Dan and I are writing from the hotel lobby on a keyboard that has the y and the z buttons transposed so every word containing a y or z has to be retyped.
We just said goodbye to Mate from Hungary. For those of you who may not remember, he is the young pastor our church sponsored financially to come to the forum. He expresses his thanks for the chance he had to come to the forum. ˝It was a good financial investment.˝ He said the Sunday morning plenary session was especially meaningful for him. He likened it to being a construction worker being covered with dust at the end of the day-and having God´s grace like a shower refresh him.
We have heard many touching stories, many of which we would like to share. Like the astronomer from Bulgaria who could get a high paying job in the US but feels God has called her to remain at the University there. Through the forum she has been able to have speakers come to the major university in her country on 2 occasions to speak of the existence of God. This causes many to think of these issues in a country that has only a handful of believers. She has been praying for a Christian colleage and recently this prayer has been answered. One of her major prayer requests is that God would bring brave men as leaders in the church. She says that the women get together and pray about this.
Many have expressed to us that the forum allows them to have the encouragement they need to carry on in a life completely surrounded by those who think they are just a strange sect of some kind. Pastors come discouraged and for a small amount of time get to sing in a large group praising God-what a wonderful experience.
Sara
We just said goodbye to Mate from Hungary. For those of you who may not remember, he is the young pastor our church sponsored financially to come to the forum. He expresses his thanks for the chance he had to come to the forum. ˝It was a good financial investment.˝ He said the Sunday morning plenary session was especially meaningful for him. He likened it to being a construction worker being covered with dust at the end of the day-and having God´s grace like a shower refresh him.
We have heard many touching stories, many of which we would like to share. Like the astronomer from Bulgaria who could get a high paying job in the US but feels God has called her to remain at the University there. Through the forum she has been able to have speakers come to the major university in her country on 2 occasions to speak of the existence of God. This causes many to think of these issues in a country that has only a handful of believers. She has been praying for a Christian colleage and recently this prayer has been answered. One of her major prayer requests is that God would bring brave men as leaders in the church. She says that the women get together and pray about this.
Many have expressed to us that the forum allows them to have the encouragement they need to carry on in a life completely surrounded by those who think they are just a strange sect of some kind. Pastors come discouraged and for a small amount of time get to sing in a large group praising God-what a wonderful experience.
Sara
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