Preaching Baptist Baptism, the Blood, the Book, and the Blessed Hope
PRAYER LETTER FOR MAY, 2010
“All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen” (Titus 3:15).First, From Brother Raul:
ROMANIA NEWS:
From Brother Curtis:
I am continually amazed, very pleasantly and thankfully so, that we
continue to receive requests for literature almost daily. Brother
Aurel stays quite busy not only in producing the needed literature, but
also in mailing it out. Most of it goes to addresses here in Romania,
but also to other countries around the world.
Right now our Risograph (digital duplicator) is broken. It does not
sound like an expensive part, but the knife that cuts the paper masters
used in each printing run is jammed. According to the info given
us over the telephone, it probably needs replacing. This involves
a trip to Cluj-Napoca (5 hours each way) to the dealer. Hopefully
this trip can be made later this month before our supply of literature
runs out. It is difficult to catch up when items become out of stock,
as you may imagine.
The last month has been rainy and cool here in Romania. There has
been so much rain that some homes have been flooded and others washed away
by raging mountain streams. Probably the vegetable gardens will not
produce much this year. About half of the people in Romania depend
on their gardens for much of their food. There will be little to
harvest this year from their gardens, I fear. All this rain
also means that the rivers are high, making it impossible to baptize until
the waters recede a bit. The Danube is not only flooding here in
Romania, but also upstream in Hungary. There is much flooding on
the tributaries of the Danube upstream in other countries, also (such as
Poland).
ON THE OKLAHOMA FRONT:
Transition Funds:
Special offerings for our transition to Oklahoma were received this month
from Grace Baptist Church in Melbourne, FL where Elder Ed Bowen is pastor.
We also received an offering from the South Irvine Baptist Church, Irvine,
KY where Elder Donnie Burford is pastor and also from Grace Baptist Church,
Fairmont, GA where Elder Al Lyons is pastor. We received also an offering
from the Faith Baptist Church, Seffner, FL where Elder J.W. Carr is pastor.
We are grateful for these Churches and their kind and generous help towards
our being settled in Oklahoma.
Shipment of Goods: The first estimate on shipping our goods
to the U.S. was just too costly, so we pared down by about one-third what
we are taking back. It looks like it is going to cost us about $3,000.00
to get our goods to New Orleans. Then we will need to rent a truck
(“UHaul”) to get them up to Oklahoma. Please add this matter to your
prayer requests for us.
I am very thankful to have a Church that stands behind us in our missionary
efforts. Brother Jerry Dodson (our pastor) has repeatedly assured
us of their support in continuing the Romanian work from our base in Oklahoma.
We expect to remain busy with not only prayer and administrative duties,
but also in the translation and editing of sound literature. Two
of the male members of our Church have volunteered to assist in the loading,
etc., of our goods in Louisiana and also in driving them to Oklahoma and
unloading them there. This is a great relief to Janet and me as we
cannot do these things on our own due to physical limitations. Praise
the Lord for our Church!
Housing: While framing and brick work has started on some
of the houses where we expect to live, they cannot yet give me a firm move-in
date. So we stay busy here and also are finalizing all the paperwork
needed for the international shipment of our personal effects.
Whoops! I am out of space again! Thank you all – each and every
one of you – who stand with us in the work here! By your giving and
your prayers you are partners with us – you enable us to do the work God
has set before us.
Thank you!
Please pray for the Pughs, and for Brothers Raul and Aurel!
In the cause of God and truth.
Curtis & Janet Pugh
curtis@abaptistvoice.com
Preaching Baptist Baptism, the Blood, the Book, and the Blessed Hope