BIEMs of Light: February 2004

Praises – Rejoice with us!

v      Prayer has been requested for Margie Canaday, wife of BIEM’s director for Romania and Moldova twice in this publication.  She has been undergoing treatments for lymphoma.  We are rejoicing that a recent test indicated that she is cancer free!   Margie has two more treatments and then is on a three-month screening watch. Praise God!

v      Tim Smith, BIEM’s missionary in far northern Russia had also been mentioned for prayer concerning vision problems on a previously operated eye.  After recent surgery for which many were praying, Tim reports that his vision has been restored to 20/20 with the aid of glasses.

v      The ministry of Alexander Shestov, BIEM’s national missionary working in Otradnoe recently faced a crisis after their ministry van wore out beyond repair and their car was wrecked in an accident.  Praise God for an excellent response from supporters who gave over $13,000.  A reliable van was purchased meeting the needs of this church planting work, which includes a regular ministry to orphans and the needy.

v      Praise God for the generous assistance of the charitable foundation Jehovah-Jireh, which has recently provided grants to help BIEM church building programs in Desna, Ukraine and Fetesti, Romania.

Prayer – Pray with us!

v      In Tandarei and Slobodzia, Romania, BIEM national missionary Iulian Stoian has had some remarkable opportunities to minister in an orphanage and public school.  Brother Stoian also reports a changing attitude among their neighbors who are warming up to the ministry of the new church.  Pray for brother Stoian as he continues these efforts.

v      Please pray that we will be able to ship our next container this coming month.  The company providing the container that we were supposed to fill with Gospel Literature and humanitarian aid on February 7^th, ran into problems that resulted in volunteers ready to load a container but no container to load!  This turned out to be God’s hand of mercy since the area where this was to be done was covered with such treacherously slippery ice that loading the container as we had planned would have been extremely difficult and dangerous.  As it turned out we had an unusual amount of items coming in which needed to be unloaded and stored so that the volunteers turned out have plenty to do with some great fellowship.  Praise God that the $1,500 still needed to cover the cost of shipping this container has been provided!

v      The new church in Snitinka is conducting evangelistic meetings this month.  Please pray that the films and Bible distributions being planned will be fruitful.

v     BIEM missionaries Adrian and Simona Neagu lost one of their twin girls in childbirth.  Simona and the surviving baby girl are recovering in the hospital.  Please pray for this family in the midst of both sorrow and joy.