Mustard Seed
This is based on the news update, with specific
pointers for prayer included and without pictures.
AID TRIP AT THE END OF APRIL
The Mustard Seed lorry has
just returned from a successful delivery to
The driver David
(who has driven for Mustard Seed as a volunteer for over ten years) described
the new pensioners’ home as “fantastic”. He spoke enthusiastically about the
good standard of workmanship among the Romanian workers who have been finishing
off the heating, plumbing, electrics, etc.
He highlighted some
of the changes he has seen since his previous trip two years ago, but his
overall view was that though there was clear evidence of more development and
prosperity the poorest were even poorer. See his full
report.
Give
thanks to God for the changes for good that can be seen in the country but pray
for organisations like Mustard Seed as they seek to reach out to those in
desperate need, pray for wisdom and compassion.
The pensioners home is due to
be officially on May 30th.
Rose and Phil plan to be there.
Give thanks to God for His faithfulness in supplying
what was needed to build the pensioners’ home and ask God’s blessing on the
home, on all who live there, and all who work there and all who visit there.
Pray for Rose and Phil as they travel – this is their
plan: leave
Pray for wisdom as they are in
NEWS ON THE YOUNG WOMEN IN THE
SPONSORED APARTMENT
As living costs in the city
have risen, the girls or young women have struggled financially to make ends
meet, even with the help from Mustard Seed. To make things worse as the
financial crisis has developed, the factories they work in have often cut their
hours, resulting in even less take-home pay.
In the summer,
three of the young women moved to Cefa and took over
the boys hostel which is next door to the new pensioners’
home. You may recall that after a number of problems all the lads in the hostel
left last summer. It was at this stage Alex and Rody Stroie of Mustard Seed Romania offered three of the girls
the chance to move to Cefa. This has worked well –
the house is spotless, the animals are well cared for and the girls are content
and happy. They all found work at the nearby factory and the cost of living is
much less than in the city.
The young women remaining in
Following on from the success
of the first three young women in Cefa, the remaining
three have now moved there. They moved at the beginning of this month and all
seems to be going well. They are living in part of the upper storey of the
pensioners’ home and it is possible that one or two of them will be employed to
assist with cleaning, cooking, etc in the pensioners’ home.
FLORI (who needs kidney
dialysis 3 times a week) has now moved to Cefa. She
will be transported to the city of
Pray
for FLORI. Her health is poor and she has often become low and despondent. Pray
for wisdom for the medical staff treating her. She has now got some deficiency
that is causing concern and could possibly involve surgery. We are told that
still the fact that she is a gypsy means she receives poorer treatment – the
medical staff expect a bribe or financial incentive to
give her good treatment. Pray she will feel far happier at Cefa
with other people around her all the time.
NEWS ON NELU
Our fund-raising efforts to
raise the £11,000 for urgently needed treatment for the Romanian social worker Nelu have continued well. We are now over half way to our target,
having raised just over £6,000. But we have heard that
recent tests on Nelu show there is further damage to
his liver, so it is becoming increasingly urgent to raise the money. (Nelu
contracted this disease through poor standards of hygiene when he had dental
treatment several years ago) If anyone wants
to help us with this fund-raising, please get in touch with Rose Helie.
Give
thanks for the money raised so far. Pray for success
in raising the remainder. Ask for God’s healing for Nelu
and His blessing on him and Cristina and their families.
Email from Kathy Langston
“Thanks
for the boxes, great stuff and the big shoes are terrific! I just got the
boxes from Raul today, he kindly drove them to my
place. So will start giving the stuff away. Gratitude
is the key for me!
God
bless and thanks for everything,
love Kathy”
OUR PLANS
·
May 20th – June 5th Rose and
Phil to
·
Sunday June 14th
·
July 7th – 13th Visit of Alex Stroie from
·
Sunday July 12th
·
Saturday July 25th
·
Sunday September 13th time to be arranged –
Songs of Praise at Reg’s Garden.
·
September / October aid trip to
·
Christmas shoebox appeal
·
Christmas aid trip – opportunity for supporters to
join distribution team December 8th – 16th if this trip is of interest to you please
contact Rose Helie on 482637 or by email.
Pray
for God’s blessing on all our plans.
Pray
also for the arrangements for Alex’s trip to
Please continue to bless us with your prayers for we
believe PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
How to contact Mustard Seed Jersey
By post: Mustard Seed Jersey,
Cardiff House, La Ruette du Coin Varin,
St
Peter,
By phone: 01534 482637
By email
Mother
Teresa said “In this life we cannot do great things.
We
can only do small things with great love”.
Pray we will have great love so that
what we do will be pleasing to God.