Report #24, Nov 2

Report 24 for Sunday Nov 2

We woke to another nice day and stayed home and prepared for the meeting at
Noon. We were very happy to see a full room of 18 people. We were happy to
see a lady Natalia, with her 2 boys. As far as we know she is not saved but
very interested. Her husband deserted her and left her with 2 little boys.
She is a teacher and lives in a village. She is very poor as her husband
stripped the apartment when he left. Just another one of the local heroes!!!

After we had had lunch we headed out to visit a gypsy village about an hour
away. I had seen pictures of this group before but was not prepared for what
I saw in reality. They live on an abandoned collective farm, in one of the
animal or machinery barns. They have electricity but no water or sewer.
There were 12 families but about 40 or so people. There usually more but
some had moved for the winter. They all seemed very happy to see us,
probably because they knew we had produce for them. There were at least two
women with babies and many young children and teenagers. One of the young
women, who looked no more than 20, asked me to pray for her 7 day old baby
she was holding, which I did. I don't think it was sick, it was just that
she wanted her baby prayed for. This was her seventh child?? I was asked to
speak to them before we gave them their produce and I told them how Jesus
moved among people just like them, who the people did not like and how he
loved them enough to die for them. They listened solemnly and seemed to
understand the message. None of the children and probably none of the adults
have been to school and so cannot read. How sad to see these unwanted people
who Christ died for. After many pictures we left them with the food,
distributed to each family. The clothing was left with a Christian man who
met us there and gave out the clothing as needed after we left.

We drove back in the dark, past horses and carts with no lights or
reflectors, the same with cyclists. We had to brake hard to miss a drunken
man crossing a dark road in the country. It is little wonder there are so
many memorial crosses and flowers all along these roads.

We felt this was a profitable day and went to bed "weary but glad".

In Him

Malcolm and Howard.