Who's Got Time To Slow Down?!

​We hope you are enjoying the beauty of Fall whether that means bright sun, rainy days or like our hometown of Edmonton snow and freezing temperatures! Here in Romania, Fall has kicked off in big ways as we’ve joined in for the yearly harvest. We were quite excited, though exhausted, from picking our potatoes, peppers, onions, and carrots, but it’s given us great insight and respect for how hard everyone works in our village as our garden was about 1/5 the size of most!

We usually catch up on a lot of our administrative work during the month of September and October as ministry slows down a bit after summer camps, yet this year has proved to be quite different. Aside from the usual ministry that kicks off in September like Paul’s preaching and my English classes, we had the opportunity to run a couple of new ministries.

In September we were invited by the Hungarian Baptist Seminary to run a 2-week English intensive course at the camp property! This was extremely exciting for a number of reasons. One, this is a great partnership for the camp to do practical ministry that will directly affect the church mission in Romania. The seminary has made it mandatory that all its students must learn English as it allows for more global mission relationships and partnerships. It was truly an honour culturally, for me to teach these pastors to become more proficient in English. The seminary also wanted to open up the class to outside individuals, which led to 2 other young men joining the program. The second reason this was exciting was because it was the first on-the-property-program that we’ve been able to run!! This was an exciting “first” of many for the camp. The 2 weeks went by fast, yet they were full of learning, and growing both with English and our faith. We look forward to how this partnership may continue and grow in the future.