6:30pm ITV Evening news – each night this week – Romania Reports

Blog entry from Darren . . .

Sometimes the media depicts news stories in a biased way. However, speaking from personal experience, what ITV’s pictures and commentators are saying, is a true depiction of the plight that the Romanian families are facing! Some examples that have been highlighted:

* Children abandoned with no hope and a future of spending life in a institution or life on the street

* Children suffering with illnesses easily treatable in the west
* Children lying motionless with flies crawling over them

* Children with hands tied behind their backs in institutional hospitals

* Parents selling their child for $10,000

Yes, this is very upsetting but there is good news! Last Sunday Mike spoke on the start his new series ‘God is alive’. I have now had the privilege to go to Romania on three occasions and I can say from my personal experience that God is Alive and working miracles in Romania!

We are all snug in our own comfort zones, however, Jesus said that we should help our neighbours. This means that we need to get up and act. We do not need a Damascus experience, but to act in faith. If a door opens, go through, if it closes look for another door.

Blog Entry from Rhi . . .

For those of you who do not know the Lee Family (all 4 of us) and Mum (Joyce) will be going on mission trip to Romania in 2008. The family will still be young (14 and 12) but we feel it is right to go – God has been so good to us and we feel we ought to share some of our blessings with the people over there.

Search your hearts.

A wise woman once said to me “You may not feel called to go, but have you been called to stay?”

We are all called to go –

And then he told them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere”
Mark 16:15 (New Living Translation)