Danny

Good morning from Constanta! It has been unseasonably cold here the past few days. One reader even told us that in the mountains to the west of us they had snow on the ground this morning! Regardless of the weather, it is very beautiful and we are certainly blessed to be here.

We had a wonderful worship service yesterday morning. We have been made to feel very welcome and loved by the members of the church. I sense that they are genuinely excited about having us here and about the work we are doing. Greg and I both were able to participate in the worship service, and the next two weeks he and I will be speaking. Neither of us is a preacher, so please pray for us that congregation will be blessed by the things we say.

When church was over, all of us introduced ourselves to a gentleman who was visiting from Germany. He said his name was Ciprian, and that he had actually been converted to Christianity through reading with an LST team! The year was 1989, and he was living in Mannheim, Germany. He was an athiest, but answered an ad for LST because he wanted to improve his English. Through reading the stories of Jesus and observing the way that the LST team members lived and interacted with one another, he became interested in Christianity. He said it took a while, but he eventually believed and was baptized. It was incredibally encouraging to meet and talk to someone who is now a strong Christian because of spending time with people just like us. I know that if I ever get discouraged during our time here, I will think of Ciprian and be reminded of just how important this work is.

In the coming days/weeks, we will be letting you know about specific readers that have become very special to us or that we feel are showing an interest in Jesus. For now, I ask that you continue to pray for us and for all of the 20 readers we currently have on our schedule.

Blessings,
Danny

By the way, James had mentioned in a comment on a previous post that he had been mispronouncing the name of the city as 'Constanza'; that is actually pretty close! The second 't' should have a squiggle attached to the bottom which makes it pronounced as 'ts', so the actual pronunciation is 'Constantsa'.