It's Official

This past Saturday was a huge day for us and many people here. The church in Tsigmandru was officially organized and the building was dedicated. This was the culmination of four years of work and planning. Our church, Pearce Memorial, has sent a group every year to work on the building. It has been a blessing for everyone who came on those short term missions trips, to see the building go from concept, with four stakes in the ground, to completion. It has been a frantic three weeks working up the the dedication day getting everything completed. It was especially inspiring to me to see the people of the village come together and work night and day to finish their church. There now are three Church of the Nazarene in Romania, one in Bucharest, Sighisoara, and now Tsigmandru. Pastors, church leaders, and people from all these churches came together in Tsigmandu for the building dedication, official church organization, and their district conference. Twenty-two people were made the first members of the church after it was officially organized. Here are some pictures, I will put up an album of pictures with the finished church, it is amazing indeed. The main theme of the weekend was that this is not the end, but only the beginning of a Ministry Center that will change lives in Tsigmandru and the surrounding villages. Maurice