday, Guiry and
Basti came in the front and sang a song based on the bible verse that
is in Romans 11 verse 36 “ For of Him and through Him and to Him
are all things, to whom be glory forever! Amen.” Pastor Ilie then
came to the front and explained the meaning of the verse and we all
sang with a passion that was never experience before!
When was the last time we sang a song with passion, and really meant
it? So often we just sing the words and don t really take much notice
of the meaning.
 When
was the last time we did a “check list ” for our life and acknowledged
that it is from God we are blessed with all the things we have….a
home, a job, a family, our friends….EVERYTHING
is THROUGH God and we managed to have all of them as well
as health and power to achieve it! This is what we try to share with
all those attending Tileagd Community Church as they continue to grow
in their “Personal relationship with God”.
Thank you for your prayers and support to
continue the work. If you would like to continue, or even start –
please do. If you would like to talk to any of us, feel free to write
to us.
God bless you all,
The Smiles Tileagd Ministry Team
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