Blessing newborn

I praise and exalt the Lord for the fact that He wonderfully cares about His ministry.

This month we had the blessing of a child in the church, a girl named Evelina, and children from our Sunday School also participated in this ministry. They had a rich program, with songs, poems, through this, they congratulated the newborn.

We prayed over the newborn and handed it over to the Lord because only the Lord could bless this baby and her parents. At this holiday, unbelieving relatives were present, of this young family and at this ministry, they heard the word of God. We pray for these unbelievers, that the Lord will touch their hearts. Thank you for your help.

Sincerely, Missionary PIE Gortopan Mihai.

Family Holiday in our busy days

I send the great greetings to everyone who prays for us and supports us!

I praise and thank the Lord because He miraculously took care of the ministry that we bring to God.

Our church, together with two other churches in this month, organized Evangelization called (Family Holiday), which was located in a restaurant. Believers of the family had invited unbelieving families, where they had fellowship at the table of love. Here they heard spiritual instruction, spiritual psalms, had useful conversations among themselves.

Seventy percent of the people gathered were unbelievers. There was a very good atmosphere, everyone was happy and contented. All costs for the restaurant, believing families took over.

We pray that the Lord will bless this ministry, and the seed of the Lord that has been sown in their heart, will germinate and bear much fruit.

Best regards,

Pastor Gortopan Mihai

Reaching the Unsaved

In February I made a lot of visits in which I had the opportunity to share the Gospel to the Lord’s children as well to the unsaved people. I am glad that we regularly have unsaved people from our community who attend our Sunday services. This month, a woman who has gone through health problems remembering her father who was faithful started to come to church. Pray with us for this person who is seeking God, to understand the Scripture, and start to follow Jesus Christ as her father. 

Later in February, we had a funeral where many unbelievers listened to the Gospel. The deceased had relatives with studies, having high positions in society. It is hard to invite such people to church or to an outreach as they usually refuse to attend church on the basis of not having time, but on such occasions as funerals they have the opportunity to listen to the Word. During the sermon, we urged people to read the Scripture, for only through the Word we can truly know Christ and the path that leads to His kingdom. I pray for those people to be searched by the Word of God that is alive and works. 

Sermon on the Mount

This month our youth along with other young people from other churches in the district had a Bible study in the church of village Marshinets. They have studied the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew 5, beautiful teachings that the Lord Jesus gave to the multitudes that were gathered, still current nowadays, for us who live in the 21st century. They are good promises for young people to find their happiness in Christ in the beautiful teachings of Scripture.

Thank you so much for supporting us in the ministry and praying for us. And we pray for you and for all your prayer requests. I wish in the future to remain partners and coworkers together.

Sincerely, Gortopan Mihai.

Holiday Joy

January was a blessed month in which we could preach the Gospel lots of times. We celebrated Christmas on the 7th of January and went caroling thorough the village of Tarasauts and the neighboring village of Vanchikauts. We invited everybody we saw to a special Christmas program at church and most of them responded to our invitation. The youth, the church choir and the children praised the Child Who came to Earth to die for our sins through songs, poetry and skits. It was a beautiful holiday atmosphere which brought us lots of joy. I pray for everybody who heard the Gospel to be touched by God and make a good decisions for themselves.   

Unplanned Evangelism

Also in January we held three funeral ceremonies at which we could preach and lots of unsaved people could hear the Gospel. The Bible says that “through the sadness of the face the heart is getting better (Eccl. 7:4)”. That is why the funeral ceremonies are unplanned evangelisms at which people come and hear the Gospel. Let us pray for every person who hears the Gospel!

Thank you for supporting the missionary work in Ukraine. You are a great help and a blessing to us. We wish God to take care of you. We love you and pray for you.

Best regards

Gortopan Mihai

Wrapping up 2018

We praise the Lord for the blessings of 2018. We thank God for leading us and taking care of us amazingly throughout the year. In December I had more free time for visits as the work in the fields finished. In this way I could visit the sick and other members of the church. Through conversations I could understand the personality and the mood of the other person well. I could encourage and comfort them through the Word of God that can relieve and solve any problems. I met unsaved people to whom I told about the great God’s plan of salvation. The last week of the month we met at church for prayer every day. We thanked the Lord for the past year and asked for guidance and blessing for the year to come. We also had a funeral where we preached the Gospel and lots of unsaved people could hear it. Thank you for supporting the ministry in Ukraine. I wish us to continue to be partners in Evangelism. 

Love, Gortopan Mihai