Our Missionaries---their lives and their needs
May Update
John and Sharon Gay Sanders
have been missionaries for many years in Romania. They helped establish the
church at Brasov and John teaches in the Bible Institute. Sharon Gay is a registered
nurse and is allowed to do some ministering work in the orphanages.
Brian and Tamyra Crossley
their goal is to establish a children's home, eventually more than one. Where
children will be loved, educated, and trained by parents instead of just warehoused.
Sharon Sanders purchases fresh fruit and takes it into the orphanages, hands
it out and watches each child eat their piece of fruit. If she leaves it for
mealtime the older kids take it away from the little ones and some goes home
with staff. Money is always in short supply for this. They were also having
a problem with funds for milk and diapers a while back.
There is some problem with mailing supplies. It can take months and some packages
never arrive. We usually send supplies with people. (If the packages arrive
the missionaries are charged very high fees when they pick them up. Most are
opened and the contents stolen.)
From the Crossley's
FULL HOUSE (Casa Plina) Ministry to the orphan children.
Attendance has been down for about a month. We've had to ask several of the
kids from the villages not to return because of disruptive behavior. Also, with
the longer daylight hours those who beg for family income are not being allowed
to stop begging to go to Full House. As a result the face of Full House has
changed. Many of the underground people (people literally living in the sewers)
are young adults. I've evaluated the situation and believe it may be time to
divide it into two separate ministries. One, focusing on village kids and one
on the underground people. Now that the door has been opened we are beginning
to visit them on their turf. They spend their days at the train station. We
have to be very careful with our activities at the train station due to child
protection's big brother mentality. So we use our time at the train station
just developing relationships and inviting others to Full House where we can
teach them more freely. Our train station visits have been productive so far.
The last Full House meeting this month had 32 people, all from the train station.
One more under-grounder has been saved and was baptized this last Sunday. Brother
Petru has even brought him into his home. He says he wants to get a job and
get out of that lifestyle. I've been ver pleased that a couple of these underground
people have begun attending some church services this month.
OUR HOUSE:
(The Crossley's have three children of their own and six Romanian children.
They live in a two bedroom apartment.)
The new three are just now showing signs of accepting our authority and are
beginning to obey the rules. I've had much more opportunity to learn and use
Romanian with the kids in our house. This has helped much to learn the language
and I've been trying to teach our family lessons in Romanian. I finally taught
my first lesson without a translator at Full House. We have to try and find
a new place to live and it needs to be big enough to take in more kids. This
will be difficult to find but we're still praying the Lord will compel some
Romanian to donate a home.
Costi, one of our new three has accepted Christ as his savior and is talking
about baptism. Nico has not yet made a decision but has been asking alot of
questions about how to be saved. We are praying and hope to see her saved soon.
(As of the writing of this report, Nico has been saved!) Praise GOD!
SCHOOL:
Getting the new kids registered for school was quite the experience. I had
to have birth certificates, medical releases and permission from three different
locations to allow them to go. This took a week and a half of running from this
place to that, getting medical examinations done and pleading with the director
of the local school to allow them to go. At one point (she spoke English) she
asked me if I felt like these children had a chance? I couldn't believe that
she said that, and replied; absolutely! I would not bring them into my home
if I did not believe that they will flourish and be a contributing citizen to
Romanian society. She smiled and replied, all right I will give my approval
if, the main director over all the schools gives his approval.
May Prayer Requests:
--Full House kids…the children that come from the streets and sewers to
find help. (The orphanage situation in Romania is much like the rescue missions
in America…they can come and go as they want to. In the cold weather they
come more often.)
--Carmen, Viorel (Salvation), George, Jacov, Caline and Soreen (Baptism)
--New work in the village of Harman: The Lord would open hearts (Acts. 16:14)
Our Home:
--Nico, Costell and Lassyn (Baptism)
--Visa's renewal approved.
--That God would provide a house for these and more children to live in.(The
government is insisting that they have a bigger home. There is a rule as to
how many people can live in how many square feet of house space. This is an
urgent request! If they do not have a house by September the government will
not renew their visas.)
In May--"I do know the Lord has not brought us this far to leave us with
no place to go with all these children. PLEASE, PLEASE MAKE THIS A DILIGENT
MATTER OF PRAYER. Our hope is that a Romanian will donate a house. We believe
in the power of prayer and our children are diligently praying for a house and
car. Please join us in this and watch what our Lord does!"
In June--Two in our home were baptized this month. Costi, one of the new kids
and our oldest daughter Brittania. Though baptized only a few months ago, Brittania
told us she realizes she had never really repented of her sins before. Nico
was saved this last month also, but has not yet sought baptism. All six orphans
are progressing very well. We continue to look for a new place to live and have
made a particular building in Vilcele a focus of our family prayers. We are
using this need to teach the kids to turn to God with their needs and trust
Him. They are praying diligently and have even made themselves a prayer chart.
--Tamyra
--Larger Car-They cannot all travel together anywhere.
JUNE PRAYER REQUESTS:
Our Home:
Building in Vilcele for Children's Home.
Nico (baptism), Lassyn (clear on Salvation)
Larger Vehicle
Evangelism Team:
Dedication, Direction, Preparedness, Effectiveness.
Full House:
Where to find new kids.
Carman/ Viorel Salvation
Soreen Baptism
Personally:
Me and Tamyra/Language
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