Our beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord,

We are grateful to the Lord for every day of life that we receive as a gift from the Him. We pray and wish that God will use us, as He wants. Through God's grace, we continue to work with the hope of being of help to those who need us, especially to the sick and widows.

Lately I have put aside more time for Ruben and Cristian, two young people who are very dear to me and for whom I pray that they will get closer to God and be useful in the Lord's work. Ruben lives in Bucerdea Granoasa and is the son of Ionela and Elemer, the dear brother who passed away in 2023, at the age of 52. On this occasion, together with Rachela I also spent time with Ionela, who is going through a harder time. Brother Elemer was born in February and the day that would have been his birthday was a very hard one for us, but especially for Ionela and their children. A couple of days ago, it was also Sister Ionela's birthday. We try to stay close to them, encourage them in the Lord and offer support at least through our presence, prayers and words.

As I have written before, during the winter months we gather on every Friday evening, for fellowship and prayer in the Word, in one of brothers and sisters house. The nephew of a sister from the church, Peter, was also present at the last couple of meetings, along with his daughter, Anca. He also has a son, Ionut, who have participated in the last few VBSs that we organized. God worked in such a way, that following one of the VBSs, he expressed his desire to go to a Christian summer camp. Through God's grace, he spent a beautiful week there, learning more about the Gospel. At the end of the week, I went to pick him up and bring him back to Mihalt, where his dad, Peter, was waiting for him. That's when I have met him for the first time and ever since, we have kept in touch. We pray and we wish for them to know the Lord Jesus as much as possible and to surrender their lives into His hand.

Beyond the ministry in the churches, we are moving forward with the work in the school. We strive to be a positive example, both for students and for those who are employees of the school. We face all kinds of challenges, but with the help of the Lord we move forward.