29 July 2007

A Goat!

Stephanie looked out the window and found a goat right outside our window, eating grapeleaves that had been cut down and piled thereby our landlord.





Campaign

We have been conducting our July campaign using World English Institute materials. Stephanie has six new students, Rachel four, Paul one and I three. Paul's student and my student left for vacation in the middle of July for vacation, so we will follow up when they return. My other two students had to cancel due to job obligations.

As you can see in this sweet photo of Hannah, we are having a positive influence on our children in what we are doing. Stephanie walked into one of the rooms set up for the studies and found Hannah imitating a Bible study that she had heard Stephanie conduct. Hannah looked up and said, "Shh, I'm studying with my student" and continued to pretend, jabbering as in a study. Stephanie left quickly to scramble for the camera to capture this moment. Hannah then closed her book and said, "Ok, see you next time." As you can see, she had her book upside. :)




Well, I turned 34 on Friday, July 27. One of Rachel's students, Silvia Romanec, baked a U. S. flag cake Thursday and brought it to a study. Her husband owns a bakery in town. So, we used it as birthday cake (but I'll still want Stephanie to make my coconut cake when she can!). It was a good occasion to make a team picture and to send it to Mrs. Romanec.




08 July 2007

Update on Costel

Two weeks ago, Costel had all his fingers on his left hand amputated to just above the knuckle. He has two more treatments to go. He will be fitted for a prosthesis, which the factory he worked for will help purchase. Costel is still on medical leave until the end of the month. He has been told that he will be able to work at the same factory but possible with fewer hour or at an easier job. He should be able to get on some kind of government support, but the amount will likely be quite small. We just have to wait and see how all these things work all before we know exactly what he will be up against in the future. We appreciate all your prayers on his behalf--He does too.

Nathaniel's Birthday party and July 4th Cookout




Here are some pictures from Nathaniel's birthday party.






Wednesday we all took a break from our studies to go out to a nearby lake for July 4th cookout.


















05 July 2007

Zack and Elizabeth

We would like to share with you the blog site of our good friends Zack and Elizabeth Opheim. Zack and Elizabeth came to Iasi last year at this time to help us with our campaign: http://www.zackandelizabeth.blogspot.com/. They married at the end of May and are doing missions in Nicaraugua. They are fairly fluent in Spanish. We are glad to have befriended our brother and sister in Christ. May the Lord bless their work with much fruit.

WEI (2)

This week we kicked off our second WEI campaign. We began with eight students. I myself am studying with three new students, in addition to my on-going studies with a student from last year. Stephanie is studying with three new students. Paul has one and Rachel two.

My morning student is a math teacher and speaks very well. We are studying through the first book of the series. My two afternoon students are father and daughter. He, an engineer, is an advanced beginner whose main difficulty is speaking. She is a marketing student at the university. I first started him on the basic beginner course, but he thought that he could handle the meatier studies of the second series. I am glad since the studies will progess much faster toward teaching him the truth. He has a very kind, jovial personality and I have enjoyed studying with him and his daughter every day.

I ask that you pray for the success of this campaign.