A Park and a Conversation

Good morning from Moldova!

After a good night's sleep and a spoonful of Nescafe, we are ready to get to work!

Yesterday, we had a great day at the park! It was national Children's Day and the local mayor makes a point to create events at local parks for families to enjoy. Our friends at God's Design Church were given a plot of land along the main thoroughfare to set up some games and, of course, asked us "Amerikans" to help out. We had an awesomme time getting to interact (more or less) with countless families. It's amazing what a smile can communicate when words in English just don't do the trick. If nothing else, (and aside from handfuls of candy and balloons)the locals walked away knowing that there's an unusual group of Moldovans in Chisinau that cares about their families and isn't trying to make a profit.

Tonight we will resume our Starting Point training. It looks like we will have about 15-20 potential leaders come, which is truly a blessing. If you are reading this on Thursday morning, please remember us around noon today in prayer. We will be resuming the training around 7 p.m. Moldova time. Our goal tonight is to "model" a typical Starting Point conversation in order to show them what this just may look like on their own turf-- tough questions and all. Please pray that God would use us to clearly demonstrate this experience and that God will overcome any language barriers.

I'm looking forward to see how God will continue to move here in the next few days!

Eric