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 A Letter from Maria's Desk...
"Hold on……..Help is on the way!!!"
Last month I
left you with a song from Michael W Smith - Help is on the way!!!
Well I did not realise that for the coming month this song will
still be my HYMN…
But as the song says:
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"………Times are hard but
God is so good
He's never failed you, and He said He never would
He sees your tears
He fights your fears
Hold on, help is on the way
He said he'd never leave you or forsake you
Stay strong
Help is on the way
He'd said he'd help you
Just reach out and take his hand
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SO I’m sure He sees my
tears, He sees my fears, He will not leave me or forsake me !!! I
do not know about you, but I had a hard October month, and these
words are encouraging me to know that I’M NOT ALONE!!! God is
near me and HE HOLDS ME in His hands!!
How was it?? How was my
month?? Well let me tell you in some detail!
It started with the state
inspection for Joint Facility of Love I was very nervous
about that but yet again I saw God’s Hand at work!!! They came in,
inspected the place, did not say much initially but in the end
they concluded, "the place looks WOW!!! ". I was over the moon!
From that moment we had a few other papers to do - because we live
in Romania - and everything started to get into FINAL SHAPE!
 So
with God’s grace and mercy we managed to have the place opened OFFICIALLY on October
27th!! An amazing day! Sunny outside and inside of
our hearts that another project was completed! God is AMAZING and
His faithfulness to us is beyond my understanding!! Even if lots
of people discourage us, lots of problems were feeling never
ending, so I’m amazed to see the JFL Project ‘Part One’ was
possible and 27th October will be a memorable day in
Smiles History. It was great to share this joy with friends all
over the world!! Some people were present in person, some present
by their thoughts and prayers!
But I’m even happier that
GOD WAS PRESENT!!...and we could feel Him every minute!
One highlight of the day for
me, a part from cutting the ribbon
- was the
dedication service!! To have a room full with people from UK, USA
and Romania singing and praying together made me shiver!! There
were times when I thought that this project will never happen. The
project was a huge undertaking. Money was really short!
Contractors were late or not honouring their word. The weather at
times was not good. Documentation, paper work and Romanian
bureaucracy at times was more that we could handle …..but I’m glad
we did not give up! We "hold on" until God’s help came our way!
I would like to thank you
all for your prayers and for the financial support!!! Please
continue to pray for us! Where possible, please continue to give
and fund-raise, as we have a lot of bills to pay for what we have
done to open. We also still have the second phase and that is
greatly needed as well!!!!
We still need prayers,
time and money! And God can do all the things possible and at
times He uses ordinary people like us! What an honour!!
You might wonder what else I
did because perhaps this does not sound "too bad". Well JFL was
not the only project demanding so much last month! Actually, JFL
is just one of 18 projects that we have! So, what was happening in
"my other projects?".
-horz.jpg) I’m
overwhelmed about the response I’ve received after my last
update!!! On what?? Well on the Tileagd update!!! THANK YOU ALL
for making my dreams to become a reality!! I’m so happy to see
people responding to the work we do!! Thank you for the money that
you send us for the school uniforms! Thank you for the money you
send us to have Crina employed at the nursery and Zambila at the
school. Two of the really nice Gypsy ladies!!
Thank you for the money that
you send us to provide food for school lunches! Thank you for the
money to decorate the youth room! THANK YOU!!!
This project is very close
to my heart and at times too close! I get too emotionally attached
and for a leader, people say it is not good!!! They may be right,
because this past month I’ve experienced on "my own skin" what
means to be let down by people, or hurt, confused and
disappointed. But you know, if God was reacting the way we do at
times I wonder where we would have been today?
So please PRAY FOR ME!!
I really need it! Satan is attacking us when we are most
vulnerable…….and this past month because I was getting tired and
stressed was a great time for the devil to do this to me!!!....And
please, please pray for the Tileagd project. I dream for the day
when God is doing a revival in that place because I hate when
Satan is keeping people under his ‘control’!
Also, I’m really happy
that this past month we had over 60 people visit on Mission trips.
People that gave up at their time and money to be with us here in
Romania! We did lots of things. This report, would you believe it,
I’m writing from Salonta office, (JFL) while I have a team of 4
people at the glasshouse!!! The weather is really on our side and
God is blessing us with a great time! We have fellowship together,
cry together, pray together, work together! It is great to know
you have so many brothers and sisters in Christ all over the
world. If you would like to experience a mission trip please come
to see us!!
I invite you especially to
do this next year, when we celebrate our 10 year anniversary of
our Cihei Mission Centre!!! There will be lots of surprises and
lots of great things going on! Each mission trip will have a PARTY
TIME. If you want to find more let us know by e-mail or through
Facebook!
So, I’m leaving now. I have
to go and pick up the team from Arpasel, but not before I leave
you with all the words from the same song I started this month
report.
And dear friend you might be
"perfect" but if you are like me and need help WAIT------GOD’S
HELP IS ON THE WAY!!!!!!
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People say that time
will heal
But you know, they just don't feel what you feel
Times are hard but God is so good
He's never failed you, and He said He never would
He sees your tears
He fights your fears
Hold on, help is on the
way
He said he'd never leave you or forsake you
Stay strong
Help is on the way
He'd said he'd help you
Just reach out and take his hand
He knows your heart, He lifts your head
He's always close enough to hear every word you said
When you're weak, He said He's so much more
His arm is long enough to reach you where you are
He sees your tears
He fights your fears
Help is on
the way by Michael W. Smith
Maria
Maria Hava
,
Director of Operations, Romania
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