GOD BRINGS BEAUTY FOR ASHES OUT OF 2020

 2020 will go down in the history books as one of the toughest for many in this generation.

However, He has special promises for us - if we will keep our end of the deal:

"Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments" Deuteronomy 7:9

With our God, we will not be shaken - we have a far greater glory that awaits us than anything this world offers us.

"My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart." Psalm 7:10

We rejoiced on September 5th as our son James made his public confession to fully surrender and follow Jesus Christ, by water baptism.

IT was a beautiful day, blessed in every way as we gathered for the baptism and enjoyed a home bbq/fellowship after.

"The Lord has done great things for us; we are joyful!" Psalm 126:3

HERE COMES THE SUN (June-September)

After almost 4 months of being forced to remain at home, Romania began releasing restrictions on us. During this time our church met on Zoom and several people from other areas of Europe joined in.

We were able to have a few church fellowship gatherings (picnics, bbq's, etc), go out to celebrate Elli's birthday, and make steps to pursue a little more of our regular routine - including evangelism in our home and out of it.

Rules remain that masks are obligatory everywhere in public and almost ALL stores, restaurants, doctors offices, etc require the taking of your temperature.

During the time of isolation, God did a lot of work in our personal hearts and gave us sweet fellowship as a family.  He also began a new work - social media outreach and teaching videos.  These can be found on the "Triumf" Facebook page, as well as on YouTube by searching "Triumf".  Romanian videos have captions in English - you just may need to adjust your settings ;o)

The vides have been well received and many in our community in Romania discuss them with us.

God has been using them as a great tool, especially during times where we are forced indoors. 

In addition, JeJe resumed his pursuit of getting community projects accomplished with the Mayor; this time with getting the streets asphalted.