2Co 11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
December 2007-February 2008
Newsletter
2Co 11:28 Beside those things that are
without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Paul’s
life was complicated, not because of sin or frivolity, but because of the busy-ness of the
ministry. An old saint said, “Duties never conflict”. But sometimes you wonder.
I would rather begin this newsletter with this excuse for being late rather than
feel guilty for not doing much.
1 Out of
country for a month…holidays…year change…
2 Return to two full weeks of
pleasant house guests
--Among
them were the Tim Isbell family…missionaries to Ukraine
3 Returning young preacher along
with me…first time on mission field…lots of
Questions…lots
of counsel…just my forte…love it
4 New computer…problems with
adjustment and hookup to internet
--Many
problems involving many people, attempts, bills…etc.
All of the above caused a TILT
(Temporary Insanity Level Terminal) response and I am just now recovering.
LOTS GOING ON HERE ON THE FIELD
We have
started a new semester in our Bible Institute. I am teaching OT survey to four very good
quality men. Pray for Johnny, Dan, Andre, and Cornel. These men have very much
potential for proper leadership within our ministry in the near and distant future.
Bro. Logan is teaching a very good class on Manuscript Evidence. His
direction is to solidify the perfect final authority of the KJ Bible in the hearts and
minds of these men as well as expose the error of the popularly accepted Romanian
translation of the Bible (Cornilescu). In doing this we are training, equipping, and
fortifying soldiers for the present and future battle already raging on this field.
Allow me to sum up the subject by stating emphatically that this perversion is much
worse in error to the NIV. There is work currently being done to produce a
translation worthy of comparison to our beloved Authorized Version but all we have
available in print so far is the NT, Psalms and Proverbs. A simple warning for
interested parties back in the USA. There are veteran missionaries in Romania who pose
themselves as KJ men in the states, while rejecting the far superior and closer to perfect
new translation (Cluj) when ministering here in Romania. And now they are even
fighting against the Cluj and in favor of Cornelescu, and this only serves to accelerate
the war amongst the brethren here in Romania. The people of Romania suffer severe
character faults as a result of several generations of forefathers who had no concept of a
perfect final authority. In America we take this for granted. Pray that we can do our part
to reverse this cultural deficit. This flaw is reflected in all areas of life.
RACOS VILLAGE
Bro. Zander
and crew are seeing some marvelous results of faithful ministry and preaching in this
village with some 35+ in attendance. After preaching SIMPLE salvation for
many months…it seems it finally bore fruit. Eight souls came to the knowledge of the
Lord in this matter just a few weeks ago. What rejoicing we have enjoyed. My family
took a young preacher friend, Andrew Decker, visiting from America to Racos. While
joining us on the tour, Mihai, one of our faithful men there, preached spontaneously in
the Hungarian side. He called his neighbors to repentance while standing in the
thick MUD. Praise the Lord for faithful men.
BUDILA
The Bible
study continues there with still some prospect of a church being formed in the near
future. Bro. Decker taught this Bible study and preached on the open streets of this
Gypsy village while, sad to say, his Bible college note Bible was stolen from our van.
This resulted in an exercise of lamentation and finally resignation. We
offered a reward but with no results as yet.
BRASOV
The
mother-church here is vibrant and healthy with good attendance and good spirit but
certainly not without problems. We have a very strong presence on the streets here
but because of the present location of the church it seems to be a rare treat to have new
visitors. We do have some new people coming from the neighborhood of the church, and
many Gypsy kids enjoy our ministry to them. Slowly the body is gelling and forming
into an army and we look forward to a strong future.
PERSONAL
Thank the good Lord we are all healthy, wealthy, and wise
(in the Lord) and continue to be ready to serve Him faithfully today or to go home with
Him tomorrow. Excuse me but I must now go to our street meeting in the square.
Gerald Sutek and the SWAT TEAM for Christ
2Tim.
1:8, Amos 5:10