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Psalm 103: 11. ‘For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him’

As high as the heavens are above the earth! This is the extent of His love for me. No height or depth can reach beyond His love, because it is an endless love, without measure, always available and overflowing with goodness.   I read in Proverbs 2: 11 ‘A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver’. My personal Treasure Chest flowing with gifts of His grace, my life enriched with gifts of loyal love, tender compassion. My deepest longing, desires, satisfied with His goodness.

During this month, I have been anxious and yes my tiny seed of faith needs to be rooted deeper. I long to touch the desperate, the lost, the unloved, to tell them there is One who can raise their spirit because His grace is greater that their need. Yet in my private moments of concern, I am assured that He alone is the answer to humanity’s cry.   What physical bread is for the body, He is for the hungry heart. He is the Bread of Life. His invitation so clear: ‘Come Unto Me, You Will Never Hunger’.   This is the definitive answer to all doubt and fear. Read more

He healed them all – the blind, the lame, the palsied
The sick in body and the weak in mind;
Whoever came, no matter how afflicted,
Was sure a sovereign remedy to find.

 His word gave health, His touch restored the vigour
To every weary, pain-exhausted frame;
And all He asked, before He gave the blessing,
Was simple faith in Him, from those who came.

‘GIVE WITH YOUR HEART’ is a feeding programme ministry of Tell Romania. We seek to provide food for the bodies and souls of sixty families in Romania who face terminal illness or extreme poverty. £20 will help feed one family for one month.

 What is my purpose, my goal, as I launch this appeal throughout 2017? My heart is in Romania with those I have learned to love and cherish. I can try to mend their brokenness, relieve their pain, offer food. The Lord Jesus gave much more displaying His love, kindness, tenderness, patience through His compassion and grace toward those who came. He always took time, so why not I? The Lord Jesus is the bread of life and through this appeal, Tell Romania will give, withholding nothing, and in doing so also give the living Word.

 I ask you to remember me as I visit the terminally ill of Emanuel Hospice and the desperately poor families within Casa Grace Foundation. I read in Song of Solomon 1: 7 – ‘Tell me …. where you feed your flock?’ I prayed, ‘Lord tell me, that I may go’. I find all I need through constant communion with Him, reading His word, sharing my heart in private devotion before Him. He will direct; then I will walk in His path with a whole heart.

No one but Jesus can supply our need. I thirst! His presence is my refreshment. And so, where do I feed? In His presence, in the shadow of that rock, where I will be strengthened, safe beside the still waters of His presence. This is my purpose, my goal – to serve with equal expectation, content to rest by His side – He is never too tired to listen, we are never refused entrance into His presence.

The desire of Tell Romania is to share the glory of His presence, where instead of fear of the unknown, His presence will fill their emptiness, bringing comfort, assurance and a hope only to be found in gospel.

Shirley

Below is the monthly flyer for February for distribution to churches and individuals. We encourage you to share. Thank you.

‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you …’ Jer. 1: 5.

Emanuela proved when her world was shattered through the sudden ‘Home Call’ of her beloved Andrei on 26^th October, 2016, Jesus was her peace.   Days of unbearable burden, pain and sorrow. No greater peace can be found than that which is available through our Lord. 

Pastor Andrei Pop and Emanuela were anticipating the birth of their first born child. But the winds of change were to blow cold and chilling days. 

Graciously and without question, Emanuela accepted and faced the role of parenthood alone. She knew and experienced the true meaning of ‘let not your heart be troubled’ and so in perfect trust and acceptance, a contentment fills her heart, knowing her future is secured in God.

I wonder, under what circumstances do we notice God’s presence? In all of life’s insurmountable trials, times of brokenness, we have One who reshapes our life into something beautiful for His glory.

Psa. 139: 16 ‘ Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.’

And so I welcome a special delivery, wrapped up in love, Baby Andreea Abigail Pop.This precious little darling, a miracle of God’s creation and perfection from the Giver of Life.

 Let these tiny little fingers touch your heart – whisper Andreea and remember Emanuela just now in prayer; so many mixed emotions. Hold them both close in heart and prayer. 

Shirley

August 2016 was the last time Carla (Lorena‘s Mum) heard her little girl speak or saw her play in the remote village of Mihai Bravo. Her beautiful dark eyes now dull with pain as she lies day after day unable to communicate. The only sounds heard are those of pain and suffering.

Lorena was in my heart all day yesterday, the freezing conditions in Romania, Minus 15.
My heart ached and I longed to be near her, just to hold her close. In Jer 2: 2 we read ‘I Remember You’ reminding me that I am always in His thoughts. Again as I read in Psa 68: 10 ‘Thou, O God, hast prepared of Thy goodness for the poor’. How our Lord loves and so must I with complete confidence in the Sovereign Goodness of God. Last evening before retiring, I received the attached pictures from Estera; tears filled my eyes as I saw Lorena‘s smile. What a Faithful God we serve, answering my prayer and stilling my heart. You created this smile through your Gift of Love. ‘You gave a cup of water and a bite of bread too’. Thank you.

Andrada (4) (affectionately known as Dada) was diagnosed with cancer 2 years ago. Then, aged only 2, this little darling faced many treatments of chemotherapy. Yesterday her mother received the news her little one has relapsed and she is devastated. Andrada needs to start chemotherapy as soon as possible but her family have no money to pay for the treatment. They are a very poor family who live in a village 40km from Oradea. She will require two rounds of chemo (each one costing 2,000 Euros). But they cannot afford or raise this vast sum of money. The people from the village are seeking to support this family but further urgent help is required. The doctor expressed Andrada has a good chance of survival, although a Bone Marrow Transplant would need to take place in Timisoara during March. These are only two of many!

As I launch ‘GIVE WITH YOUR HEART’ Appeal to run throughout 2017, my ordinary faith needs to become extraordinary, trusting the Lord, knowing that He alone will support it, increasing my faith moment by moment, day by day as I depend on Him. It is not about money or asking for money, it is sharing the passion, the desire of Tell Romania to provide the urgent needs: Monthly Food Provision; Medicines; Finance for Medical Treatments/Scans. But more importantly to share the hope of the Gospel. I ask that you stand with us that God may be glorified and the faith of His children be strengthened. The Orphan without father, mother; the Disabled, weak in mind and body; the Abandoned, crying out just to be loved; the hungry and dying… We can be instrumental in bestowing blessing to those who have no one to care.

Why are so many of God’s people poor, sick? Not mine to question, I must trust knowing that the Lord has infallibly foreknown every one of them and is aware of all the needs of His poor children. I treasure in my heart the words of our Lord: ‘You are poor and needy, but He has thought of you’. £1,000 is our aim each month to enable £500 to be forwarded to Emanuel Hospice and £500 to Casa Grace Foundation to provide food for the poverty stricken families within their care.

Every Home Crusade kindly printed A3 laminated posters for the use of churches, groups, individuals who wish to organise a specific event. If you feel the Lord directing you please contact us:

Tell Romania, B5 Ocean Green, Ocean Drive, Portstewart, Co. Londonderry,
BT57RU.

LOVE INCARNATE, LOVE DIVINE, CAPTIVATE THIS HEART OF MINE, TILL ALL I DO, SPEAKS OF YOU.

Shirley, January 10, 2017