Preparing for 2018

The Trinity Romania Missions team is preparing for the 2018 trip. The team members are being finalized and the itinerary is being worked on. Please be in prayer for all of the planning.

You can visit the What You Can Do page of this site for prayer requests and donation information. 

We look forward to introducing this years team in early January! 

Young Friends at the Danube Delta

Our team traveled all the way across Romania and down to the Danube Delta. While there we got to spend some time with some young friends. We sang, played games, and laughed a lot! You can watch a very short video clip of a couple of the songs we sang together. There were more pictures taken, however the cable didn't make the trip with us, so we may get to see them later. But for now, enjoy the short video.

BBQ with the Young Adults

Great weather, great friends, great food, great fun! We had an incredible time on Saturday with the youth from Bethel Baptist. We had a beautiful country setting for our BBQ. This gave our team lots of time to visit and get to know more of the young adults from Bethel. Enjoy the pictures!

Great Group! Fun Day!

Fun Times

A Universal Language

Sunglasses!

Making Coleslaw

Delicious Meal!

Friends

Stephanie Giving Lessons

Group Singing

Ninja

Great Time Singing on Sunday

Sunday our team had a great time worshipping with our Romanian brothers and sisters at Bethel, in Arad. We hope you can get a taste of how wonderful it was from this medley of songs.

Great Time at High School in Arad!

We had an incredible time visiting in a local high school in Arad! The students prepared some wonderful music for us and were very gracious as we sang and spoke with them. What a wonderful group! They were engaged and joined with us by singing and clapping along. Our team had a a great time!

Church at San Martin

We had the opportunity to visit our friends in San Matrin on Tuesday. It was a wonderful time of singing, testimonies, and visiting. We thank them for welcoming us and spending time with us.

God Provides The Adventure!

Stephanie

I'm about to go on an adventure. It's not a spontaneous quest to satisfy the wanderlust of my curious and daring notions. 

In fact, it's not spontaneous at all. It's an adventure with a purpose. I began planning to go to Romania again long before typing out this blog post. God has been, and willing continue to, provide and to prepare my heart. rather than springing from the desire to travel, the motivation behind this new journey is to share the most beautiful news I have ever heard with those that I will meet. It is to encourage those who have already heard and believed in the only One able to take them from death to life. It is to dare them to live wide open in obedience to their Savior and King while rebelling against apathy and conformity. It's to embolden them to "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles" and "run with perseverance the race marked out" for them (Hebrews 12:1). 

As someone who needs to preach the good news of the Gospel to myself on a regular basis, because I am so quick to forget what Christ has done on my behalf, and as someone who knows all too well the struggle of "throwing off everything that hinders," I am humbled that God has called me and all those who claim the name of Christ to share His message with those who will hear it. It is a message that applies regardless of age, nationality, or gender (Galatians 3:28). In Christ, there is hope that crosses borders, and I am willing to cross borders to share it (Mark 16:15).

Some might ask, "Can't you do that without leaving your own country?" The simple answer is, yes. Yes, we could stay in our hometowns and share the truth of Christ as we have opportunity. I'm burdened for my own country. I love Americans. I pray that each person I interact with in my "neck of the woods" would be drawn to Christ by my life. But I also know that God's plan and His Body is world-wide, and we currently have the freedom and opportunity to share the truth with people in Romania and encourage them by our presence. To those who ask, "Why are you going to Romania again?" I simply say in response, (and I believe my team would echo this), "Why not?"

Unlike most trips American take to other countries, my team and I will not be building houses, working in orphanages, or digging wells. Our "work" cannot be measured. We will be traveling throughout the country, sharing our testimonies, singing, and worshipping God with natives. We'll share the gospel in a high school and at a children's camp, get to know the young people there, and spend time encouraging those we've built relationships with in previous years. I pray God uses us, but I know He will use the Romanians to encourage and challenge us as well.

Three years ago as I traveled Romania, the stories I heard of persecution and God's goodness strengthened my faith. The older Christians there who had lived through communism did not have the dispositions of those who had been beaten down and discouraged. Granted, it had been quite a while since communism had been overthrown  in Romania (1989), but many of them had joy they couldn't contain. It was a deep joy that has known God's presence in desperate times. Being in another country also showed me in a greater way how HUGE God is.

You see, I'm not one to seek adventure. I have learned that as I seek God, He provides the adventure. His adventures are ones I certainly don't want to miss. Please pray for our team as we go and while we are there. We would greatly appreciate your prayers. Please don't spend this vapor-life (James 4:14) without knowing the One who created you and loves you enough to provide the Way of escape from sin and death (John 14:6). 

Introducing the 2017 Team!

2017 Romania Team

THIS IS A FIRST!

We have an all girls team.  We are very excited about the team that God has put together.  We have four members who are returning and two first-timers!

The itinerary is still being fine tuned, however the plan is for us to continue to speak and sing in a number of village churches, a high school, and spending time talking with everyone we can.

Check back often to read what the team members are thinking about as they prepare to depart in May!

The Team Is Set!

The 2017 team is set and we will be purchasing our airline tickets very soon.  You should check out our About The Team page and get to know who will be in Romania this year.  

God has put together a unique team and we are expecting Him to do some interesting and exciting things as we prepare to go and while we are in the country!

More news and updates coming soon.  Off to Romania we go again!