ROMANIA TRIP - MAY 2008
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Pastor Andrew and Paul Duma, from Seattle went to Romania for meetings arranged by a local band called Speranta, which means Hope in Romanian. In 20 days, Pastor Andrew preached 20 times to over 28,000 people in 19 churches and traveled over 3500 kilometers to 16 cities in the country of Romania. Over 550 people made a real commitment to Jesus Christ and 40 people came forward to testify about their healing. |
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June 01, 2008
Today is Sunday, June 1st. I am really excited that this is the last day of the meetings and I will leave Romania tomorrow. We had to leave around 7 AM to the church and it was a long drive Zalau.. The building was a beautiful one. About 400 people had come to the Sunday morning service. I preached a good message and prayed for the sick and about 5 people came forward to receive Jesus when Paul Duma gave the invitation. We finished the meeting and rushed back to Cluj. I had a little rest but had to leave in an hour back to the church. On the way back we stopped at a friend’s house. This lady insisted that she wanted us to stop and give thanks to God. Later I found out that I prayed for her and she was completely healed in her stomach and her husband who was very sick and could not go to work was completely delivered from his sickness and he went back to work the next day. She was so happy that the Lord healed her family and wanted me to come and bless her home. Surely, it encouraged me. As we arrived into the church in Cluj for the evening special service, the Holy Spirit began to speak to me. I could not sit in the service as I was very restless. I had a nice message to preach but the Holy Spirit had a different plan. As this was the 20th
meeting in Romania, I prayed that God should anoint me 20 times in this service. Sure, the Holy Spirit showed up. I just started saying a few words of introduction, the Holy Spirit told me to pray for the music group. I called all the team in the front and I began to prophesy over the team and on and on, I began to prophesy for the next 30 minutes. I thought I can get into the message but the Holy spirit again spoke to me and told me to pray for the sick. The Lord began to reveal people’s sicknesses as I prayed for several dozen people. Well, again I thought I can get into the word, but Holy Spirit spoke to me to invite the people to the cleansing river for the their sins to be cleansed. Again, dozens of teenagers and people began to flock the altar. On and on it went, the power of the Holy Spirit was so strong from 7:15 to 9 :15, we did not how the time had gone past. I stopped praying. The pastor got up and announced for all the elders and committee members to come and they came and knelt down for more prayer. Again I prophesied over the elders and committee members. Some of them began to weep and weep. Praise God for His move. I was so tired now. We finished the meeting and no one wanted to leave. Again a big line up of people were waiting for me to pray. Then we went to eat and came back. Following me to the room were several people. I prayed and prophesied over several people. Now it is 12:15 PM, ready to go
to bed. I will be leaving tomorrow back to my home. Praise the Lord. I am hearing so many testimonies of healing that I have never heard in my life. Now the big question every one is asking me is when would I come back? I don’t know. God willing some day soon. Thank you for praying for me all these days. May God bless you all!
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May
31, 2008 Yea, another great day of meeting. We had to drive for almost 5 hours and as usual set up the equipment. This was the church of the Bishop of the Romanian Pentecostal church. There were about 300 people and he just gave us the liberty to preach as long as I want and have full control over the service. I did preach a good message and several people came forward for salvation and healing. It was indeed a good meeting. I also prophesied over 4 people and also gave a word of encouragement to Bishop. He had some terribly health problems, but the word from the Holy Spirit confirmed healing for him. He was very happy to have us and asked us to come back again. After the meeting the youth group was gathering upstairs and wanted me to pray for them. I prayed for each one and for several gave a prophetic word. I came to the parking lot and found another pastor and his wife waiting for prayer. Again, the Holy Spirit began to speak through me. For over 10 minutes, I began to pray for them and prophesy over them. They began to weep and weep. They confirmed to me that every thing that I said was exactly right. What a good God we serve. We drove back 4 ½ hours and reached at 3 AM in the morning. |
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30, 2008 Today is Saturday.. very busy day. Went for a little shopping and came back and had to leave to the church. We drove about 150 Kilometers to a small town called Rebisora. It is amazing to see such a nice church building in the center of the town. Over 600 people had come to gather for tonight’s meeting. I was really tired at the beginning of the meeting and as the time came to preach, the Lord energized me supernaturally. I prayed for a lot of sick people and over 30 people came forward for salvation. We finished the meeting and the pastors wanted to meet for food downstairs. They bombarded me with questions about India. Later they decided that they will raise money to build a church in India. Praise God! Tomorrow is a hectic day with 2 services. I have to get up and leave at 6 AM and come back at 3 PM and leave at 5 PM for the next service. It will be the last 2 services in Romanian before I leave. Really looking forward to finish the meeting and going home. |
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May
29, 2008 The meeting was in a church right here in Cluj. A very beautiful building. We arrived early for set up and walked and the pastor met us and took me straight to the podium. I was actually dressed up in suit and people wanted me to wear the Jibba (the Indian outfit). So I went in and quickly changed my clothes. Well, it was a quick service and did not go too long. I preached for about 50 minutes and gave an altar call for healing. Many hands went up and again Paul Duma gave an altar call for salvation. Several hands went up. This was the first night I can remember that we finished the service really early. It was around 8:45 PM. We prayed for a few people and left the church. Several people stopped and thanked me for the message and asked me if I come back to the church again to preach. It was kind of humbling to see so many video cameras to record my message. Actually this is the 4th meeting right here in Cluj. Tomorrow we have to leave early to a place called Arad and I will be speaking in the church whose pastor is the president of the Pentecostal churches here in Romania. Much prayer needed. |
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May
28, 2008 I am getting a bit tired of traveling and today we had to travel over 200 kilometers after getting up. Last night, we stayed in a hotel and we had some friends to take us out of for a nice treat. After lunch, we drove a long way from Negresti to a city called Bisrita. This is a city of over 70,000 people. A very beautiful city. We reached there quite early and the church was quite big and empty. We slipped into a room to change and rest a bit. When I came out of the room, I was quite shocked to see the numerous people thronging into the building. This is the first church that had 4 balconies. What a sight… all the seats were full, plus a couple of hundred standing in the back and they arranged a video monitor downstairs for 600 people. In all the pastor told us that over 3000 people had come for an unscheduled service. He received calls from the other city pastors where we have had meetings and there were very high expectations. I got so nervous looking at the expectations as I felt like I would disappoint them if I would do it in my own strength. As the meeting started with singing, the people began to pray and worship the Lord. Usually when I am preaching I will say a few words in Romanian and then give an introduction about India followed by reading of the scripture. After that,
I will leave the platform and go down and preach in the center of the altar. I began to share a lot of testimonies of healing power of God and also about sin and the grip of Sin. At the end when I asked for a show of hands for healing, about 1500 people raised their hands and several others that I could not see. We prayed a prayer of Faith for healing followed by a call for sinners to receive Jesus. About 120 people raised their hands for salvation. What a night!. The pastor took me to their private room to have me pray for them and prophesy over them. We did that and finally we left to a restaurant owned by one of the church members who had made a banquet for us. By the time we finished and came to Cluj, it was 2:15 AM and about 3 AM was able to lay down for the night. Testimonies of healings are coming. I just heard that a lady that I prayed for about 4 days ago casting out some spirits, is now healed and filled with the power of God. She told us that she has never felt this way before and it was the prayer that set her free. Praise be to God. |
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27, 2008 Wow, what a night! We traveled over 3 ½ hours from Cluj to a city called Negresti!... a small town with a big church. It was so unfortunate that as we were driving our friend was trying to get me to the church by 6 PM, he was stopped by the police twice but was fined only once. Thank God for that! Anyhow, we reached around 6:30 PM and there were about 350 people waiting for us. There were lot of unsaved people in the church and as I began to minister that Holy Spirit came down on many people. I prophesied to 3 people and one of the young man wept and wept as I prophesied on him and at the end came forward to receive Jesus. He was not saved and the Lord was calling him to give a 100% of his life to the Jesus. Several people received healing and over 25 people came forward to receive salvation. As I looked closely, one Indian man came forward to receive Jesus. I was so shocked to see an Indian in a remote town in Romania. At the end of the meeting, the people voiced out loudly that they wanted me to sing an Indian song. I did not want to sing, but by the time I could refuse they brought an accordion to play and I could not escape. I sang a couple of Tamil songs and concluded the meeting. Boy…it was way past their usual finish time. It was about 10:15 and no one wanted to
leave. We continued to sing a couple more songs and told the people the meeting is finished so that we can pack and leave. While driving back, the friends who took me to the meeting began to speak to me. They told such a great miracle I myself could not believe it and made sure they are telling me this story correctly. Last Tuesday I preached in a church in Bia-Mare. After the meeting, I was asked to specially pray for a girl who was 20 years old. Her name is Lydia. She had a severe form of diabetes and she was taking 4 doses of insulin per day. Since that night after I prayed for her, she has not taken any insulin and God has totally healed her. What a testimony! Tomorrow I will share this testimony in my message. Thank you again for your prayers for this trip. Please continue to pray that many sick people will be healed and hundreds of people to come to Jesus. |
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26, 2008 We had to travel back to Cluj as we had a meeting in Cluj where the mission house is. It was a long journey and by the time we reached it was 4 PM and a friend was waiting for us for a long time to provide us lunch. We quickly finished our lunch appointment and had to rush to the mission house to get ready and leave to the church. The church started at 7 PM and I thought today being Monday, there will be only 200 people. Was I wrong? Over 750 thronged into the building. Word has spread in the city of Cluj that I am preaching. This is my 3rd meeting in Cluj. Some people from the other churches who attended my meetings had also come. Preaching went really well. My Pastor friend from Spain, Pastor Moraru came just to be with me in this meeting. The power of God was so strong even after I finished preaching and praying a general prayer for the sick, the people would not stop praying. Bro. Paul gave an altar call. About 40 people lifted their hands for salvation. After the salvation prayer, again they would not stop praying. We looked at the clock. The meeting was supposed to finish by 9 PM.. It was 10PM and no one was moving. We concluded the meeting and told the people if they wanted to stay for prayer, they can come forward. Over 80 people stood in line till the end for prayer. I also
prophesied over 4 people during the service and after the meeting the Pastor took me to his personal office room and asked me to pray for him. I was so humbled to see this great man of God asking me to pray for him. I am not able to comprehend how God is moving here in Romania. Praise be to God! Every day, when I go to bed it is no less than 2 AM. Today, because it is the same city where I am staying, I get to go to bed early. It is only 1:10 AM. Thank you for taking the time to read these blogs! God bless you.
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25, 2008 It was not easy to get up at 4 AM to get ready. We left around 5 AM driving for about 3 hours to a huge church in Timisoara. Little did I know that I would be preaching to over 4000 people that morning? The building looked like a house and once I went inside it was a three storey building. The advertisement of my coming was posted everywhere in the front of the building and they had even advertised on the radio. People started coming in around 8 AM to get a good seat in the church. The church started at 9 AM. They had 1 hour of prayer for various things and about 10 AM we started the service. They sang till 11:15 and I preached for about 45 minutes. The Power of God was so strong and as Pavel Duma gave the altar call, hundreds of people raised up the hands for salvation. People did not want to leave even after the service. Anyhow, we had to leave as several dignitaries were waiting for us in a nice restaurant. Wow, what a nice place! We had dinner with the man who was running for the office of Mayor of the city, but was not a Christian. He wanted the blessings of God upon his business. He owned the hotel and restaurant and gave us all very luxurious rooms for that night. |
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I took a quick nap as I was so tired and had not had enough sleep the previous night as I had woken up at 4 AM. Though the nap was short, it really refreshed me and I was ready for the evening service. As we drove into the building we could not even get in as over 5500 people showed up for the evening service. They all heard about the Indian preacher in the morning and told everyone to come and at 5:15 there was no more room in the main floor. By 5:45, only rooms with monitors were open. When it was 6 PM, people had to stand outside the building to hear the word. It was so crowded and very warm inside. Everyone had a paper fan to cool themselves. One thing I don’t understand is that they spend so much money on sound system, church building and so on…. During the service the Pastor suddenly announced that I will come forward now and play the accordion and sing. He heard from the team members that I am a musician and asked if I would sing a couple of songs in an Indian language. Well, it would not be problem to sing with a keyboard, but with accordion it was a problem as I have not played one in about 20 years. Anyhow I had to take a lot of courage to play a couple of songs and sing for the glory of God. I even sang a small song in Romanian. People were very blessed and said ‘Amen’, ‘Amen’ several times. That is the way they express appreciation. The
preaching started around 7:45 and I had undivided attention. The future Mayor and several of the politicians were in the meeting that night who were not saved. I preached very strongly about sin and told lot of stories about snake. I said either kill the snake or the snake will kill you. I asked for people to raise the hands who needed healing. Over 3000 hands went up in the air. I said there is no way we can bring you to the front but ask them to reach out to God and prayed a powerful prayer. It was so strong as we could not stop the prayer. After several minutes of praying, we again gave an altar call for salvation. Dozens and dozens of hands went up in the air. Again we could not bring them to the front and they were asked to repeat the sinner’s prayer. Praise God! I preached to over 10,000 people in one day! |
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24, 2008 We got ready at about 1 PM and had to travel for about 4 hours to this place called HuneDoara. Such a huge church! The church looked like a parliament building. I came to find out that this building was constructed with the funds from the Government. The ceiling would have latest be around 75 feet. With a beautiful balcony filled with people by the time the meeting started. One thing I really like in the Romanian church is that they all come to church before time and wait and wait till the meeting gets started and never leave the church until the Pastor says they can leave. They respect the times of the church and follow it to the T. We preached and Brother Paul translated and as we gave the altar call. Over 2 dozen people raised their hands for salvation. We could not call everyone to the front for healing. The Pastor announced that after the service we will pray for healing. Out of the 1000 people in the building, over 350 people came forward for the healing prayer. I was tired out praying for the sick. For several people, God revealed their problem before they could say anything… they will shake their head and say Da Da.. which means Yes Yes in Romanian…As the healing line was passing, one man also stood for prayer. The Holy Spirit told that he is living in sin. I told him to wait
till I would finish the healing prayer and came back to him. I told him what the Holy Spirit told me and he began to cry and repented and gave his life to Christ. Praise God. Tomorrow is Sunday, and we need to hurry up and have dinner and go to bed as a long day awaits us. |
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23, 2008
As I was in the studio to record a song, a couple of the mission friends came to me and asked if I would come immediately to pray for a girl who just got rejected by the doctor for further kidney treatment. I accepted to go and they took me to this young girl who was about 20 years old. She already had a transplant and went for dialysis and the doctors told her that her kidneys her malfunctioning and to take her home as the doctor was unable to help her further with the dialysis. She has been issued a death sentence by the doctor. The whole family stood around with tears as I prayed for the family and spoke the word of God over their family. Please uphold her in your prayers. Her name is Roxana and desperately needs a miracle.
We arrived there just about 25 minutes before the 6 PM service and with a great rush the team set up the music equipment. This city is called Oradea and over 200 thousand people live in this city. The Pastor welcomed us and they told us that we should finish the service by 8PM as the people would start leaving once it hits 8. There were a little over a thousand people and still several people were standing in the back. At about 8 PM, the Holy Spirit was moving in a powerful way, no one wanted to leave and over 30 people raised their hand for salvation. Still could not stop the prayer, again I came forward and prayed for the sick people. It was 8:30 and still no one wanted to leave. I began to pray in the Holy Spirit and prophesied over a woman and a young man. People began to praise the Lord more and it soon became evident that this is no man’s work. Usually, Romanian churches are very quiet and poised and they are not loud and energetic. But today it was a different service for them. At about 8:35, we told the people whoever wanted to leave can leave and the rest who wants to stay for prayer can stay for the healing line. Over 350 people formed a line and we prayed till 9:30 and had to finish the meeting as dinner was waiting. Wow, what a service. The Pastor became good friends with me. Praise God. I feel like it has been a long time since I left home. As I am typing this note, it is close to 2 AM in the night. We have a long way to drive tomorrow
and I better get some sleep before the night is gone. Thank you for praying for us and this ministry trip in Romania.
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22, 2008
We had to drive about 4 hours to the meeting place so we left pretty early. The roads are just like our Indian roads, only thing they don’t have dogs, cats, donkeys, pigs and cows crossing the road nor any people in bicycles or scooters. Only cars and busses are on the road. Most of the country feels like Ooty and Coonoor. I often see many sheep on the hills grazing the super nice green grass. I am reminded of Psalm 23… he makes me to lie down in green pastures. He restores my soul. A long way we had to drive. When we reached the church, the church was already packed out and the people were waiting for us in the church. Over 400 people showed for the Thursday night service. People were so touched by the stories from India and how the Lord was moving in our land. Several raised their hands for salvation and we could not bring them to the front because of lack of time. After the meeting a big line of people waited to be prayed for, for sickness, problems and just wanted a touch of God. I think I would have prayed over 150 people and got very tired. After we finished the meeting we drove back another 3 hours and reached the mission home around 1:30 PM. I had a word of knowledge for a man who was struggling with drugs and living a life of sin. I took him privately and told him to repent and he repented and accepted the Lord and opened his heart for the Lord to work in him.
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21, 2008 It was raining heavily as we drove for almost 3 hours to the church in Medias. This is the first time I can remember in the last 75 meetings we have had, we arrived late. The church started at 6 PM and we arrived at 6.05PM and rushed the equipment inside to set up and wire the mixer. During that time the orchestra was playing so nicely – felt like heaven with all the brass and trumpets. Over 700 people jam packed the building. I preached a short message and Paul Duma gave the altar call. Wow, about 10 orthodox people along with 40 others came forward to receive Jesus. It was a great joy. We finished the meeting around 8:30PM thinking the people would leave. Right after I preached I had a prophetic word for 3 people and all three of them began to cry and the church was so uplifted and people and the pastor recognized these 3 people and understood exactly what their problems were and the word that came to them. Wow, I could not have picked on my own. It was the Hand of God. Just one example.. I picked a young girl around 18 years old and began to tell that God has chosen her and she should pray and not give up and that Lord will use her gifts and talents for the glory of God. I came to find out through the pastor that she was the only saved
person in the family and she is very talented to sing and play instruments and the whole church is praying for her family’s salvation. I would have never figured that out on my own. Praise God for his faithfulness. I told the pastor to close the meeting and if there is any one that wanted prayer that they could come forward for the prayer. A line of over 150 people showed up although it was late, they did not want to leave. After I finished praying for the sick when I turned around, the whole youth group was waiting in a circle for me to come and pray over each one. I prayed for a strong anointing on each and gave a prophetic word to each one. There were about 30 young people and to some the word was so specific and straight. I had to take a young man aside and told him if he does not throw away the pornographic material from his computer and stop going to pornographic websites, he is in danger of devastating his life and if he wants the Lord to bless take him to another level, he was to stop and repent. The young man began to weep and cry and admitted that he was involved in pornography and the Lord had already spoken to him but he was not able to control. To another young girl the word came to stop her relationship that she has as it would lead her astray from God. She admitted right away and wanted me to pray wisdom for her. Like this I prayed over so many people. We left and drove back to the mission house. It was quite late. Each
day, when I go to bed in the night it is around 2 AM. God has granted us supernatural strength. Praise God. |

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20, 2008 About 9 AM a call came in and the lady that I prayed for the previous night wanted to come and see me and talk to me. I was not in a mood to talk to anyone as I was just getting into a time of prayer and I had already planned for the day to do different work. I agreed to meet her for 20 minutes. The lady came with a huge big smile from ear to ear and she said, pastor Andrew, my husband called me after a long period of having no conversation with her, and told her that he was repenting and wanted to come home. He is packing his bags in Spain and wants to come back to Romania and wants to surrender his life to Jesus and asked her if she would pray. This woman’s faith has brought about this miracle and she wanted to come directly to tell me that as soon as we finished praying within a couple of hours her backslid husband wanted to repent and come home. Never heard of such an awesome testimony! While praying in Romania, God worked in the heart of a man in Spain and made him to come to his senses. Another lady that came with her testified that she was talking to another man who received a total healing from his head and heart problem while watching on the internet the clips that his son sent from the meetings that I was preaching and praying for the sick. This man put his hand on his head and believed God would touch him and heal him.
He was healed instantaneously. You have to remember one thing about Romanians. They do not come forward with a testimony unless something really happens. They are very conservative and would not come forward to say something on their own. Thank God for the miracles. Evening we went to a big church in Cluj. The name of the church is Betel. The pastor was very welcoming and just told us take all the time that we needed for the message and praying for the sick. The church was way over packed with 1300 people. About 300 people were standing and did not have a seat for the entire length of the service. Paul Duma preached a message emphasizing salvation and continuing his message I preached on Paul and Silas and their mid-night hour when they sang, the Lord sent an earthquake suddenly and broke the chains. People began to praise God during my message and as Paul Duma gave the altar call over 70 people crowded around the front and we could not even pray for each person. After leading them in a general prayer, we sent them to their seats and we tried to close the meeting but the pastor would not close. He said, those who are sick must come forward and receive prayer. Another line of 300 people came forward to pray and we began pray for each one anointing them with oil. Many came back and said that they
received the touch of God. After the meeting all the young boys and girls surrounded me asking me lots of questions and teaching me some Romanian language. Then again, the pastor took us to a big restaurant and the dinner was superb. |

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19, 2008 This morning I got a call from a lady who wanted me to come to her house and pray. She also told me that if I do not go, God will not work a miracle and that I would be a hindrance. Usually, I will skip these kind of revelations and if they insist too much, I won’t go. As I began to pray, the Holy Spirit told me to go and pray for the woman as she has a lot of faith. I came to find out that this lady had attended my meetings in Zaragoso, Spain last year and was really touched by God. When she heard that I was coming to Romania, she took a flight to come and see me and the Lord spoke to her that if I would pray over her, her request will be answered. I had no idea what I was getting in to, but simply trusted the Lord as I went to her house. Little did I know what God was about to do. She wanted me to pray for her husband who is backslidden and now entertaining another woman and had fallen into sin and they have had no relationship for the last couple of years. As I began to pray I rebuked the evil spirits that were dominating in his life and also I prayed that the Lord will not give him any sleep unless he repents. We stayed there only 15 minutes and rushed out to come to the meeting. Praise the Lord that we obeyed the Lord to pray for this woman. We had to rush to the next town for the evening meeting.
Let me tell you what happened in the meeting and I will come back to the story. The meeting was at a place called Huiden and we drove about 1 hour. About 300 people had come to the meeting, but the Lord moved so mightily and over 35 people came forward for salvation. The meeting ended so late, so we finished the meeting and told the people if they wanted prayer for healing they can stay back at the close of the meeting. Over 100 people stayed for prayer and we prayed for each one of them. |

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18, 2008 (Sunday Morning) (Part 1) We had two and half hours to drive before we reached and set up for the meeting in a place called Tirgul-Lapus. We left the mission home at 6 Am and arrived and set up the sound system in this little church with only 175 people. It was a very nice church, but the pastor was kind of cold to me and Pavel Duma who is my translator and a preacher. He exhorted the people and was talking about one of his friends that died in the United States, that the church people knew very well. As I started preaching there was a great release of the Holy Spirit anointing on the people. The pastor told us to finish by 12:30 PM and I as I was coming to the close of the meeting, the Holy Spirit led me to pray for a particular woman who was standing with so many women and men who had come forward for healing prayer. As I laid my hand on her head, the prophetic anointing kicked in and I began to prophesy over her. For over 15 minutes I began to prophesy and this woman began to weep. To make the long story short, the Lord gave me a specific word about her health. Little did I know what was happening in her life, but I told her that she could not kneel and pray even if she wanted to but had to sit up in the bed to pray and the Lord was touching her knees today, and although the
doctors have changed the medication so many times, she would not have to spend any more money on medication because the Lord was healing her that night. At this point, the pastor began to weep, weep and weep. I got very conscious of the time and I said, I am sorry I have taken extra time and but now I am finished. The pastor followed me to my seat and held my hands and began to talk rapidly in Romanian as I could not understand one word, brother Paul began to translate and told me that the lady that I had prophesied over was his wife and just yesterday the doctor changed the medication for her knees the fourth time and they have not told this to any body and he also told me that I could go on for as long as I needed to go… He became an instant friend from that moment and wanted to give me a date for my next visit. Any how we closed the meeting and had to rush to another city for another big evening meeting. |

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18, 2008 (Sunday Morning) (Part 2) I walked into this church in the evening in Bia-Mara, a big city with lots of people. This church seated over 1500 people and 1700 people showed up for the meeting. Many people had heard the advertisement on the radio and came to see the Indian preacher. I was so humbled sitting in front of the people starring me down. Oh, what a great manifestation of the Holy Spirit that night. The Mayor of the city suddenly showed up to the meeting and as I began speaking, I recognized the Mayor and asked him to come to India and meet the mayor of our city. He was very pleased and stood up and thanked me. The pastor told me to just go on as long as I needed to go. This pastor just let me loose. I was very nervous in the beginning, but as a few minutes passed I got used to the podium and the huge crowd and the Lord began to move. After I finished a huge line of people stood around to be prayed for. About 40 to 50 people accepted the Lord for the first time, but we could not bring them to the front as there was absolutely no room and also could not call for healing prayer. The pastor took me inside to a special room and wanted me to lay hands on him and his wife to specially pray for her healing as she had a very bad disease. I believe the Lord has touched her and
she will be made well and whole. Wow, what a great meeting. After the meeting, the pastor took us to an expensive restaurant to have a good meal with everyone. Brother Paul and several of his brothers and sisters and their families and the pastors family joined us in the big banquet late in the night. It was around 12:30 AM when we finished eating and drove back to the mission, almost 3 hours away. |

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17, 2008 Today is May 17, It was a free day and we had no meetings. I had the privilege to go around the city of Cluj. It is just like the city of Coimbatore in India, without all the traffic and rush. The roads are clean and there are a very few people compared to India. I went to the top of hill overlooking the city. What a beautiful city! This city is surrounded by mountains on all sides and in the valley all the houses can be seen. While I was scanning the city, my eyes caught sight of a dome in the center of the city. My escorts explained that the dome was one of the first orthodox churches built. I requested them to take me there. Wow, what a building! I went inside and saw the orthodox worship. It was quite different from what we know but very similar to catholic church. They had pictures and paintings of saints, smoke, candle, chanting, a cashier at the entrance, and a holy of holies. It was quite strange to see that there were no chairs in the auditorium. Every one stood for the worship except a few really old people who sat around the edges of the sanctuary. My, my… it was an eye opening experience. It seems like their eyes are heavily blinded by the devil not to see the real Jesus and what he did on the cross. People were going through the emotions of touching the ground and symbolizing the cross with their hand and kissing the hand and this they
did several times during the worship. Friends, we need to pray for Romania that God would break the bondages of the devil and release the people to worship the real risen savior Jesus Christ. The local Christian people told me that the orthodox people are their greatest enemies to hinder the work of God. I came home and rested and relaxed and prepared for the next day. |

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15 - 16, 2008
We reached Romania safely by God’s grace. It was a such a moving experience as I stood in the airport in Bucharest because as a young boy I prayed much for the walls of communism to come down and now I have the opportunity to stand in the same land and praise the Almighty God. Words will fail to express the feeling going through my emotions. I thanked God for what he has done here in Romania.
We reached a City called Cluj which has a population of about half a million people with its surroundings. The meetings started on Friday night May 15th. The first meeting was phenomenally good as the Lord moved in the meeting. Over 80 people came on the first night to give their lives to Jesus and I had a specific prophetic word for 4 people and as soon as we finished the meeting the pastor confirmed the words that I spoke over those people. He and his wife came forward and knelt down in front of the congregation and asked me to pray over them. Again, the Lord began to reveal the things that were in his heart. Also, some of the elders were resisting the expansion that God spoke to him about, but the Holy Spirit spoke to the church and their elders not to limit the vision but to start branch churches. The pastor had a vision to start 6 branch churches and I spoke out the number 6 and told him that the Lord was giving him six pillars not knowing exactly what it meant but the elders and the pastors understand clearly that this was from the Lord. Praise the Lord for the prophetic ministry. I was very humbled by the experience. People started to line up at the end of the meeting and at one point we had to just stop praying and had to leave for dinner. Over 500 people jam packed the 400 seater auditorium. The churches are constructed so beautifully and I cannot express how beautiful it looked inside with careful attention given to details.
Yesterday was another Holy Ghost day. Over 1500 people again jam packed the building. Advertisement were published in Radio, newspaper and DVD’s about my coming and I felt so inadequate to stand before the people and preach the word of God. The Lord moved so powerfully and at one point I just stopped preaching as the people were shouting and praying in the Holy Spirit. Paul Duma, my partner in the ministry asked the people to come forward for healing and people lined up and the line got so long, I became so tired laying hands on over 500 people. At the close of the meeting again several people surrounded me to lay hands on them. What a great God we serve. The Lord confirmed his healing power and touched so many people. As soon as the meeting was finished, the pastor insisted that I must give me the date for my next meeting. I told that he must first come to India and then only I will consider coming back to his church. He immediately agreed that to come to India. There are 16 more meetings in different places. Your prayers are much appreciated. Please continue to pray for the ministry here in Romania. I will be here until June 3rd and leave to home. Except for 2 nights, I have meetings every single day and 2 meetings on Sundays.
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