Saturday, July 14, 2007

Romania Prayer Letter - 7.14.2007

"He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor."
~Psalm 72:4


Buna Ziua! Good Day! Hello everyone, it is so good to be writing you all again. Another month has come and gone and I am one month closer to my big move. The Lord as always has been faithful and good to me. I have 2 options right now for learning Romanian when I first arrive in Romania. Nann Gonzales will be here in America when I first arrive so I am going to use that time to do some intensive language training. I am very excited about this. Please pray that the Lord will show me which option to take when it comes to my language training. I want the time I spend doing this to be very productive. I am trying to learn bits and pieces here at home and to keep in my memory those things I have already learned. But I am really looking forward to actually studying the language properly.

I had my birthday this past Monday, the big 28. It is incredible to me to think that 10 years ago I was in Romania on my first mission trip turning 18! How time has flown by. The Lord has blessed me with so many great experiences these 10 years and I feel that He has used this time to prepare me for living in Romania and working in the Hospitals with those precious children.

I have not bought my plane ticket yet, but have been carefully watching the prices. Please keep this in prayer too. I always want to be a good steward of my money and I would love to be able to buy my ticket at the lowest price possible.

I have also set up a blog page online (www.RachelsRomania.blogspot.com/ ) so you can view past emails and get updates that I might have when I am actually living in Romania. It will also eventually be a place where I will post more pictures when I finally start working with the children.

Well that is all for today. I hope you all are well. Thank you for your prayers, your emails and your encouragement. It has been so amazing to see how the Lord keeps opening doors for me and the people He has brought in my life that have blessed me so much.

Talk to you soon.

La revedere!
Rachel

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Happy 4th of July!!!

“O Eternal god, through Whose mighty power our fathers won their liberties of old; Grant, we beseech Thee, that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen”
~ Book of Common Prayer

“Open the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in.”
~ Isaiah 26:2

“Our father’s God, to Thee
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.”
~ My Country, ‘Tis of Thee, verse 4

I know that I am moving to another country, but I am very proud and blessed to be an American. We should all be thankful for what the Lord has blessed us with. Please remember to pray for our nation and our troops!

Rachel