SWAT REPORT #
31 08-02-05 (see photos below)
SUNDAY SCHOOL DAY
HAY DAY
WASH
DAY
(Mark
12:37 KJV) And the common people heard him gladly.
The people in Racos village are common people
that is, they do
things all of us do but maybe with a bit more effort because they lack in modern
equipment. Thank God for common people
we get fed up with fancy people who have
invented (Eccl 7:29 KJV) Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright;
but they have sought out many inventions.) their way around the Lord. This summer
has brought in hoards of tourists from a lot of countries but mostly from USA
we can
spot them when we preach in center square
I can almost tell you where they are from
they
all wear Bermudas, either a straw hat they just bought at a tourist trap or a NYPD cap
they
follow the guide who is holding a little yellow flag
and they all look very
disdainfully upon our publick ministry activity
I love to walk right up to them
and ask in clear, American English, Hello, where are you from?
they are
startled but thrilled and they respond, Cleveland, Philadelphia,
San Diego, St. Petersburg, Fort Worth, and it has not
mattered up till now where they say they are from
I tell them I have preached there
many times
I tell them something about their city and even the exact location where I
have preached
they begrudgingly acknowledge my geography and ask what I am doing here
I
tell them I am warning people to stay out of Hell
this usually is the beginning of
the end of our nice conversation
their mind is inventing ways to get out of this
encounter with God.
SUNDAY SCHOOL DAY (actually it
was Saturday)
Well, lets get back to the common
folk
OK
We had a great, but hot, day in Racos village this Saturday. Robin
taught a SS class to some of the kids and they loved it. Note photo # 4823
some
forgot to dress for the class
Robin taught them the bare facts and they certainly got
the naked truth. Robin did a great job and loved it. We do not yet have rooms
in our church building in Brasov for divided SS classes so we have just one big hour for
all the children but when we come to Racos we can gather them under a shade tree and teach
them. The kids are learning some songs, verses from the Bible and Bible stories.
The preaching, teaching and visiting in
Racos translated into two souls saved in our church on Sunday in Brasov. Our Gypsy
families brought more of their relatives and an older teen boy was saved and a middle-aged
sister of Anghel and Mihai was also saved. What a wonderful experience to pick
fruit. We also had an older lady come to the alter on Sunday and receive the Lord.
And one more on a street meeting on Thursday
pray we can keep all of these in
the church.
WASH DAY IN RACOS
Note photo # 4794 This
should nudge all the ladies reading this to take a moment and thank the Lord for your
clothes dryer or even clothes line. Hey, at least they wash them. Many of them
have washed their souls as well.
HAY DAY IN RACOS
Note photo # 4813 This
ought to make all you farmers drop to your knees in grateful thanks for your combines and
hay bailers. The ones who can work
work hard
this is America 100 years ago
but
Europe is rushing in upon these simple people and bringing with it all of its inventions
against the Lord. (Psa 106:39 KJV) Thus were they defiled with their own works, and
went a whoring with their own inventions.
Sure could use a van
the fund has
seemed to stagnate at about $8,000 and we cannot act until we have about $15,000. We
have had to rent a van for occasions and this money could have been used to buy Bibles.
Very happy to be serving on the still
fruitful fields of the eastern front.
Gerald Sutek
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