The Big Move

We have some big news!!!

We will be moving to Oradea Romania in the end of May (don't have a specific date yet). It is something the Lord put on both of hearts to do probably around 8 months ago or so. We have just been pretty much praying and waiting and then we were presented with an amazing opportunity. We were invited to lead a small team (there are 7 of us all together including me, Matt and Kylie) that will be going to Romania.

Initially we will be partnering up with a ministry over there called Pathway to Joy. We will be coming along side of them as we acclamate to the culture and basically we will be lending a helping hand. There is a great need there but not enough workers.

"Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." (Matthew 9:35-38)

Our goal is to eventually start a church out there. Our heart is to reach out to the gypsie communities and the large orphan population and meet practical needs as well as provide a sense of hope and belonging. My personal desire is to extend the same love of Christ to them that healed my heart when I lost my parents. I understand what if feels like to have no sense of belonging and to feel abandoned. One of my biggest fears when I lost my parents was that I would never again experience the intimate love that only a mother and father can give. When I married Matt, his family opened their hearts to me and allowed the love of Christ to flow freely from them and it healed my little broken heart. I long to do the same thing for others. To give the same love that was given to me. The love that enabled me to open my heart up again and to love people. I know we call it "church" but in reality it is a hospital. A place for people to come, rest and be healed. I just so desperately desire to be used in any way I can be to help people experience the healing power of the love of Jesus.

If any of you feel led to invest in us or in what God is doing in Romania that would be awesome! We will need monthly support but would also appreciate a one time donation as well. You would not only be investing in us, but you would also be sharing in the fruit of God's work, laying up treasures in heaven :p (Also it would be a tax write off.) But really, any words of encouragement or prayers are most certainly welcome and appreciated!! We are embarking on a huge adventure but are excited to see all that the Lord will do!!!

Here is the link if anyone feels led to invest: www.mogiv.com/rockmissions/loronafamily

"Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot form their faces like barbed lightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expression could easily be mistaken for ferocity."

~C.S. Lewis

Love you guys!

Matt and Sarena