As You Go Ministries

Nov. 2010Women on Mission

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It truly is moving to see God work in the lives of the ladies at 10 Sticks and Scanteia. In 10 Sticks during November they got together and made parachutes. You might ask, “What does that have to missions?” Those chutes will be sent to Columbia where they will be used to drop radios and leaflets into villages where people can then hear the Gospel message. The group in 10 Sticks took up a small offering to help with the expense of getting the parachutes to the missionaries. Some of the young girls from the church came to the meeting and perhaps a young girls mission group can be started.

The Scanteia ladies talked about missions and Gal. 5:22-23. The group there is just beginning back after many years of not meeting. Pray for them and the church that God would again do a mighty work.

December 2010

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December has been a great month for the ministry here. FBTC continues to equip men and women to be future leaders in their villages and churches through the classes offered. We have had preaching opportunities in 4 new churches where we have preached the Gospel and shared about the school and our ministry here.

We finished up on Disciples Cross class and continue teaching the other 4 Bible studies. We have taken a Dec. break and those classes will restart in Jan. 2011.

It is winter here in NE Romania and the temp. has dropped down into the teens and snow is on the ground. We thank the Lord that we got some new snow tires this season and those have enabled us to continue to travel to villages and teach and preach.

We did get a chance to go to Vala Mare, Moldova and promote the Disciples Cross and the starting of new small groups in several churches there. Pray for those believers in Moldova who even by Romanian standards are very poor.

Continued thanks for all those who continue to support and pray for our ministry here. If you would like to partner with us and help in any way it is always appreciated. But, more than just giving we continue to invite pastors and church leaders to come and experience a short term mission trip with us. Pray about that. You will be blessed through the sacrifices you make.
Thanks again. David & Rody Maynard, Missionaries to Romania

November 2010

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Classes continue to go well at the school considering all the hardships our students face.
This last month we had 15 students and they took classes in: Old Testament; Church History; Bible Doctrines; Preaching; What God says about money & Jesus on Leadership.
Like many in our world today our students continue to face a variety of problems. Most of those problems have to do with the economy of Romania. However, despite overwhelming difficulties they continue to come, are excited about school and work hard while they are here.
We thank the Lord for our students and continue to thank the Lord for all those who continue to help and support the work here. We continue to look to the Lord for our provision and continue to pray that He would lay a burden on the hearts of more people and churches to partner with us in this ministry here.

We have had the opportunity to start five new Bible study classes this fall. We are traveling to Scanteia and 10 sticks to do the Disciples Cross and Witnessing Through Your Relationships. In Iasi we continue to do the Disciples Cross, the Book of John and Experiencing God. All total we have 36 students involved in these classes.
Classes at Faith Bible Training Center
Prayer Requests: Pray for our students. Pray for women’s mission groups at 10 Sticks and Scanteia. Pray for Bible study groups going on. Pray for Rody and me that God would continue to give us His kind of wisdom to be obedient to His call here
Faith Bible Training Center, Schitu Duca, Romania

Summer 2010

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Rody and I had a great time while we were in the states. We visited a lot with family and that was great. We also were able to visit friends and a number of churches throughout America. We had the chance to visit churches Ohio, Ky., Tenn, Colo. and Wis.
Rody and I also wanted to express our sincere appreciation and we consider it a privilege to share with others like yourself about how God is working and changing lives here in Romania. We want to thank you also for your prayers and the support that you helped us with. We understand the trying circumstances that many churches are going though today. Yet we believe in all our hearts that God wants His church to do more now than it has ever done. It requires much faith as we all step forward and work together for His kingdom purposes.

We would encourage people to pray about coming to Iasi, Ro. on a short term mission trip. God seems to work in hearts and lives in beautiful ways when we take time to go outside of our own comfort zone. If you are interested in more information and the best times to come please contact us here at the wed site or at my email address: roplanterman@yahoo.com

Pray for the school that will start 4 Oct and for all the preaching and teaching events that are planned. May God get all the glory. Thanks again David & Rody
Faith Bible Training Center

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January 2010
The New Year is upon us. 2009 came and went at light speed it seems. Again, Rody and I want to thank the Lord for laying it on hearts to pray and support the ministry here in NE Romania. School started back and we had 13 new students. That is truly amazing and we thank the Lord for it.

Mitica Barbu who had started out helping teach a class is now teaching "Experiencing God" by himself. There are a few that allows God to really transform their lives and Mitica is one of those people. He has 11 children, no running water in his home, no electric, no indoor toliet and functions on less that $250 a month. He is inspiring to all of us to say the least. His heart is in making disciples and reaching out to the lost. He is what our vision saw. Someone comes to the school here and goes back and begins to use what they have learned and from that new people come to the Lord and in turn some of them come to school here. Mitica has made this a reality. Pray for him and his family.

Our focus this year will be on FBTC, our students and our staff. We realize that times are tough and that many sacrifice so that we can continue to function here. We take that very seriously and want to be the best stewards of what God provides. He knows our needs and we ask Him to supply them as He sees best. We continue to work in the villages of Ursari near Negresti, 10 Sticks, Slobozia, Dallas. We have been asked by one of our teachers, Emil, to help get a new church started just outside of Iasi in a village called Mirosalva.

Rody has moved her ESL class to an apartment in town where it is warmer until Spring. Witnessing Though Your Relationships still continues in Slobozia even during the rough weather that we have had.

I had the opportunity to do a baby dedication in a little church in Iasi called the "Joy Club". It was a great time for mom and dad, the Lord was lifted up and He was given all the glory. I preach there once a month and most there are young people. Rody and I are the oldest, but they put us with us. They have started reaching out to some villages and hope to start some new Bible studies in the Spring.

Over the last few months the church at 10 Sticks has been visiting people in the village of Dagata (sounds like Da-gu-sta). This month they had their first meeting in a rented building and had 8 from the village attend. Each week they get together and had a Bible study from the Book of John. The church also helps some poor people in the village and the ladies at the church meet once a week for their mission study. The women are excited about being on mission with God. The church has been asked to come to several other villages and they are praying how God will provide for them to go. Pray for them and pray about helping in anyway you can.

We have been invited to go to Moldovia and speak with church leaders their about teaching, equipping and making disciples. We wait upon the Lord for direction and plan on going in February.

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Well, let's get updated about what took place over the fall semester in Schitua Duca, Romania at Faith Bible Training Center. While we visited America and thanked friends and churches for their continued prayers and support and visited family, the staff at FBTC had several things done at the building. Construction projects to finish the hallway, several rooms were redone and painted, a new board floor in the upstairs will help during the cold winter months and a number of aesthetic projects were completed. It was great to know that we could take off and things would be taken care of during our absence. God truly has sent committed people to help in His work here at Schitu Duca.

September
Back from America after only a week and we hosted a conference on solving conflict. During the 2 day event 15 people attended and left, hopefully having a better understanding on how to deal with conflict in the church and in their lives the way God has set it up.

Rody and Marcela (our translator and school administrator) set up and hosted a 2 day event that equipped people in Bible drills. Twelve people representing five different churches participated. The training involved teaching people how to learn the books of the Bible, Bible drills and scripture memorization. The training also included how to prepare lesson plans and they learned the basics on how to study the Bible. They also had the opportunity to speak to 39 more women from 7 different churhes and encouraged them to get involved in missions.

October
This month involved the publication of the 2nd Women's Mission Magazine. If you would like a copy each month in English please contact us and we will be happy to send you one. The magazine featured Nicu Bumbu. A Romanian missionary working in small villages about 3 hours from Iasi. He has a great heart for ministry and works in many villages sharing the gospel message. Pray for him he has 11 children and not alot of support. The magazine also has articles from around the world, local missions articles, prayer calendar, a discipleship section and much more. Rody and Marcela go monthly to several churches helping them get started and organized.

We had the privilege to see nine people come to the Lord in Oct. as we visited several villages. One of the villages is located near Iasi and is called Dallas (like the TV show except this Dallas is super poor instead of super rich). It was there that we witnessed two men come to the Lord. Both had a plan to make decisions for Christ. One thought he had to change his life first and the other one thought he had to be in church in order to find Jesus. Both soon learned that you could find Jesus anywhere and that He would accept them just as they were. They were elated to hear this and both made decisions right then to follow Christ. Follow up is still taking place and each week one of the teachers from our school goes and helps them and does a Bible study.

Rody began English as a second language at 3rd Baptist in Iasi and I started a home Bible study in Slobozia with a bunch of people on "Witnessing Through Your Relationships". I continue to preach weekly in a variety of churches as God provides the opportunities.

School started back this month and we had 14 students return from the Spring semester and added 10 new students. We praise th Lord for that and continue to be in awe at how God provides new students from a variety of places. 7 of the returning students will graduate in the Spring of 2010. The new students began by studying "How to Study Your Bible", and "Experiencing God". The returning students began their course work in Bible Doctrines and the "Disciples Cross". We added a new part time discipleship teacher, Mitica Barbu, who is a graduate of the school here and has proven himself to be a great discipler. Pray for him as he begins new Bible studies in his village of Slobiza.

November
November was a month filled with people from America who came on short term mission trips. One of our supporting churches, Unity Baptist in Blaine, Ky. sent Chris. He gave his testimony in several churches, helped teach a discipleship class at FBTC and was a great help is splitting and stacking wood and pouring concrete for a new driveway section. From our home church in Louisa we had a surprise visit from my mother, Marie Maynard, and she was accompanied by Callie Baker from Olive Hill FBC. Chris, mom and Callie all had a great time and were of much help as we plugged them into what we were already doing. The ladies got to visit 7 churches and we spent one night in the village of 10 sticks. Then at the end of Nov. we had Billy and Janice Williams from Blaine, Ky visit us. They had just returned from a month long stay in Israel and we had a great fellowship time with them. If you would be interested in coming and participating in a short term mission trip with us please contact us.

The financial crisis is worldwide that is for sure. Our students (mainly gypsies) are already at the bottom of the economic ladder here in Romania and for them things just have continued to get worse financially. The Lord has provided us with opportunities to help and we do so as He provides the means with which to do it. We help some of them get to school by paying for their transportation and trade work here at FBTC for their semester fees. Those fees are only $12 a semester, yet for many of our students this is even more than they can handle.

December
This month saw the arrival of winter with snow and cold weather. School continued to go well. Through the love of one of the churches in America we were able to buy 50 pair of winter boots for the children in several villages. These are given out to the children by the churches. We were also glad to help several churches give out bags with bananas, oranges, candy bars, a small toy for the children, socks, gloves and some Christian literature. The Fall here was full of God's grace and mercy as He watched over us as we traveled and He provided for us and our needs. We continue to pray for His will to be done in the upcoming new year. We will start January classes the mid part of that month and will offer new classes.

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As You Go Ministries August 2009

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Rody and I just wanted to let everyone know we had a great time in America for a couple of months and so much appreciated the prayers and support of everyone. We arrived back in Romania the 25th of Aug and are ready to get back to work. Starting on the 1st of Sept we will have a number of people come to Faith Bible training Center and begin to equip them to teach children and young people Bible training drills. Our goal is that God's Word be learned and memorized early on. We also will host a conference on Sept. 11 and 12 at Faith Bible Training Center on how to Solve Conflict in the Church, God's way. Then our adult Bible Training classes begin the first week in Oct. Thanks again for all the great visits we had while home. David & Rody Maynard

Fall 2008

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To the churches and all those that have prayed for and supported Rody and I in the ministry here in Romania we wish to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Without God's people abiding in Christ and working together, praying together and supporting each other, little can be accomplished in His Kingdom. We would like to let you know that we too have prayed for you and appreciate the sacrifice that many have made so that we could continue the work God has called us to do.

We would like to share what we have been doing during the fall of 2008. We had 11 students return to the school here at Schitu Duca and 5 of them were women. Two of those students graduated this December after 2 1/2 years of study, coming two days a week. We now have 3 Romanian teachers, all graduates themselves of Romanian seminaries and two American's. We have a secretary who also fuctions as a translator and school administator. We have a fine Christian women as our cook. God has been so good to send great people into our lives here and we love and appreciate them much.

We have had the opportunity to teach and preach several times in the countries of Moldova and The Ukraine. Our times there have been used in equipping church leaders in how to make disciples, teaching methods and how to set up and start children's ministries. God has allowed us to meet and make new friends from around the world as He continues to open up doors of opportunity that allows us to fullfill His great commandment to go and make disciples.

It has been a priviledge to watch God work in the lives of so many. All of our students are involved in some form of ministry in their villages or cities. One of our graduates began to work in his village and God sent over 20 people to get involved in an Experiencing God class. 4 of those students will begin studying at the school this coming January. Others are involved in church planting, teaching and starting new Bible studies. Many of you know the village of 10 Sticks. They are involved in working in 3 new villages. We work with them at least once a month outside of the school setting teaching practical aspects of ministry is such things as preaching, conflict resolution, children's ministry and discipleship making.

God put us in the path of a church planter this fall who is excited about putting together a church planting team and using them to not only start new works but use them to teach church planting methods and principles. He is involved in working in 7 villages and we hope to move into at least 7 other villages who have never heard the gospel message.

Rody has been teaching and equipping women on how to put together children's programs and how to organize those programs. She has also been in teaching English as a Second Language in one of the churches in downtown Iasi. She is coming home to the states for several months starting in January to be there when our first grandbaby is born. She will not only be changing diapers but will also be visiting some of the local churches and giving first hand information on what God is doing here in Romania.

Life for all of us has its moments of difficulties and this is true even for us. Rody has been in the hosptial twice this fall for kidney stone troubles and we praise the Lord that she was able to be in a good hospital with people who cared. When she returns here she will again have to go back for more treatment. We thank you for all the prayers during these difficult times.

Our time on Sundays have been spent generally promoting the school in a variety of churches. I was invited to preach at the Association of Churches located in Bacu, Romania in October of this year and several of those churches invited us to come to their churches. Because of that effort the Lord has called several men and women to come and start school in Jan 2009. We have also spent time at the Tabara church, 2nd and 3rd Baptist churches in Iasi and in 10 sticks church and the House of Joy church in Iasi.

We enjoy and look forward to emails from people back home and it is never an inconvience for us to share in your hurts, joys and things that go on in your life back home. Our email addresses are:

Rody's email is rodyjayne@yahoo.com
David's email is roplanterman@yahoo.com

We will also be updating the web site located at www. romissions.org and will be making the site available in Romania in this coming spring.

We again thank you for your continued commitment to the great commisson through your prayers and giving. May we all grow more towards the full maturity in Christ in 2009.

God bless and take care Your missionaries in Romania

David and Rody Maynard

Spring-Summer 2006

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The first semester of school here at Schitu Duca started in January of 2005. Much hard work had been spent on preparing the building to be used as a Bible training center. When school started there were dorms for the students to stay in, a cafeteria to feed them, inside and outside bathrooms, a fine kitchen to prepare meals, an classrooms to teach in, a computer room and library to use for a variety of things and 10 new excited students to start with.

The students started with a survey of the Old Testament and How to Study Their Bibles along with Experiencing God and English as a second language. Much was learned during this semester and much will be learned in the semesters to come.

Spring came and classes ended around the end of April. Time was spent throughout the spring and summer in the village of Scinosh working with children and training women to teach young children. We pray that within the next year a church will be started in this village and land can be obtained to put up a new building. Other villages visited during that time were Slobozia, Ten Sticks, Podurine, Osoi and others.

It was also a time when visiting churches came on short term mission projects. These teams were a rich blessing to us as they continued work on the building, visited and preached in the villages and the team from FBC Louisa, Kentucky were here as we launched our first music get together at the school. Churches from the area participated in the music and the youth from FBC were a great addition to that event.

Construction continued during the summer to put on a new roof at the school. Buddy Fraizer and his wife Elaine from Cherryville Baptist church came for 1 month, donating their time and energy to help complete this project. Words cannot express how much they were appreciated along with all the others that took part.

We appreciate the following churches for being a part our ministry this year. FBC Louisa for coming and bringing construction people and youth. Also on that trip was several from FBC South Point Ohio. Also Vengeance Creek Baptist church from North Carolina and John Parker and several from his church in Georgia. MidValley Baptist from Carbondale, Colo. sent a great group of men who helped with construction at the school and helped teach several classes. Also we want to thank Bethel Baptist Church from Frederick, Oklahoma for sending their pastor, Roland Benkie. Roland was the first church planter God put in my path many years ago and it was good to have him with us on the field in Romania.

Many changes have taken place within the last six months and many more will take place in the future. We pray that God continues to give us wisdom in all the areas that we need to focus on.

David and Rody Maynard
God's Servants in Romania

2009-08-10T08:52:00.000-07:00

Fall Winter 2005-2006

The school year began late this year. It started in October. Rody and I were in America from August to October speaking about the ministry here and visiting friends and family. In September Bro. Charles Price and his wife Ruby had to return home because of Charles' health problems. We ask for your continued prayers for the both of them. They will not be returning to Romania because of this.

We started out with 8 second semester students and 10 new students. We were blessed with an American named George Lang who had decided to help us here at the school. George speaks excellent Romanian and has a heart for teaching. We also are beginning to see our vision realized as one of the students, a Pastor that has been with us for some time, began to help teach. Pastor Costel Deleu has committed himself to be a part of the training center here and to start new Bible studies and churches. We thank the Lord for answered prayer in this area. We would ask that you pray for Costel as the engine in his car has gone the way of the mammoth and he has no vehicle in which to get anywhere. He pastors a church 40 miles from his house and is involved in several other works located away from where he lives.

The students have been taking a wide variety of classes and subjects from Old and New Testaments surveys, preaching, the Book of Acts and discipleship materials such as Experiencing God and Your Church Experiencing God. Also materials such as Called and Accountable and Jesus on Leadership have been used as methods classes to give the students the opportunity to not only grow in their faith but to learn teaching techniques. Each student has an opportunity to preach and teach throughout the semester. Students are also encouraged to take what they learn and begin to apply it in their villages. Several new Bible studies have been started because of their commitment and enthusiasm to see God's kingdom grow.

Some students are picked up at the train station in Iasi, Romania on Tuesday morning while others drive from long distances to get to school. School begins at 11am on Tuesday morning and goes till 8pm Tuesday evening. We have an early chapel the next morning and classes start at 9am and finish up at 2pm. The students are then taken back to the train station. While at school they are fed meals and they are asked to donate money for some of their materials. Most are extremely poor and their transportation is paid for by us. We came here on faith and trust God to meet not only our needs but the needs of the school. God has been good through all of this. We praise His name.

The Fall months were pleasant. We enjoyed the fruits of God's blessing as many jars of jelly were put up to be used during the school year. We also had a good crop of Kentucky sweet corn and plenty of onions. Fall didn't last long enough. Winter came in December and hasn't left even as I write this in late March of 2006. It has been reported to be one of the coldest winters on record for the last 100 years. Temperatures plummeted to -15 below and stayed that way for several weeks. We have had several feet of snow throughout the winter with two feet falling the first part of March in 3 days.

It's difficult to describe life in a Romanian village and running a Bible training center at the same time during the winter. Cold, difficulties with freezing pipes, transporting people in frigid temperatures, vehicles not starting and the list could go on and on. We thank God for seeing us through all of it and continuing to see student's committed to what God has called them too.

We are excited here in Schitu Duca as God has sent several families to worship with us here on Sundays. Even through extremely cold weather and fierce winds 6 people continued to come. We have started another Bible study in another village 18 miles away and they also attend the new work here on Sundays, teaching Experiencing God and leading music. We are truly blessed with a mission pastor, Costel Rosu, who walks 3 miles over the hills and through the forest to minister in this village of Schitu Duca and surrounding villages. His wife also comes with him and weather permitting his five children who also make the walk. His wife Marianna helps with the cleaning and cooking during the two days of school each week. We are very blessed to have such a dedicated couple to help us.

For the spring we plan on having our first conference at the school on leadership in April. Pastors and church leaders will be invited to attend what we believe will be a God led event demonstrating more than ever the need for making disciples and training future church leaders. We also pray about God opening several more doors to villages in our area and in the areas where the students live. Part of our vision is to train people to train people. We believe that multiplication is the key to kingdom advancement. We did not come up with this idea. Jesus called for this in His Great Commission throughout the Gospels and again in Acts 1:8. Our great desire here is to be a part of what Jesus started 2000 years ago. A church planting movement that would go round the world.

We thank you for your continued prayers and support and ask that you continue to seek God's counsel in how you can pray for and continue to support His work here in Romania. May you be blessed as you bless.

David & Rody Maynard
Lord's Servants in Romania

February 2005

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As We Go in Romania

The new year started out with Faith Bible College on our hearts and in our minds. It is a whole new adventure in ministry for all of us here. We had lots of questions but with few answers until we got started. January 11th was the big day. We began to register students that week and began classes formally on the 18th of January. We have 18 students that attend classes at Schitu Duca on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and another 6 Wednesday night students that attend at the Dacia church.

We have four courses being taught at Schitu Duca. Course #1 is on "How to Study the Bible", Course #2 "Old Testament Survey", Course #3 "Book of Acts", & Course #4 is a teaching methods class using "Experiencing God". Only courses 1 & 2 are being taught at Dacia. The students come from as far away as Ten Sticks (a gypsy village) which is about 75 miles away and from another gypsy village named Solbozia which is about 32 miles away. We also have students from Negresti and Iasi.

The students are hungry for sound Biblical teaching. We have chapel services each day and everyone gets a chance to do the preaching in these services. We even have guest speakers as they become available. Our vision is not just to equip through study only but equip through practical experience. Two of the students have started a Bible study in Schitu Duca and both teach and preach every Sunday. Others students are also involved in ministry in their villages.

Students are encouraged and are beginning to be taught how to see where God is working and how to join Him as He works through them to accomplish His will. The students are excited about this and we have encouraged pastors to begin to write newsletter articles that will help you get to know some of them. We are grateful for the two translators Roxanna and George who help us in the classes and for Charles Maynard for getting and keeping the web site up and running.

What's it like to start a college at the ground level? Materials have to be gathered for student courses (we use Bible Training Center for Pastors and Leaders) for Courses #1 & #2. This material is already in Romanian and works very well in the classroom. Student transportation costs, book expenses plus lots of Xerox aids, accommodations for overnight stays, food for students and staff (4 meals are fixed weekly by Ruby and Rody), utilities, bottled gas for heat, gas for vehicles and putting a web site up were some of the things that had to be considered as we began this God sized assignment of equipping national leaders for church leadership here in Romania.

You can begin to get a picture of the logistics of starting what God has called us to do. This is no small assignment and we depend on the Lord for all our needs. Our prayer is that the Lord will touch many hearts in many ways to help in His work here. We pray that He will lay it on peoples' hearts to pray for this work. We pray that He will touch hearts to give because much financial aid is needed and the Lord will lead many others to co-operate in many others ways to help accomplish what He has set before us.

We were thankful for the extremely nice weather we had in December and January but it finally did snow and turn cold. We thank the Lord for all He provides and for all He allows us to go through as we serve Him in Iasi, Romania.

Christ's Servants in Romania
Charles/Ruby Price & David/Rody Maynard

January 2005

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Catch the Vision
It's great to know that we're in the last days. We know because Dr. Luke wrote to us as he did the early church and told us what Joel had predicted. Acts 2:17-21 In those days people will have visions, dream dreams and watch as God pours out His Spirit.

Do you have vision of what God is or wants to do in your life this coming year? Our vision is to see God's kingdom expanded. You can be a big part of that vision. We need your prayers as God works and we join Him in what He's doing in Northeast Romania.

Become a Prayer Partner
Commit to join us in prayer this year. Just email us on the web site and we will keep you updated with new prayer requests and how God answers those prayers.

What's going on at: Look for Church Pastor Updates

~~Scanteia?~~ The church is doing well and may start a new work. ~~Negresti?~~ Has started 7 new works and the church is very excited. ~~Ten Sticks?~~ Doing well with several attending the Bible college. Tabara? Doing well Bro. Caliman has started teaching a Bible class. ~~Dacia church?~~ Doing well and growing. They went to a Sunday morning service in late Dec. ~~Schitu Duca?~~ New Bible study is doing well. We face opposition from the priest. ~~Traian?~~ Steady with 5 people coming regular to Fri. Bible study.

~~Faith Bible College~~

Charles / Ruby, Rody & I would like to thank all who have helped with prayers, money and personal time to see FBC become a reality. Classes will start Jan 11.

FBC Louisa and Emmanuel Baptist church at Meads Br. Ky, were a big part in laying out the studs, putting up sheet rock and doing much needed wiring. We have finished a bathroom, the boys doom, the kitchen, a serving room, class room, foyer. We're excited to see how God will use this. We'll keep you posted. Click on photos at FBC.

~~Women's & Children's Ministries~~

Consistency and perserverance are the words! We have been meeting with 2 group of women at Scanteia and Tabara Churches for several months. They are learning about missionaries, praying for missionaries, and being introduced to how to be a missionary in their own villages. The teenage girls have joined us in these meetings and bring excitement and imagination to them.

The children are busy at Schitu Duca in a new Sunday School Class and we were able to help with Christmas gift bags at 4 churches and 2 beginning works. Looking forward to beginning 2 womens bible studies and continuing to grow the childrens ministry through Sunday School. Please pray for God to raise up leaders among these women and teenagers to continue in these works.