THANKSGIVING AT CALVARY CHAPEL CLUJ

We feel truly blessed and honored and very thankful to have spent this past Sunday in worship of our King, studying His Word and breaking bread together.  Thank You Lord !

so blessed by the people God brings each Sunday

One of our most precious bundles: Caleb
(asleep in the middle of our big bean bag)

Julia, her big sis Melissa and Aliya

Manu and his little brother Razvi

Manu with Coach Tony

Coach Alex (wife Oana is expecting and wasnt feeling too good)
Melissa, Elli & Aliya

Julia with her daddy Alin (our worship leader - such a blessing!)
 

JeJe with guest speaker Keith Spurgin

this isnt even the dessert table...
(yes we found a wonderful turkey and had snitel)
 

Teo, Dan and their sons Dennis & Patric

Talking up God's Word

Our resident ballerina, princess, and joy - Aliya

"Girl Talk" over dessert

Patric thinks Legos and cake are a good combo :o)

Time for "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"

Our resident BIGgest kid:  Luci

American Girl talk

GOBBLE GOBBLE - coleen loves the turkey that our friend Teo made her

WISHING YOU A BOUNTIFUL & HAPPY THANKSGIVING

THE LATEST NEWS (NOVEMBER)...be sure to check out the report and photos of the Targu Mures baseball match in the post further down on our blog.

PRAISES

*Awesome /blessed time at the Targu Mures baseball match in October.

 *The Lord provided the finances needed for Elli to have braces Please pray for us to be good witnesses for the Lord to our dentist and orthodontist.

*God's faithfulness towards us each month. We are blessed at His care for us and the love shown to us by the body of Christ.
*Coleen's migraines have diminished greatly.  She has an occasional headache but it has been 3 months since she's had any 3-day migraines.  We praise the Lord for this.  He did direct us with eliminating certain things from her diet and it has been a great change we are very thankful for.
 

PRAYER REQUESTS

*For the Gospel to go out with power and spiritual revival in Romania.  That the Lord would break the chains of "religion" and "legalism" here and open eyes/hearts to receive Jesus as their Lord. * Especially for the Praise in the Park event Nov. 23rd.

*Continued boldness to preach the Gospel and Word in Truth.
*The Lord to continue to direct us in the building of His church here.
*For Him to be magnified in our lives and give us wisdom and grace.
*Our children (Elli & James) to have good friendships in Christ and be lights to the children around them.
*The Lord to direct us into a new church building; to make it clear where He wants us. 
*More co-laborers (one or two more children's church volunteers and more baseball coaches as well)
*His direction for the Snowboarding/Ski camps, and other evangelical events we are praying over/planning.
*The Lord to bless and fill the women as we study Nehemiah each Wednesday night.
*The Women's Christmas Dessert - for unsaved to come and those saved to be inspired/encouraged in their walks with the Lord.
*The Lord to be glorified in the baseball ministry and use it to bring the children and their families to Him (and those who know Him, closer to Him).
 *Provision for a batting cage, dedicated field and an indoor practice facility.
*A hedge of spiritual  protection about our family/home and ministry.
* Good health for all as winter months are here!!!  Coleen has been battling some health issues (nothing life threatening, but prayer for healing and grace is appreciated).

BASEBALL CLUJ - Our First Match vs. Targu Mures (Oct. 17)

We just realized that we posted so many photos on facebook and on the Baseball Cluj Facebook page - that we never posted to our blog !!!  Sorry - we are not the best at blogging on an ongoing basis, but we do try to do it at least once a month.

The baseball tournament was amazing!!!  The teams in Targu Mures were very hospitable.  The day started with our team loading onto a 21 passenger van (praising God for His provision for that) and three additional cars of parents, players and coaches.  Targu Mures is about a 2 hour drive from Cluj and is about 1/4 of our size (population about 100,000). 

BASEBALL CLUJ

The first match was between our younger division and they played a terrific match.  The team from Targu Mures has practiced together for about 2 years and has indoor facilities for inclement weather.  Our team had practiced just about 3 months (with the whole of the group) and we lost the match by just one run.  We didnt lose, but gained much as we walked away with a great accomplishment for our first match ever (and adorable, 8 year old Razvi who pitched his first game ever!).

Razvi pitches his first game, after some "pointers" from Coach JeJe

Did you know that soccer nets are also great baseball backstops?

The second match later in the day faced cold, damp weather but our players met the task as they played a team of boys from Sighisoara (many who were much older, bigger) who have been practicing together 3 years, and who also enjoy an indoor facility in poor weather.  Our boys lost by just one run in this match as well but were so overjoyed at their accomplishment and determined to work even harder at practices - which they have done.

All want to continue to play through winter - snow or ice - doesnt matter to them.  It is joy to our hearts and we thank the Lord for what He is doing in Cluj through baseball !!!  p.s.  be sure to "like" us on Facebook at Baseball Cluj.

TEAM CLUJ AND TEAM SIGHISOARA (at Targu Mures)

Nothing gets by this baseball gladiator

Did you know that you can easily convert a soccer stadium to
a baseball stadium?

"FIREBALL"

WOOP!  good thing there is "padding"...

Coaches Austin (from Kona, HI) and Ovi.
Austin spent 6 weeks helping us train and then was umpire for this match.