Frye family

Isaiah 12:5 b ….for He hath done great things!

Greetings to all our praying family and friends. Here is an update of some of the great things that God has been doing here.

The Stanca Cisnadie youth had our last camp of the season, here at Windsor’s Fair Haven. It is always a pleasure to reconnect with these youth, as many were in the youth group when we led it in Cisnadie. It is such a blessing to see them continue to grow in the Lord and seek Him. The following week, they accompanied and sponsored a cookout for the youth of Ghijasa de Jos, sharing the love of Christ through songs and games.

 

Sledding and tubing was another of our Ghiajsa activities for January. We combined our youth from our Nocrich church and the children from Ghijasa, having a great time in the heavy snow. We even had a few parents hop on for the ride!

We continued having our weekly Sunday afternoon youth group in Nocrich throughout January, February and March studying the picture of Christ in the Old Testament, and are currently in II Samuel.  As often as possible, we also use the camp facilities for our Nocrich youth activities including, volleyball and meals, but most of the time we meet at the church for the teaching. Please continue to pray for these youth as they struggle with understanding that what Christ offers is so much greater than what the world offers.

In February and March, we returned to our weekly meetings in Ghijasa where Jody began teaching the parables of Christ. The children are learning Bible verses and songs in Romanian and English in preparation for their May spring program that will be open to the parents. Thanks to a generous donor, we are now able to provide fruit and juice to the children of Ghijasa during our meetings. We also began bringing them, every other week, to Windsor’s Fair Haven for the meeting and providing a meal for them. Jody continues to disciple Dia and Anna separately after class, as they have expressed a desire and prayed to follow Christ. Currently they are in the book of John.

We also had the pleasure of a visit from Will and Gerri LaRose in February. The children of Ghijasa put on a program in English, singing songs, and reciting Bible verses. They were so excited to have such a captive audience. We were so very proud of the children and all their hard work. It reminds us constantly that God promises His Word will not go out void. While Will and Gerri were here, we were invited to assist them in a marriage seminar at Bethany Baptist Church in Simleu Sylvania, Romania, through translating and games. It was a very uplifting and encouraging time for us both. We truly enjoyed sitting under their teaching and being an active part of the seminar.

In April, we have hosted our first camp of the season. Due to inadequate water supply, we were not able to host camps in March. The group, “Little Explorers” were able to utilize the camp facitilies for their advanced leadership training course the second week of April. It was a pleasure and joy seeing the camp being used, while we continued with our respective ministries.

It was also a good test for the new well that was dug in March. Praise the Lord, we didn’t run out of water all week! The trainees came from different parts of Romania and spent time studying the Word and preparing for their camps for this summer. We were able to connect with the director of this mission and express our desire for Crina, the one of our youth that has committed to Christ, to possibly attend their camp in August for further training. Crina accompanies us to Ghijasa every week to teach the preschool children. It warms our hearts to see her grow in the Lord and share her faith in a simple way with these little ones. It has been a tremendous blessing for us to have her learn so quickly and be able to teach the preschool class on her own. Please continue to pray for Crina as she still has not been baptized.  Crina will be one of our assistant counselors for the girls’ camps in June. On our blog, we requested prayer for leaders for the camps we plan on directing in June and July. The Lord has provided two leaders, one from the “Little Explorers” group that was here at Windsor’s Fair Haven, and the other from the Stanca Cisnadie church. We also have one young man from the Stanca church in Cisnadie that has committed to the boy’s camps. Please continue to pray as we need one more boy’s leader and 2 boy assistants, and one more assistant for the girl’s camps.

Other prayer requests:

1. Ilie in our village here in Ighisu Vechi, as he continues to grow as a babe in Christ, and Lenuta as Jody continues to read the Bible with her.

2. Our fall furlough to the States. Some needs in regards to this 5-6 month furlough include: airfare costs and transportation while in the States.

3. Children of Ghijasa

4. Youth of Nocrich

5. Completion of the second story of the new building, and small kitchen addition.

Completed camp projects

1. Dining hall (except floor covering which is on order), and installation of second floor windows and some interior walls, and an outside eating area.

2. New well dug, and an access road to the camp allowing people using the camp, direct access to the cabins from their vehicles, as well as paving stones from the dining hall to each cabin.

Thank you all for your prayers and support of this ministry. We continue to keep you in our prayers as well. May God bless and bring you ever closer to Him as we serve our Father together. For continued updates, please check our blog at fryesnro.blogspot.com.