ANSWERED PRAYERS

1. Praise that the work on the clinic is essentially done!
2. Praise that the Pompieri (fire dept.) approved the clinic!
3. Praise for God's continued provision for the clinic project's financial needs!
4. Praise that the Family Medicine course being taught by Ruxi is being well received and is a good educational experience for the doctors taking it.
5. Praise for continued safety, unity and good health!

1. For continued wisdom and guidance for President Bush and other world leaders as they continue to make decisions during this war on terrorism.
2. For safety on our trip home for Christmas and for a good time with our families.
3. That Sanepid will give us their approval promptly.
4. That the office of Omologare will approve the equipment that has been donated to us from the U.S. We will have to pay $50-$100 for each type of equipment that we wish to have verified. This even includes thermometers and blood pressure cuffs, so probably we're not going to use the thermometers we brought!
5. That we will be able to finish the citizenship process soon.
6. For us to have the time and energy to finish the final details before opening the clinic, with the help of our friends. Also, for wisdom as we interview potential employees.
7. For God to continue to lead people to donate to our clinic project, especially as we still have to pay salaries for the guards, accountant and other employees while we don't have any income generating activity yet. We will also need funds for a CBC lab machine sometime, for the parking lot next spring and hopefully for an air conditioner before summer. Donations toward the clinic are best given to Open Door Medical Ministries, C/O Clifford Olson, 9210 Science Center Drive, New Hope, MN 55428. For donations to our Work Fund, Support Fund, Travel Fund and Personal Gift Fund, they still should go to World Mission Prayer League, 232 Clifton Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403, specifying to which fund you wish to give.
8. For Dr. Francisco Gross, the dentist who will be working with us, that he will be able to get his diplomas approved in Spain and that the Romanian government will then accept that diploma. Pray also that he will find a good quality Christian dentist here in Bucharest who would like to work with him in our clinic.
9. For continued protection of the clinic against theft or damage.
10. For continued general good health, safety and unity.
11. For BEL Fellowship, our English language church. The candidate for pastor came last weekend and this evening we are having a membership meeting to decide on offering him the position as pastor. We were very impressed with him and his love for the Lord.
12. That God will raise up more missionaries to work with us in Romania. We need people with medical training, clinic organization and management skills, Christian counseling and evangelism skills as well as other skills.
13. For the country of Romania: 1) that the leaders and the people will rediscover the meaning of integrity, 2) against the spirits of deception, self-deception and corruption that are so dominant in this country, and 3) for a revival in the church in Romania, especially among the men, for their hearts and their minds.