On our way home again!

The time has come for Emma and I to not only return back to Romania after a brief but fruitful time in the states, but also for me to again attempt to upkeep my blog. This was not one of my New Year's resolutions, (since that certainly means failure) but just "another try".

So here we go...we are looking forward to 2007 for many reasons. As a church we have made it to the 5 year mark!!! This is great, and the way things continue to move in both the Targoviste and Moreni churches, we can expect wonderful growth this year. We also are moving into the 5th Intern Program "Project Mobilization" which, though it has been altered over the years to keep up with growth, will be better than ever. Last year we saw over 30 young people learn music, drama and media as they committed their summer to the work of the ministry. This year we hope for more and better!

We want to genuinely thank you for being with us these past years, for your financial support (without which nor Emma nor I could commit to this ministry full time), for your prayers, for your interest in what God is doing in Romania and for your time...time reading this blog...time for sending us an email now and then...and the time you spend with us each year when we come home.

We love you and pray God's abundant blessing on your life

Thank you

chad and emma

A great visit

Left: We recently had a wonderful visit from my parents and brother from Clovis, CA. They stayed with Emma and I for 6 days and celebrated their 30^th wedding aniversary here with us. We through them a surprise party with all of our friends and family here. We truly had a great time as we were able to spend time with both mine and Emma’s families, as well as allow my family to see what Emma and I do here. They were very encouraged to see what God is doing in Targoviste with a group of on fire young people.

We are about to enter year #4 of our Internship Training Program “Project Mobilization”, and we have 4 students in mind for this year. We are very enthusiastic about investing in these young people and taking them through an intense “boot camp” for God’s Kingdom. We are aiming this year to emphasize discipline more and more in our lives: spirituall, physically and mentally.

Summer Intern Program

This year, for the first time, we have tried something new in our annual Internship Program “Project Mobilization”.

We decided to run a summer program that would be opened up to all of our young people, not just high school graduates.

The response we got far exceeded what we expected, as 35 of our up-and-coming servant leaders have signed up to be trained in the areas of: Guitar, bass guitar, drums, keyboard, voice lessons, video editing, photoshop and drama/skits.

We are very pleased with how things are going and hope to continue this each summer as well as begin next year again with the full blown 5 month program.

Thank you Sandals Church College Group!!!

Thanks to the young people of Sandals Church in Riverside CA, over 50 young people in our church have new clothes for the summer.

We were given an opportunity to ship over these hundreds and hundreds of items of clothing, and before we knew it, the clothes just started coming in. The generosity of this college groups will not be forgotten.

In Romania, just like anywhere else, young people love to wear nice clothes; however, in Romania, nice clothes tend to cost more than they do in the US while the salaries are 5 times less.

Thus, many young people will save up their money for months just to purchase 1 t-shirt. This is no exaggeration. So we thank you all for giving from what you have to bless others.

Our church thanks you and prays God's blessing in your lives 100 fold.

Moreni Church Plant

Over the past 2 months I have had the priveledge of preaching in our church plant Hope of Life Church Moreni two times. For me it has been very encouraging because each week there have been new faces. More and more young people are hearing about this "new thing" in the city of Moreni and are showing up for the Coffee House, cell group and Celebration services.

Thank you for your prayers and support of this new church. We believe that God has big plans this summer for those young people and look forward to seeing what God is going to do.

Coming soon

Sorry guys. Our house has been without furniture as we wait for it to come in July. Thus, I have been a poor blogger. That excuse really doesn't hold up, because I could blog without a desk, just as I am right now, but I do need a little bit of sympathy from you. It has been rather difficult for Emma and I to integrate back into things here, especially since we were gone for a longer period of time, and we immediatly began some work on our apartment and thus have not actually felt "at home" until about 3 days ago.

Anyways, we love you guys and miss you. We are looking forward to an awesome summer as we put all of our efforts into investing in the young people of our church.

Take care and look forward to better blogging in the future.

Sorry to keep you waiting :)

We have officially and technically arrived back in Romania, however, we aren't yet home completely. We are renovating our apartment currently and there is dust everywhere. The communist apartment that we live in was made by Romania's past ruler Ceaucescu, and it was made quick and poorly. Thus we have crooked walls and holey ceilings.

So alas, we are stipping it all down and straightening it all out, painting and sanding, and in the mean time, staying at the inlaws :)

Expect more frequent posts from me now, as I have felt convicted for not posting often enough.