SAMUEL MITROFAN MANGALIA ROMANIA

Dear pastor Ted,

In the week end of November4 thru 6 2016. We have been in the East part of Romania in Mangalia, an old town in Romania where the tradition is that the Apostle Andrew came 2,000 years ago and shared the Gospel with the people there and since then Romanians have become Christians.

We also had an interesting experience having the SBC training there and equipping the people from different churches to apply the spiritual disciplines into their own lives. Attendance was about 60 people and many were very encouraged and strengthened in their faith. Being close to the Bulgarian border we saw in audience somebody from the Border Police too. For all it was a great joy to have the introduction of SBC training. There was 4 of us and I took with me a student from Theological Faculty from Bucharest to expose him and train him to be able to teach this material. We also had good discussions with some of the church leaders and they really appreciated our efforts. We had also the opportunity to have some OJTs. The Lord had poured His grace on us and we met much opened minded people. Even if in that area an important percentage of the population were Muslims. Sunday evening we arrived back in Bucharest and the team was also very happy to see the way how God is working through all these things.

We appreciate your efforts too to support this ministry and to be in such a blessed partnership with Grace Community Church!

May Lord richly bless you!

Samuel