8th of March meeting

Each year on the 8th of March Moldova honours all the ladies of the country. Girls and wives receive flowers and are pampered for the day ( the other 364 days are men's day )

We also do a programme for the mothers at the church.

Here the girls and boys are celebrating Spring - the day coincides with the Spring time of the year.






The umbrellas represent the flowers opening

All ages present their programme. Here the little ones are doing their spot with David temporarily forgetting his lines and Liviu beside him demonstrating what it means to be laid back ( or walking in rest to be more spiritual )

The leaves of the trees for the healing of the nations? LORD LET IT BE SO! - especially in these troubled times in which we live.

Then the older ones - and our Rachael is now being included in the older ones category!! - how time flies! She'll be 12 on 9th May!!!

Mum Jesus loves you the sign says - and so do we!

Finally all of the children brought a spring flower to their mums and then off we went to eat meals made and served by the mums - short lived day of rest and celebration for the ladies!!

Pastor Mark

Visit from Giugulesti Church

On Sunday 27th Feb we had the pastor and a group of youth come from Giurgulesti Baptist Church and participate in our Sunday morning meeting.

Giurgulesti is around 90Km further South from us and is right on the border with Romania and also Ukraine.

The church there has been established from just after the war while Pastor Fedea has been there as missionary and pastor since 1990.

After our own worship group began with a couple of worship songs the Giurgulesti youth group then did a programme of songs and Christian poems.

We had Misa Caraivan the leader of the youth at National level for the Baptist Union also with us and he brought a short message of encouragement towards the end of their programme.

Then Fedea Parparlov, the pastor of Giurgulesti Baptist Church brought the main message for the day. His theme was being led by God in His care.

We all felt encouraged and lifted up.

Their programme with us came to a close as Fedea's daugther Rebecca and their youth leader sang a duet.

It also gave us all an excuse to go and have a pizza together in Karis Pizza after the meeting.

Ah life is so hard here in Moldova!!!

Pastor Mark