Mustard
Seed Jersey Prayer Update December 2018
Friday December 7th 2018
I would have hoped to be able tell you that
the aid consignment with the Christmas shoeboxes and blankets was unloaded in
Romania today, but the Romanian driver has told Alex in Romania that he has run
out of “driving hours” and therefore cannot get the aid consignment to Romania
before Saturday. This means after border
formalities and Customs clearance the earliest the unloading can take place is
Monday late morning / early afternoon. In
the event that there is a longer delay at the border or with Customs it would
mean the unloading does not happen till Tuesday, and this would really impact
on the programmes of the 3 groups from Jersey. SO PLEASE DO HOLD THIS IN YOUR PRAYERS.
On Monday morning 3 groups from Jersey set
out to Romania to distribute Christmas shoeboxes, food parcels, etc with
Mustard Seed. There are 2 groups from Beaulieu Convent School and a group of
Mustard Seed sponsors and supporters. PLEASE DO HOLD THESE GROUPS IN YOUR PRAYERS
FOR SAFE TRAVEL AND THAT EACH WILL HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE, COMING BACK THANKFUL
FOR THE BENEFITS WE HAVE HERE BUT CHALLENGED IN A GOOD WAY BY WHAT THEY HAVE
SEEN.
This is a very busy time of year for the
Romanian “social workers”, as they juggle responsibilities for their own
families with serving those is great need. PLEASE
PRAY EACH WILL RECEIVE DIVINE WISDOM, HEALTH AND ENERGY. To help in your prayers for them here is
a list of the names of the main ones in each organisation (some are salaried
and some volunteer but all are very committed): MSR: Alex & Rody;
AVS: Nelu
& Cristina; Vineyard: Vasile & Florina; ADPB: Tudor & Violeta; Agape: Sandu, Eva, Geta & Cosmina while Corey &
Diana are in USA fundraising at present.
In the last prayer update I asked for your
prayers for the local volunteers in Jersey checking all the Christmas
shoeboxes. We thank God that we had sufficient volunteers, though the
“back-bone” people of those volunteers were all exhausted by the end (definitely
including myself!).
Please
continue to hold
Brexit in your prayers in relation to what we hope is Mustard
Seed’s ongoing outreach and ministry to Romania. There are many uncertainties and neither we
nor the Romanian social workers know the outcome or implications for our taking
humanitarian aid to Romania after Brexit.
In
His service
Rose
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