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Online Journal - August, 2007 Archive
August 19, 2007 -
Sunday -
I
preached again today at our church here in Arad. I continued
a two-part series tracing the cloud of God through the book
of Exodus. You can click on
Enter the Cloud-Part 2 to read my manuscript.
Enter the Cloud-Part 1 is also still available. Scott
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August 18, 2007 -
Saturday -
Our
latest newsletter is now posted under the "Newsletters" tab
above. Or simply click
HERE to open a copy in
Adobe Reader. Scott
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August 17, 2007 -
Friday -
Our
colleague in Budapest, Larry Winckles, put
 together
this presentation that gives an overview of the changes to
our funding system for
Free Methodist
World Missions that begin January, 2008. We thought it
would be helpful to our supporters who attend Free Methodist
churches.
Adobe Flash Player is required to play it on your
computer. Click on the image to view the video, or
right click on the image to download your own copy
(choose "Save Target As"). Once downloaded, you can double
click on the file to view it. Feel free to use this in your
churches or with your missions committees. Scott
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  August
16, 2007 - Thursday
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Today was Lydia's birthday. We can't believe our youngest is
now 14 years old! Stephen and I drove out to where the Oaza
kids are camping this week (Paula and Lydia are camping with
them) to take Lydia a special treat of Double-stuff Oreos
(can't get them here...we brought them from home in July).
Happy birthday Lydia!
 We
also helped drive the teens from camp to a nearby Christian
music and worship festival that is taking place this
weekend. It' called
Drumfest (a play on words: "drum" in Romanian means
"road" but in English it is musical instrument). It
was fun to listen to the different bands and how God is
speaking to the younger generations in Romania through
contemporary styles of worship music. Scott
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August 14, 2007 -
Tuesday -
Another two-week gap. I (Scott) have been traveling again. I
flew to England on Sunday, August 4 to attend a new Free
Methodist event there called
Wellspring. For those of you
familiar with "Camp Meeting" or "Family Camp," it was sort
of like that but with a more contemporary feel. It was the
first such event for our
FM churches in the UK, and it was
quite good to be there. Speakers included now-retired North
American bishop Richard Snyder,
J John (popular evangelist
in the UK, an Anglican Canon also) and
Pastor David Carr
from
Renewal Christian Centre in Solihul, England.
It is difficult
to describe the spiritual content that we experienced last
week. Let's just say God showed up in a powerful way. As an
example, I had been asked to serve on the prayer team that
prayed with people who responded to each night's preaching.
One evening Pastor David Carr invited people to come forward
seeking healing. I prayed with an elderly man (mid-late
70's) who wanted healing for his leg/hip. He literally
hobbled to the front, relying heavily on a cane. After I
prayed with him, Pastor Carr sent me to minister to another
seeker while he (Pastor Carr) prayed again with my elderly
friend. About 15 minutes later as the healing service was
coming to an end, I looked across the front of the worship
space and saw my elderly friend WALKING back to his
seat...and his cane was nowhere in sight. I was never able
to find him after service or through the remainder of the
week, but it certainly looked like he walked away with the
healing he asked for. God is GREAT, and I pray that God will
use this man to witness to many about the power of Jesus
Christ.
I experienced
three "firsts" on this trip: 1) spending a whole week
sleeping in a tent, 2) playing the
game of cricket, and watching a
game called "Bowls." I now feel much more culturally
enhanced!
Yesterday
 I
helped deliver Paula and Lydia--along with 30-something kids
and several more adult staff--to a camp in the beautiful
hills in the northeast part of our county. They are there
with the Oaza children for their annual summer camp. The
building they are staying in is fairly modern, but the
location is very remote...even out of cell-phone range,
which is hard to find in Europe. Pray with us that God will
do a mighty work in the lives of these precious children
ranging in age from 4-19.
A quick update
on the New Shalom house: we were able to move the children
into the house on July 2. Since then, several tasks have
been completed, including the oak stair treads, the cement
cap over the septic tank, and the remainder of the perimeter
fence masonry work. Oh, and today we FINALLY HAVE NATURAL
GAS in the house so we can produce hot water now for showers
and heating (when winter comes, of course). Click on the
following picture to see some more pictures for those
interested. Scott
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