Curtis Pugh
Missionary to Romania
Sponsored by the Grace
Bible Baptist Church
26080 Wax Road
Denham Springs, LA,
70726
Elder Jerry Dodson
Sr. - Pastor
(225) 664 – 3223
jerrydodsonsr@wmconnect.com
www.geocities.com/heartland/grove/3718
Field address: Curtis
Pugh
str. Izvor nr. 3
Bocsa, C-S, 325300
Romania
Telephone: 011 40
255 555 136
E-mail: curtis@xnet.ro
PRAYER LETTER FOR
JUNE, 2008
Wednesday, July 16,
2008
Dear Pastors and Churches:
“All that
are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be
with you all. Amen” (Titus 3:15).
Greetings
to all of you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ! Grace be with
you!
Meetings,
Conferences: Since our last letter another mission trip has been
completed. Again, due to expenses, I was not able to go, but Brothers
Raul and Aurel were away in meetings Sunday through Thursday, June 22nd
through Friday, June 27th. Meetings were held in 3 locations during
this period of time with good attention to the Bible preaching and teaching.
Literature was also distributed to interested persons. Results are
in God’s hands, of course, but we see evidence of His work in that some
people are standing for the truth and are wanting scriptural baptism /
Church membership. It is a fact that organized religionists oppose
these people, but they continue to stand. Pray for them, please!
Visitors:
Both in Filiasi and in Bocsa we have had returning and first time visitors
since our last letter. Attendance in Filiasi has grown as some visitors
are becoming regular in their attendance. To visit our services almost
always brings down the wrath of the worldly religious leaders of the various
groups, so we ask for your prayers for those who dare to attend our meetings.
Baptisms:
At present there are 4 adults who have verbally expressed a desire for
baptism. There are at least 9 others who regularly attend our meetings
whom we know need Scriptural baptism. There may be others to whom
God will make known His will in this matter. We have an outdoor baptistery
that the brothers constructed in Filiasi and expect to use it as other
baptisteries are not available to us and the Romanian rivers are the most
polluted in Europe. We have been searching for a portable baptistery
and have even considered a small inflatable swimming pool. A more
substantial fiberglass tank would require some kind of trailer to transport
it and space to use it – a problem when people live in the old Communist-style
apartment blocks or whose houses have no space around them for a portable
pool or a tank. Pray for the people needing baptism, please!
Church
Organization: We are preparing to organize a new sovereign grace
missionary Baptist Church here in Romania. At present we have 5 adult
men, all scripturally baptized, who desire to be organized into a Church.
They are well taught in the Scriptures and we are presently preaching messages
regarding the more practical aspects of Church life. Toward that
end we are preparing our Church’s doctrinal statement and a Church covenant
in the Romanian language. We think it best to organize the new Church
first and then to allow them to baptize those of their families and neighbors
presently awaiting baptism. These men have made it clear that they
want me to continue to preach to them as I have occasion and to help them
as I am able. This is a big step for them!
Medical:
Janet and I are about the same, health-wise. My hemoglobin remains
stable. We made the trip to Budapest and I was examined by the dermatologist
and lab work started. A week later I received word of a prescription
that I need and the prescription was mailed to me and after a trip to nearby
Szeged, Hungary I now have it. Treatment has begun and we wait to
see the results.
Summer
Projects: The painting of the windows and doors at the rear of
the mission property has been completed! We still have concerns about
the needed fence, the cracks in the outside walls of the building, the
leaky old windows, the winter tires needed and the needed central heating
unit. I wrote about these things in last month’s prayer letter.
We ask you to continue to pray about these concerns.
Russian
Translation: We are happy to announce that the Russian translation
project is completed and in the hands of the brothers in Siberia. I refer
to T.P. Simmons’ book, SYSTEMATIC BIBLE DOCTRINE as outlined by Elder Tom
Ross. We have also transferred the final payment to the translators
in the Republic of Moldova, and have also forwarded the $500 for the printing
of the book to Siberia. (All this is reflected in the current financial
report – special section.) However, there is one problem. So
much time has expired since the estimate of the cost of printing was made
that another $100 is required to print the book. The problem is compounded
because in order to get $100 to the brothers in Siberia, it costs $40 to
make the bank to bank transfer in the U.S. and the Russian bank charges
$30 to receive the money and put it in the proper account. So the
total needed is the $100 plus another $70 in bank charges. If additional
funds are not forthcoming from the Churches for this purpose, we will meet
the cost of the $170. Perhaps some others would want to not only
help with this cost, but make up a financial gift for the needs of the
preachers in Siberia so that we could transfer a larger sum to them for
the same cost. It seems a shame to spend $70 just to give them $100
when they could get more money for the same price. I don’t know if
this is a good idea or not, but ask you all to pray about this, please.
Funds marked for the purpose would need to be in our Louisiana bank account
by the end of August in order to do this. The brothers in Siberia
have not asked for this, I just know a little about their poverty, their
needs and their faithful stand for the Word of God.
I see that I am about out of space once again! Please know that we
are full of thankful praise to the Father for your faithful help in this
missionary effort. So, to each Church and to each individual that
help us with your financial gifts, your cards, letters and e-mails, and
most of all, your prayers, we say a heartfelt THANK YOU! Please continue
to pray for the Pughs and Brother Raul and Brother Aurel.
Our prayers for you are that God will bless and use you all in your places
of service to Him!
In the cause of God and truth with you,
Curtis and Janet Pugh
curtis@xnet.ro
Preaching
Baptist Baptism, the Blood, the Book, and the Blessed Hope
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