In Romania, May 2015 By Dan Perez.
Then last week an unexpected
event happened. I was on the street mid evening when a severe pain brought me
to my knees on all fours while I tried to catch my breath and bear the pain.
Eventually a lady stopped and asked if I was ok, she then realized I spoke
English and started to speak in English to me. I tried to call my roommate to
come and get me but couldn’t dial the number because of so much pain, she tried
but didn’t know how to use my phone. She ended up calling the ambulance and
another person called the roommate.
In the emergency they stuck all
kinds of IV into me but the pain still increased. Then after 30 min. or so the
pain started to decrease, I thought I was getting better but that was not the
case. The IV was a pain killer but the problem was still there; though this
concerned me I was very thankful for the pain relief! ; I found out I had had a
kidney stone attack, that is why it was so very painful!!!
The
lady that helped me took a taxi to the hospital to see how I was doing and told
me to keep her informed, this was nice of her!
On my last visit to the doctors
one of them did check my kidneys and saw no stones and said it looks like it
already has passed, this was very good to hear!
I met with Daniela (the young
lady that helped me) and her husband for dinner last week. It was a productive
long evening; she talked a lot and had a lot of questions about spirits and
spiritual things.
While in Romania I have been
trying to learn the language; though a little easier than Ukrainian, still much
different than English grammar which makes it difficult to pick up!
One Saturday I went with David
Weir (a worker in Romania) and his children to another assembly in a different town
where they have a young people’s meeting. I was asked to speak and was glad
that there was such a meeting. The ages were between 12 to 20’s and about 20 to
30 of them. They seemed to have listened well though a little stiff around the
collar. The student bible studies that David been having here in town seems to
be going well; though most are Christians they seem to have some confusions in
certain areas of scriptures but it is good to see that that they are
interested!
I am planning to go back to
Ukraine this week if all goes well. One of the problems I am having is that
there is now no direct public transportation from Romania to Ukraine, due to
the war. Private commuters though can cross freely there and back. At the
moment I am trying to find other routes to Ukraine and this is becoming more
and more difficult. I may have to go back into Moldova to find transportation.
Once in Ukraine I would like to
start a meeting for the young people. This is not so easy, most would not be
Christians and Ivano-Frankivsk is a very closed town for outsiders meaning if
you are not Greek Catholic or Orthodox you are an outsider. I do hope with
God’s help that doors and hearts will open!!
Thank You!!
In Christ our Lord
Dan Perez.
