I want to thank you all for your love and
faithfulness in your prayers and continual
support. Nothing can be accomplished without
prayer and I am very thankful for the
privilege of laboring together with you for
the Lord.
This year has been full of new opportunities to serve
our students both at CIBB in Iasi, and at
FBTC in Schitu Duca. The classes we offered
at CIBB are: Hermeneutics, Soteriology,
Church History, Orthodoxy, Evangelism and
Discipleship, 1 Thessalonians – Filimon,
Worship and Music, Anthropology and OT
History Books so far and this week will be
our final class on Marriage and Family. It
is a blessing to have a variety of classes
which offer our students both academic and
practical training. Considering our Orthodox
context, the class on Orthodoxy was
extremely welcome so we would know the
differences in theology between us and the
Orthodox. The class was followed by another
very practical one on how to love and
witness to the lost world while Worship and
Music pointed us to our own worship. We look
forward to the next class on Marriage; the
teacher is a very gifted preacher and
teacher. Please pray for our students that
they not only take the classes but use them
in their personal walk with the Lord and be
a light in this dark world.
As a Bible school we are trying to serve not only our
students but also anyone interested in
auditing our classes. Therefore, we had
people coming from different churches to
several of them, one of which was Worship
and Music taught by Pastor Kutnow, Orthodoxy
and Evangelism and Discipleship, and we
expect quite a number of people to come for
Marriage and Family.
On June 6 is our CIBB graduation. Two of our
faithful students will be recognized within
a church service and be offered their
diploma. We are thrilled that they didn’t
let anything get in their way and will
graduate after 4 years of hard study. One of
them is a math teacher and the other is a
grandmother. Their names are Catalin Minzala
and Violeta Tabacaru. Please pray for them
and that they will be used by God wherever
they are and be an example for others to
follow.
FBTC is the Bible school in Schitu
Duca where after 2 years of learning 7
students will graduate on May 22. There is a
first there for which we are thrilled and
extremely grateful: the first woman
graduating at FBTC (Faith Bible Training
Center). Her name is Aurica Radu. She is the
first in her family to graduate. Her husband
is also our student and will graduate next
semester, while recently her daughter
expressed her desire to also come to
classes. The church this family comes from
is a small village church with about 20
members and is struggling to survive their
many problems. Yet every year we have more
students coming from that place. If that’s
not God, who can it be? The director of the
school, David Maynard, was asked to help
them grow spiritually and he goes there
twice a month preaching, helping them start
a new work in another village close by, and
mentoring some of the church leaders. It’s a
slow process but God is at work and progress
can be seen. We pray that the practical
classes at Schitu Duca, many of them
focusing on discipleship, the thing most
lacking in very many churches, will bring
lasting fruit. As in anything we do, if
anything is being accomplished we know it is
God, not us. So to Him we want to give the
glory for He alone is worthy of it.
Rody Maynard continues to put
together the women’s magazine and I continue
to translate the material. We pray it is a
useful tool to bring awareness of the great
need for missions, and that not just among
men but that women need to get involved
also.
My ladies Bible study group continues
to meet faithfully twice a month studying
about witnessing. We thank the Lord for that
material because it has made us see the need
and responsibility we as Christians have to
take the good news to our loved ones, our
friends and others who come our way. Please
pray for our group; each of us faces many
problems and we need the Lord more than
ever. These women strive to grow spiritually
and honor the Lord with their lives; it is
such a privilege to be with them and see
their deep commitment as women of God, wives
and mothers.
There are many other things the Lord has allowed me to
be a part of: translation in churches: Iasi,
Ten Sticks, etc., at Bible studies (2 new
groups recently started in Iasi), in
villages, at the ordination of a deacon, a
women’s conference, a future men’s
conference, etc. The women’s
conference was in Schitu Duca and 30 women
came. The subject was on raising children
and teenagers. We had a good time and pray
the conference was helpful as we know it
met a great need here in Romania. May
the Lord be glorified in all the work that
is being done in His name.
Thank you again for being part of such a wonderful work
here in Romania. We need your prayers in a
special way now, when part of our CIBB team
– the Kosobucki family – goes back to
America and Liviu Ursache steps in as the
new director. We pray for the Kosobuckis and
thank the Lord for them; and pray also for
Liviu that the Lord be with him and with the
rest of us.
In Him, Marcela
New
works: Dagata, Grajduri and Iasi

After
a day of witnessing in Dagata
Ten
Sticks Women’s Missions Group (we go there
monthly)
Students
A
Child Dedication
A
Deacon’s Dedication
The Women’s Conference