More than Enough to Take......Blessings to bring to Romania!

Greetings! Our Romania mission trip is less than 2 weeks out. A group of talented ladies at the church have knitted 35+ hats and scarves for the children at the REMM orphanage. Many of the children are now living in foster homes and Ana must bring them supplies and clothing to the families. So these hats and scarves will bring much delight to the children when we see them! God bless these faithful ladies. Also one of the Adult Sunday School classes has donated money toward our mission supplies. There will be many uses for this: construction of the warehouse which will be used as a distribution point for REMM comes to mind first and foremost. Ana and Peter will be delighted by all that the Istrouma members have done for their mission.

We are asking family and friends to pray for each member of the team. Some have not traveled overseas before; some have, but never to a post Communist country. While we are prepared with clothing, hats and scarves, medicine, and baking supplies for the coffee house, (SO MUCH to BRING and so LITTLE ROOM), pray that we will be able to get all these things through the airport and customs authorities to Romania! Pray for Dave and Nathan who will be coming a day later. And, since the Holmes family has already left for BUCHAREST and will be traveling many places, before we meet them, please pray for their safe journey.

Lastly, please pray for our families. We ask for health, comfort, and peace for them as we journey far away from home!

We will most likely be able to continue this journal once we get to Beius on July 7 (pending Internet service). Please contact Karen or Mike if you want to make a donation to REMM before we go. The money will go directly to the mission, not to the team's travel expenses. Ana and Peter Lucaciu, who run the ministry and the medical mission are still looking for sponsors for the children who are still awaiting adoption as these children cannot be adopted outside of Romania due to new laws banning international adoptions there.

We would love to take more "stuff" but due to the limits on the planes and strict security guidelines, we have more than enough to take. Donations to REMM are always welcome and are wisely used to help orphans, widows, and those in poverty, as well as to build churches in poor, gypsy communities. You may donate through Mike and Karen or through the REMM web site: www.remm-ministry.org

God go with our ROBO team!

Karen and Mike

Mission Team Preparation

It is 24 days until we leave for Romania for our 2007 IBC mission trip. We are the Ro Bo team. We are headed to Beius, Romania, in the northwest corner of Romania near the Hungarian border and in the Transylvania region. We will be working with REMM, the Romanian Evangelical Medical Mission, doing mission work with the poor, the gypsy villages, with orphans and widows. On the RoBo team, we have 13 members going:

• Mike and Karen (do it yourselfers with a heart for Romania)
• Sue (a choir teacher and enthusiastic Bible teacher)
• Elisa (a nursing student)
• Nathan (a fireman)
• The Holmes family (blessed with medical skills and Bible teaching skills, a ready made choir!)
• Elizabeth (a nurse)
• Dave (discipleship teacher, sports enthusiast, and leader of Eternal Concepts ministry)

We had a training session last week at Istrouma Baptist Church and we are preparing spiritually as well as physically to go. The Holmes family leaves next week; The remaining team members leave on July 6 or July 7. So far we have almost 650 pounds of clothing collected and numerous supplies to take. Many at the church have contributed to this trip. We have a group of women who have donated their time knitting winter scarves and hats for the children. Other classes have donated money. We appreciate each and every one of them!

Please pray for our team's health, well-being, and that we will find joy in our service to the Lord. Please pray for safety and an uneventful journey to and from the US. We will continue to post on the blog as events unfold.

Karen