ANSWERED PRAYERS

1. Praise that the construction continues and that there have been no injuries or thefts so far!!
2. Praise for God's continued provision for the clinic project's financial needs!
3. Praise for continued good health, safety and unity!
4. Praise that we were able to accomplish so much on the clinic project before turning over the work and responsibility to Ruxanda!
5. Praise that the gas line is completed and the connection to the city electricity is started!!!
6. Praise for the snow that brought some very much needed moisture for the farmers here in southern and eastern Romania! (Parts of northwestern Romania are now experiencing floods.)
7. Praise for Dr. Gross, the dentist who wants to join our clinic!

1. For Romania to get enough rain for the crops this year--this has been the worst drought in years!
2. For God to continue to lead people to donate to our clinic project. 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. (WMPL prefers not to duplicate the work of ODMM.)
3. That the 4th quarter VAT refund will actually arrive soon. We just received an email from Ruxanda and Mrs. Marcu of the sectia financiara wants 2 more pieces of information before releasing the funds.
4. For Ruxanda, our foundation director, that she'll be able to deal with all of the bureaucratic and administrative issues of the foundation and building project while we're gone.
5. For continued protection of the clinic against theft or damage.
6. That the process of getting connected to the city electricity will be completed soon.
7. For our citizenship process to finally be successfully completed.
8. For continued good health, safety and unity. In spite of our general good health there are a few medical problems that may need some more attention, plantar fasciitis ("heel spur"), early carpal tunnel, etc. while we are home.
9. For the ICC orphanage children--for adoptive parents for the children or that their own parents will take them home and love them and care for them.
10. That God will raise up more missionaries to work with us in Romania. We need people with clinic organization and management skills, Christian counseling and evangelism skills.
11. For that God will open the doors for Dr. Gross, the dentist, to work with us in Bucharest.
12. For the new government in Romania--that they will govern for the benefit of the people and will not immediately become corrupted by the privileges of power.
13. For the country of Romania: 1) that the new leaders 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.