I am in Armenia.

Well, I don't have very much time to write but I thought I would let everybody know that I am here in Yerevan, Armenia. I can see Turkey to the West along with Mt. Ararat which is right at the base of the city. It is the most beautiful place I have ever been. We will begin a construction project this week however I do not have time right now to describe all that we are doing. We will also be in Georgia from November 17 through December 3 rd to help out the refugee's from the war. So, that will be a great opportunity. Anyways, all is well and God is doing great things. Blessings.

Another week in Moldova!

Well I am sorry for the delay in blogging, it has been very busy this last week and to be honest I and the team are completely wore out. We have been in the town of Strashin, which is about 20 minutes out of the capital city of Chisinau in which I am now. We did a variety of ministry projects such as working with the orphanage, holding church services, such as one service was for the blind in which I had the opportunity to share the gospel. The largest project was that of building a concrete wall on the back of this church in which we served. The guys and I worked all week in order to get it done and we got a tremendous amount done but we are all quite tired and ready for some rest. Our flight on the 23rd from Odessa was cancelled and so we had to reschedule a flight and I believe it is for this next weekend, however I do not know where we will be flying out of, but hey that's missions. We are still on target to spend the rest of our time in Armenia and we also might be going to Georgia and perhaps Azerbaijan. Those are not for sure, but who knows. Well, everything is going great and God is doing some great works through us and in us. You begin to realize the flaws in other people as you live with them for weeks on in, but more than anything you realize the things in you that need to be changed, meaning your attitude or the way you handle people especially the natives. The Lord is stretching me in my ministry abilities and I feel that God is doing a great work in not just my life but everybody we come in contact with. One thing that is so different here than in the United States is this..... the natives here, whether it be a pastor, missionary or just someone who lives here don't need weeks, months, or years to form relationships. They need minutes, hours, and at the most days. The churches here are built on relationships, close relationships. I can honestly say that I have formed relationships with natives here in just a matter of days and those relationships are as strong as those that I have been going to church with or people I have known for years. This is a sad fact but it is the truth. The people in the churches of America have lost the meaning of being a true brother and sister in Christ toward one another. Perhaps we can learn from this. God Bless and thank you for your support, you are touching so many lives.

Everything is going good!

Well, we just got back from Serata Golbina which is a village about 45 minutes away from Chisinau. We had been there for about 4 days and we was able to do alot of great ministry there. On Friday we prepared for an outreach that was on Saturday and we distributed food, small gifts and we had balloons and face painting's for the kids and me.lol I believe almost 500 people came so that was a great and blessed day. Pictures are at the top of the page. Sunday was a very busy day for me as I preached in Serata Golbina at the first Pentecostal church to be established after the soviet era. It was litteraly the first church signed off by Gorbichov to be built in the entire soviet union. Pretty cool, huh! A couple hours later we went to a village about 30 minutes away and I preached there as well and we had a great service. I have also been playing music alot and actually about every service that we attend we do some type of music, so that has been really fun. The weather has been getting really chilly as the last few days have gone on and I pretty much stay in a fleece all of the time. The leaves are beginning to change here and it is absolutely beautiful. Tomorrow we will be heading up to the northern part of the country again and doing some relief work for the flood victims in that region. I understand that we will mainly be passing out food and we will be there for two days and then returning back here to Chisinau. It will be a fun, bumpy ride as it is about 6 hours from here way up in the middle of somewhere. Well, all is good and God is great. We have been very effective in all of our ministering and the key word for the last couple of weeks would be "Encouraging". That's what we are doing and boy do people need it. God Bless and thank you for you prayers and support!