Mustard Seed Jersey Prayer Update August 2010
Dear Praying friends
Even although I am very late sending out this
prayer update, I hope you continue to hold Mustard Seed in your prayers.
Our July aid trip was successful - arrangements
were very much made at the last moment but the trip was successful in that the
aid was taken out and delivered. Several of the Romanian trusts were very
disappointed that the drivers did not stay and visit their projects.
It was an important trip for Mustard Seed Jersey as
a French transport company Sarl Garage Godard offered
to help us by providing a tractor unit free of charge to pull the 12 tonnes of
aid to Romania. Please pray for the French company that God will bless them for
their generosity..
July and August are very much the holiday period in
Romania and so most of the social workers are taking a break. We have had some
news from Romania and a few needs for prayer support:
Alex Stroie from Mustard
Seed Romania tells us that he has a medical team from United states
due to be with them within a few days for a fortnight - they will assist may of
the poor who cannot otherwise afford medical care.
FLORI's health is not good - according to Alex she
has equal numbers of good and bad days.
BENI - Alex's assistant (superviser
of the Casa Mabel site) has a broken leg and his wife DANA (main carer at Casa
Mabel) is due to have their first child in November. As well as remembering
them in prayer, pray for wisdom for Alex and Rody as
they appoint a replacement for Dana during maternity leave.
FARM EQUIPMENT - Alex has the offer of various
items of farm machinery from USA which would incur heavy taxes to import into
EU. Please pray for wisdom as to how to proceed on this.
NELU RADU from FI continues to fight
against hepatitis - pray for his healing and his work. He and
Cristina are due in Jersey mainly on holiday in September and should be at the
following venues:
Sunday Sept 5th St Lukes
Church 10 am and 5.30 pm at Reg's
Garden for Songs of Praise (meet them informally there earlier between 2.30 and
5 also)
Sunday Sept 12th St Lawrence Church 9.30 am and St
Peters Church 6.00 pm
Ken and Florence from Crestina
Vineyard told us there is a serious heatwave in
Romania and that the country is on yellow alert. Please pray for the pensioners
and vulnerable.
PENSIONERS in need of help as the government
reduced their pensions by 15% on June 1st, so they must now manage on 85% of
what they had previously received . This includes medical
and old age pensioners. (Although we often grumble can I say that based on
what I have seen in Romania we need to be thankful to God for what we have in
this country).
Please continue to support us in prayer as we
prepare for the Christmas shoebox appeal and try to raise more interest and
support for the Adopt a Granny sponsorship scheme as pensioners in Romania are
now in even greater need of help.
Give thanks for and pray for wisdom for the
trustees Hilary, Mary and Bill as well as Phil and me as we plan and make
decisions. Pray for our loaders George, Sam and Bill and our packers - pray for
more to assist especially in packing but also in loading. Pray for wisdom with
either repairing or replacing the aid trailer.
God bless you as you support us in prayer