Youth Work Report from Romanian
Leaders,
Ana and Grigore Melente, September 2006
DAVID GROUP
At one meeting one of our young people, Estera had an idea to
think of some mottoes and they would write what they believed.
So we read very interesting things and we have written some below:
To be a person with courage is not minding if you have to fling
yourself in front in any danger with any risk, but at all times
decide to stay by the side of the truth.
It is very important to know the truth. For me, to know the truth
means to know Jesus. It is very important to have courage when
you are fighting for the truth.
Wisdom is needed with courage. Sometimes you need courage to
give up something if it is bad. Then when you are in a situation
that is not Jesus' will, you need courage to give up and you will
not go on to sin.
(Anca 12 years old)
The most beautiful things from the world can't be seen, or touched
but are felt in the heart. Here are some examples from my life:
In my life I can't see Jesus, or touch him, but sometimes I feel
him when I pray, and he answer my prayers. I never will be able
to meet him like a person on the earth, but I live with the hope
that one day I will see him, I am very sure I will see him and
he will know me.
I had a strange feeling in my heart for a while. It was like something
was restless in me to make a change in my life, in my heart. I
felt how Jesus cleansed my heart, it looked like all was a dream,
but from that day, in my heart God existed! I pray that all the
people will know and feel all these things!
(Stefan 14 years old)
GIRLS MEETING
For someone an obstacle means an excuse to renounce. For others
it is an occasion to make himself stronger passing through difficulties
and a step that bring us closer by our purpose.
It is very easy to choose the easy way, to renounce, to not pass
over the difficulties but the one that choose to pass over difficulties,
succeeds in seeing the vision, a purpose that happened. All the
difficulties that are staying in our way are not a reason to give
up, passing through makes us stronger and helps us to get to our
purpose.
What is your purpose, vision, for this life?
We pray that the most important vision is to meet Jesus one day,
and He helps us to prepare for this every day, to lay up treasure
for heaven.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where
moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but
lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth
nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
"(Matthew 6: 19, 20)
How can we lay up treasure for heaven? "I was hungry and
you give me food, I was thirsty and you give me drink, I was a
stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me,
I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to
me" (Matthew 25: 35, 36)
"Truly, I say to you, as you did it not to one of the least
of these, you did it not to me!" (Matthew 25: 45)"
We are continuing to meet with the girls every Friday night,
and from now on when we will meet we will make Christmas cards,
and at the same time that we are talking, we have tea together.
MANDOLINS LESSONS
A new thing I have started from July is to build a group of youth
and children to play mandolins. We worked intensively for 2 months
with theory and practicing, and now we are able to play some songs.
We learnt two very well, on 3 different voices. I am very proud
of each one, there are ten people but we have just 8 mandolins.
Also we have others that would like to learn, but at the moment
we need to find more mandolins then maybe in November start a
new group. We intend that in October we will have our first debut
in church, so pray for our new start.
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