DTS Constanta 2009

another peaceful Saturday afternoon… sitting in the base office, enjoying the breeze… 1 journal entry and 1 book report need to be done… 2 months gone, 3 more months to go…

Last week we all (12 students and 3 staffs, Leah L + Sarah + Martin 2) traveled to Draganesti Olt. It located at the south of Romania and only 0.2% of the population are Christian in this area. The outreach was amazing. We did kids club, street evangelism, practical work at the church, share testimon, songs and messages.

It was the one and only time for the whole team work on ministry todather. Next month, 7 students will go to Phillipine and 5 will go to Serbia for the 1.5 months long “big” outreach. I really treasure the time with all the students and staffs. And I am amazed how God put us together. There is no accident in God’s plan. We all have weakness and strength. But in God, it just works out perfectly.

another peaceful Saturday afternoon… uploading videos and photos…  so people know we love each other and we are His disciple…

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Last week, me and 5 other students went for a small outreach at Medgidia (an hour away from Constanţa) with the staff Leah L. and Calin. We visited 2 villages and have kid’s club with the children there. They are very different from the kids that we serve at the neighbourhood. They are quiet and gentle. They enjoyed the time with us and love the song and craft. Kids from Volea Dacilor, one of the village, suprise me. Their families are so poor and their house were built by the church. Most of them are not going to school and they just wondering around. They are all so sweet and love to spend time with us. They smile is timid and I just like to know their stories.

Coco from the local church took Me, Nat and Lead L to an old lady on our first evening at Medgidia . The lady cried once we all settled down. She said she felt embarrassing as her home wasn’t in good shape and not clean. But for me, the pink broken wall is warm and loving. She shared her difficulties, financial problem is one of the main issue. She worried that she could not pay for the heat in winter. And her body is pain and her heart is pain because of the problem of her daughter. Her tears really broke my heart and I could feel her loneliness.

The other day, we visited a widow. In an Orthodox society, being a Christian could be describe as “crazy”. And as the lady is a widow, she’s in a very difficult situation. But she has so much faith in God even I couldn’t see a smile on her face. As she has leg problem, she couldn’t go to church. Her money has been stolen and once again not enough money for food. But she told us that she know God is with her. What a faithful lady. We always care about the orphan but have very little time to the widow. How could we help them? How could we reach them?

Three nights four days at Medgidia. Tired but fruitful. We got back yesterday at about 5pm and I love being home. “Home”, yes! A month since the school have started, I already feel that the YWAM base in Constanţa is my home.

Nat just woke up and she is going to prepare a big pancake breakfast. Yes, pancake is our usual Saturday breakfast. Sun shining in my room as usual. I am glad to be here. And I am waiting for the stories from the other outreach team.

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“Father heart of God” is the teaching of this week. Be RELAX, He loves you. Don’t compare and His love will find you.

Yesterday Harald Jensen, teacher of this week, asked the students to write down a few things on a piece of paper. One corner for our names, one corner for our expectations of this week, one corner put down what we think we are good at and the last corner put down what we think is most important in our life. I wrote down “LOVE”. To love God, to love people, to receive love from Him as well as from other. Then today, I found out that it is not a simple thing to recognize the importance of Love in our life. And I am so glad that I never doubt about His love. I got that in my heart and I have nothing to scare of.

We will have a small outreach next week. We will split into 2 teams, 1 team will go to Babadag and the other team, my team, will go to Medgidia. They are both an hour away from Constanţa. I am very excited and looking forward for the trip. And for the Big Outreach, from mid October to the beginning of December, it comes up to 2 destinations:  Serbia and Manila, Philippines.

OK. Meeting for tomorrow Kid’s Club ministry in 30mins and going to the Street People ministry tonight. Praying that my heart is ready for all that. Amen.

Hazel Chang (Student, DTS Constanţa)

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I just want to add a quick note to keep Moldova on our hearts and minds and in our prayers. Moldova’s election is today and it’s a very important one. I’m not 100% sure on all the details, but I know that the last election in May was very dishonest and a lot of violence was involved.
We did intercession last week for Moldova and here were some of our points:
-Election for new President
-Visas for Romanians (Romanians cannot enter Moldova at the current time)
-Family separation (a lot of families have separated parents because they go to other countries to work to provide money for their family back home)
-Jobs
-Legal passage out of Moldova
-Reconciliation between Romania/Moldova
-Church in Moldova
-Street people and youth

Thank you so much! I just wanted a quick way to remind everyone about this important day.

God Bless!!

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