Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
March-April 2006 Newsletter
Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
I
told you in the last newsletter that the buying of a house and
Our
church folk who live there and those whom we have ministered to faithfully for over a year
are very eager to have their own church up and operating.
The Orthodox priest who “owns” the village has threatened the man
who is selling us his land and house with excommunication.
The man told us that he is not at all concerned over this. It almost makes me want to “communicate”
with the Orthodox so that I could get “excommunicated.” Ha. The
village is a test case in many ways. We are
anxious about whether the Hungarians will mix with the Romanians. We are concerned whether the people who live in a
village which is dominated over by the Orthodox priest will, be faithful to a Bible
believing church or will it just be a passing novelty.
Also, will the parents of the many children that we now minister to in the
open-air let them come to a genuine church service. We
hope to find all this out very soon. Something
to pray about…for sure. We also need the
right person to live on the property and the right man to eventually pastor this church
sometime in the future. Answers to these
questions will serve us in the future.
BIBLE
INSTITUTE
Our
Bible institute is well past the half-way mark in the first semester and the guys are all
doing very well. We have seven who began in
March and are still with us. These are a
spiritually motley group, some saved for 14 years, others saved last fall…they range
in age from 22 to 66…they are Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy…some have college
and some never made it past 7th grade…they have various spiritual
backgrounds…Catholic, Orthodox, Pentecostal, and nothing. Bringing these variations to a common point of
learning and zeal in ministry is certainly challenging.
Photos of these students are on the web page under SWAT Reports
www.streetpreaching.com. While there why not
request to receive the SWAT Reports which are sent via email.
BRASOV
MINISTRY
We
continue our faithful publick ministry here in the base city of Brasov. My neighbor is a well-known attorney in Romania
and although he is lost he has volunteered his services to help us solve the ongoing
problem with the police in connection with our publick ministry. I will keep you informed as this entanglement
begins to untangle.
Our
church is steadily growing. We have a good
attendance in the high 40’s and several irregular visitors. The congealing process of most churches is slower
here due to such a variation in spiritual backgrounds.
We are still two missionaries pounding out the basics of salvation by grace
to infants in Christ who act their age.
Gerald
Sutek
And
the SWAT TEAM for Christ
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Tim. 1:8, Amos 5:10