It's a Small World After All

Today we went to church in Oradea.  It was so great to worship there and hear the Word.  We hadn't been able to attend the last few weeks so we were really excited to go today.  There was a team of about sixteen people visiting from the US at church today.  The team from New Albany, Indiana, is here helping our friend Rachel's foundation.  As we were talking to them Todd mentioned that his family is from the same town.  They thought it was neat and started talking about their favorite haunts in New Albany.  Then something really funny happened.  The lady we were talking to told us that her old neighbors' nephew had also recently moved to Romania with his wife to work with orphans.  We thought it was mere coincidence.  Then see said her neighbors were the Meyers, Carl and Rosie Meyer.  We just started laughing because we realized the neighbors were Todd's great-aunt and uncle.  It was so neat!  The team was also excited to go back and tell Carl and Rosie that they had seen their nephew and wife.  We sent hugs their way of course.

The message today was also very encouraging.  First of all, Todd and I were able to piece it together without an interpreter (woo-hoo way to go us!).  It really encouraged us to see that our language acquisition is progressing.  Todd even helped some of the people visiting understand a bit of what was going on!  Anyways, the message was on fears and how we should not have them because God has the victory over everything.  I know it's a message that we hear often, but the speaker made a point that blew me away.  He said that instead of talking or focusing on what scares us or why it scares us we should focus and spend our time thinking about how God will change our situation and make it a victory.  This was so encouraging!  Just wanted to share it with you in case it might encourage you today.