Pictures at the assembly

Benone and Costel

Mihail and Florin

Benone and Costel

Tray for the Lord's Supper and box for giving

Latest book printed God, the Bible and Common Sense by Leroy Brownlow


Florin




Mihail


Mihail and Florin


Costel teaching


I am speaking during the worship hour

Happy Holidays!

We wish all our supporters and friends Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here are some photos of the boys' Christmas program at school.








Ethan and his teacher






Ethan reciting a poem










Singing carolls






Nathaniel reciting a poem










Nathaniel waiting to begin


Our tree with presents






Hannah opened a gift


Ethan has a gift


Santa visited Nathaniel too

Email Message

Below is a translation of part of an email I received from one of my students from this summer. I thought you would enjoy reading it:

Dear Mr. Eric,

I have tried repeatedly to send you my thoughts at your address, loaded with a thousand thanks for what you have done for me.

I want to tell you that I have read on my vacation more than have the Bible which you sent, as I told you that I printed it in town (I had given him a New Testament online). Now I am translating the Bible without reading any more English. I have familiarized myself almost complete with the vocabulary from the book (probably the English booklet I sent). Additionally, I have learned for the first time the content of the Bible which has impress me pleasantly. I don't know if I have well or not, but I sent the content of these books also to a friend and she told me that it gave her so much pleasure to read it that she found the decency to make comments on the margin of the contents of the Bible, with a girl from China. In turn, the girl remain impressed with the Holy Book.

I hope to keep in touch if you do not change your email address.

We wish you happy holidays together with a warm "To many years" (greeting for the New Year).

With special esteem,

The Martinescu Family

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In response, I have invited him to come to worship this Sunday and the following Sunday to meet the Christian men. I hope to set up a study from the VBSS correspondence course and to give him our most recently printed books.

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Draga d-le Eric,
Am incercat in repetate randuri sa va trnsmit gandurile mele la adresa dv. incarcate cu mii de multumiri, pentru tot ce a-ti facut pentru mine.
Vreau sa va spun ca am citit in concediul mai mult de jumatate din Bilia pe care mi-ati trimis-o, dupa cum v-am mai spus am tiparit-o in oras. Acum traduc biblia fara sa mai citesc in engleza. M-am familiarizat aproape complet cu vocabularul din carte. In plus am aflat pentru prima data continutul Bibliei, care m-a impresionat placut. Nu stiu daca am procedat bine sau nu, dar am trimis si unui prieten continutul acestei carti si mi-a spus ca i-a facut o mare placere sa o citesca incat, a gasit de cuviinta sa faca comentarii pe marginea continutului Bibliei , cu o fata din China. La randul ei fata, a ramas placut impresionata de Sfanta Carte....

Eu sper sa tinem legatura daca nu va schimbati adresa de e-mail.

Noi va dorim Sarbatori fericite impreuna cu un calduros " LA MULTI ANI!"

Cu deosebita stima Fam. Martinescu

The Lord's Army

Hannah's new favorite song is the Lord's Army. Here is her version (or what it sounds like):

"I may never march in the apple tree,
ride in the cavity,
shoot the empity...."

What Nots

It has been a long time since my last post. We've been quite busy. As many of you may know, we have decided to return to the states in January. Our belongings shipped out December 4 and we will fly out January 8. We will then hit the road to give our final reports to our supporters for the next three months. In the meantime, I will be looking for a job. I've already sent out about a dozen resumes to congregations. I already have a good prospect for one, and I will update you on how that is going.

Last month we brought in an addition to our family. One of Stephanie's students gave us a kitten for the kids to enjoy during the rest of our stay here. His name is Smokey. We will give him back to her when the time comes to leave. Taking him back with us to the states will be hard on us and especially on him since he would have to stay several months in quarantine.

Stephanie and I continue to study with four students. Paul and Rachel have three students between them. We also continue to prepare the Christians for our departure. We have received our new book Help and Healing for Those who Hurt by Tom Holland.

Our website has been switch to an American server under the address www.studiatibiblia.org so that I can more easily manage it from there.