Thursday church service, Friday Lunch

On Thursday Ramona and I went to Salonta, a suburb of Oradea, with a Romanian Baptist Pastor. The Romanian Baptist Church was GORGEOUS, and the service was very nice. Ramona played the piano while I sang "Miracles" from Prince of Egypt for the congregation. :-D If I do say so myself, she and I make an AWESOME team!!!
Me in the Balcony of the Sanctuary. Beautiful honey-colored wood was everywhere.
Pastor Galgis(h) took us to a small Gypsy church in the 'downtown' part of Salonta. Quite a stark contrast, dont you think? But you can tell the Gypsy pastors really love their church.
This little girl is the daughter of the pastor, and her name is Rahela, the Romanian form of Rachel. So we took a picture together. Also in the picture is her brother and dad.
Pastor Galgis(h) asked me to pray (that is him on the far right, in the blue shirt) and then he and the pastors sang a Romanian worship song for me. I prayed that the Lord would strengthen the pastors, protect them and all the Gypsies from the attacks of the Devil, and fill the Church to overflowing with Gypsies who loved God. From the overflow I prayed God would plant many more churches. Ramona translated my English prayer into Romanian, and each time I paused and she translated, a hearty "AMIN!" filled the room from everyone else in it. When I finished, all the Gypsies had tears in their eyes. It was very touching.
Pastor Galgis(h) also showed us the after-school English class he has as a ministry to kids in the neighborhood. They were very excited to have a 'real live' American help them with their pronounciation. As you can see, they weren't exactly the shyest kids I've ever met....
This little boy, Benny, was my favorite. He kept watching me when he thought I wasn't looking. he was also Hungarian, which made it difficult for Pastor Galgis(h) and Ramona to explain how to pronounce some of the English words, because the way they would explain it to a Romanian accent was different for a Hungarian accent. Since I speak some Hungarian, I was able to help him which was COOL. Once some of the kids found out I spoke Hungarian, a bunch of them popped up and started jabbering in Hungarian. :-D
Dee Klass. The class. :-)
A street in Salonta from the view of the Church.
The Sanctuary in the Church. GORGEOUS!
Pastor Domnisoara Rahela. ;-) Pastor Galgis(h)'s idea, not mine, so don't take ME to the axe! ;-)

The sign says, "Biserica Baptista Betel." Or, "Bethel Baptist Church"
The Walking Street in Oradea. :-) Where Ramona and I had lunch yesterday

Ramona and her delicious Cardon Bleu sandwhich that we bought for only 5 lei ($3.50-ish)
Me eating lunch :-D The sandwhich was as delicious as it was HUGE!!!There was some sort of Cultural festival going on while we were walking around. So now you get to see some traditional Romanian dress. :-)
Oradea at night from the view of the hilltop where Ramona and Corina live, and where the Orphanage is/was. (currently needs remodeling before they can take in more kids)The Catholic church where the British Pest and I went yesterday evening to see the gorgeous inside, and accidently got there just in time for Mass. Woops! It was awesome but all in Hungarian, so we didn't stay for all of it. But it was interesting. The singing was GORGEOUS!!

Okay well I am leaving Oradea at about 3 this afternoon and will arrive in Huedin at about 5. From there Nicolae will pick me up and drive me to his house where Silvana his wife will meet me and we will have a jolly time catching up until about 1 am at the earliest. ;-)
Aftwerwhich, we will most likely go to bed and wake up groggy but go to Cluj Napoca for Church and then one of the Gypsy villages in the afternoon. :-)

So please pray for protection for me as I travel alone on the train, and that God will use the Hagiu's and me mightily for the next two weeks as we serve amongst the Gypsies.
God bless!!!

~PrincessOuch~