Dear brothers and sisters,
For our church in Sohodol and for the Ignat family, the beginning of February was very sad because Sister Lili (which was not yet 54 years old) went to be with the Lord. She had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for the past year and despite all the treatment that seemed to be going well, she passed away.
She is survived by her husband Benone and two children, Andrea and Andrei, who are very affected now. They are in great need of support in prayer and spiritual counseling (Sister Lili's mother also died last fall). I promised them that I would visit them as often as I can, and also encourage their brothers in the church.
Every evening of the vigil (there were two vigils held at the church in Sohodol) was attended by 40-50 people, mostly non-believers from Sohodol. This was a good opportunity for evangelization. At the funeral there were over 40 people, only their relatives (mostly non-believers, some were very, very attentive to the Word of God)
Also this month at both churches, Ponorel and Sohodol, there were many cases of very, very bad flu. I pray every night that the Heavenly Father will protect me and give me health every day.
At the church in Ponorel, brother Mircea (who had heart surgery last year) has been very sick with the flu for 3 weeks. He is the church deacon and a key figure in the ministry among the brothers. I and the whole church are praying for him and his entire family.
Please pray for sister Lili’s family left behind, her husband and the 2 children and also pray for our church deacon, brother Mircea.
Thank you for praying for us (this is a great encouragement) and we in return will pray for the entire HCBC church.
In His service
Florin and Magda Botar - PIEI Romania Missionaries