I like and fear building things. I love seeing the transformation and progress but struggle when I don’t know what to do or do not see the kind of result I had envisioned. In life and ministry, we see this playing out metaphorically and literally.

BULBOCI EVANGELISTIC BIBLE STUDY
We are now about a month away from the New Testament and life of the Deliverer, the Lord Jesus Christ. Those coming have been building their beliefs on what they are personally reading in the Scripture rather than man’s faulty ideas. Some have been verbalizing their concern over their sin and are seeing their need for salvation. Not only is the group being built in doctrine but also in number. I was excited when another lady and her son started coming to the study for several weeks, but they have not come the last couple weeks. Please continue to pray for this group to receive salvation and building their lives on the foundation of Christ and His Word.

TAMARA
I honestly cannot think of anyone I personally know whose life looks so much like the life of Job in the Bible. After her last surgery, a group of people and family donated money for a well to be dug next to her house. Currently, she and her husband (who walks on crutches from an accident 25 years ago) have to pay someone to bring water from the closest well, which is down the road. A large amount of money was spent to buy the concrete rings and labor for the well. Shortly after we visited her, one of the workers went down to resolve a problem due to the amount of sand at that depth, and the walls caved in, burying the worker up to the neck. Tamara was so stressed from the news that something burst in her forehead, resulting in enormous swelling under the skin which spread and ended up having to be operated on. Praise the Lord that the man in the well was able to be rescued alive, but Tamara was left with another surgery, more medical debt, and still no well. Please pray for her to continue trusting the Lord despite the sequential hardships.

PETRU
If Tamara has been buried with problems, Petru has gone through the fire. At 90 years of age, his mobility is hindered. Due to the propane line to his gas stovetop leaking, he had a fire in his house. Thank the Lord that he was able to get out with only some burns around his lower legs. He was not able to come to the Bulboci church services for several weeks while he was recovering. I have been encouraged in seeing his faith built through his own reading through the Gospels. Jacob found the Gospels in a very large print, which has enabled Petru to read on his own. His understanding of Christ and the Gospel is gaining more clarity. Please pray for Petru to clearly understand and believe the Gospel.

SECERIȘ (seh-cher-REESH)
In the Fall, believers here usually celebrate a Harvest Sunday, thanking the Lord for the harvest. We had our second annual seceriș in Soroca and held our first one in the Bulboci church plant this year. At the service in Bulboci, three from my evangelistic Bible study came.

BOOTH’S VISIT
Sometimes we are built up emotionally and spiritually through friends. Long-time friends, Joshua and Melissa Booth (church planters in the United Kingdom), came to visit our family and a couple other families here in Moldova. Their visit was like a cup of cold water on a hot day. We were refreshed and encouraged. We thank the Lord that He knows just how and when to build us up through others.

A SHED
Really, I mean a literal shed. Our family project at home right now has been building a shed to hold tools and gardening items. The old house we currently store our items is falling apart and is getting too dangerous to keep it around. Please pray for wisdom as we work to finish it, Lord willing, in a week or two.

Thank you for your part in the building process here in Moldova. May the Lord continue to build lives in Moldova.