Rachel's Missionary Update - January 2009

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105

Hello everyone!

I am so sorry it has taken me so long to write you all. I have had a wonderful time here in California. I was able to see so many people, and spent a good deal of time with my family. It was nice to have the holidays at home and to see my nieces and nephews as they have all grown so much in the past year.

I leave tomorrow to begin my journey back to Romania. I will be flying through Germany again. I am very excited for my week in Germany. I will be able to spend time with my friend Jennifer, I will be attending a Calvary Chapel while I am there, and Jennifer is helping me sign up to volunteer a couple of days with the wounded US soldiers stationed at the military base where Jennifer works. Please keep this in prayer, as I am really looking forward to seeing the soldiers and I want to be a witness and a blessing to them.

When I return to Romania there will be some exciting things happening. I will be moving to a new city. During my time home, some circumstances occurred that have contributed to my decision to move. I am very excited to be moving to a city called Brasov. For those of you who have supported me through the years, you may remember me mentioning this city. It is one of my favorite places in Romania. Brasov was one of the first cities I visited in Romania in 1997 on my first trip to Romania. Since then I have visited Brasov several times. I will be working in a hospital setting again, with a ministry called Hope for the Nations. I am really excited about this, as there are many children in need in the hospital in Brasov. I have spent some time in Brasov working in the hospital with Hope for the Nations before, and really enjoyed their program and how it was set up. I also have some missionary friends who live in Brasov and a Calvary Chapel church there.

Please keep all the details of my move in your prayers. Brasov is in the middle of the country in the mountains and it is over 5 hours away from Oradea. I will need to move my belongings. Please pray that this will go smoothly. Also please pray that the Lord will provide an apartment for me at a good price. From what I understand and have heard from my friends in Brasov, it is much more expensive to live in Brasov then it is to live in Oradea. But I know that the Lord has always provided me with the money I need to live and that He can even provide a good deal on an apartment. Transitions can always be a little stressful so please just pray that the Lord will guide me and be with me through every step of the move and beginning of the new ministry.

I hope you are all doing great. I will miss you my friends and family. I enjoy receiving your emails so please feel free to write anytime they are always a blessing to me.

Grace and Peace,
Rachel