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Special Outreach

Peppe and Peppina will be in action again on Saturday as we have a special one off outreach in the square where we had theclub in June. We're staying with the theme of the olympics and will be talking about Joshua. Pray above all for good weather so that we'll be able to stay outdoors and that many of the children will come along. We visited all the children last week who had come along to the club in the summer and gave them their photo that they had taken with us along with the above invite for this week. They all seemed quite enthusiastic and so hopefully this is a good sign for this week.

Romania Team

July saw us in Romania for a two week mission. In the mornings we were involved in two different locations Avrig and Mirsha for a kids club. Overall there were around 200 children who participated. we had a prizegiving at the end of the club where some of the children received prizes for bringing friends or for the worksheets they handed in, but every child went home with a goodie bag so no one was disappointed.
In the evenings we were involved in a youth camp and it was a joy for us to see 5 young people give their lives to Christ. Please continue to pray for them that they will continue to grow in their new found faith and will be encouraged in the ir respective churches.
The rest of our time was spent visiting various gypsy churches and encouraging the believers there.
After the team we were able to spend some quality time with Leo's mum and dad. Four years ago they lost their house in the floodings and as a result had to rebuild in a new area. God willing they will move in, in the next few weeks.
On our return, whilst driving through Hungary, Leo temporarily lost the sight in his right eye. At first an embolism of the retina was diagnosed but on visiting an eye specialist in Italy, he was told that it was a spasm of the muscle behind the eye. This was probably due to dehydration and stress on the eye.
The driving in Romania has really deteriorated and we had a few near misses. On one occassion a man overtookus dangerously on a stretch of road where there were road works, throwing stones onto the car. As a result of this our windscreen shattered and had to be replaced. We do thank God for his protection on all our travelling as we do clock up quite a number of kilometers, that He kept us safe and free from harm.
We'll more than likely being going back to Romania next year, so why not come and join us? Contact GLO Motherwell for further details.

Avellino Team

The team in September was another great experience. We had a fantastic group of young people and one 'young at heart'! We taught english in the mornings and in the evenings we were out in the open air performing mimes, singing, giving testimonies and bringing God's Word to the people. On the last day of the team we were able to take part in the baptisms of four people which was special as Virginia who accepted the Lord during the team last year, was one of those being baptised. Were also had an international evening where the parents and relatives of the children who came to the english course were invited. The children performed the song 'our God is big' and acted out the parable of the prodigal son. We also had a special breakfast meeting for ladies where Angie brought the message 'satisfied - even with unfulfilled desires'. New contacts were made and old ones strengthened, so we look to God to water and harvest all that was done in His name during these ten days. Another special event for us was in having Thomas Wright from Liberty Church in Bellshill along to do the bible teaching. Leo was his sunday school teacher when we were at Roman Road Hall. (Boy do we feel old)!!!