Whew! Thank you Lord!

PRAISE: Tuesday May 4 is now officially over. Romanian history has been made. Now the prayer will be that they can shine the light all across Europe. Each of the Americans on our team, and several other American speakers were all very clear on the gospel message. Praise God for His answered prayer and thank you for your intercession!
PRAYER: Wed. is a 12-hour drive for us, from Bucharest to Timisoara. Please pray for safety, and also pray for Eugenia who has one of her law exams on Thursday. Every spare minute here, she's been studying!
I will begin yesterday since we never even got to the mall:
Monday evening our supper was at the Marriott across from the Palace itself! The hotel has a wonderful Italian restaurant “Cucina”, and we were taken back to a large table...several people were already there, and others joined us, including Beni and the group he had been ministering with - Dr. John Ish, prominent Indianapolis cardiologist, and his wife Mary, Rev. Brian Gregory, the Welsh founder of The Friendship Foundation UK-Romania (now lives in England with his wife), and Puiu and his wife Doina, from Arad, who recently lost a 23-year old son to cancer. Eunice, our hostess, is responsible for putting together the program today, and she had invited about 20 of us from other countries and different areas of Romania, all with the common goal of being an encouragement to the members of Parliament in this momentous new chapter in their history. The food was delicious and beautifully presented, the conversations were free-flowing. When you’re among believers, you’re always with family, and this new family had a great time together. The evening went long, as if people were reluctant to leave, but around 10:30, Beni’s group, who had driven for about 12 hours, stood up to leave...we 4 gals took that as our cue. A few stayed to have dessert, but our 2 groups came back to the University where for some, the conversations continued!
I tore myself away from the one in Lisa and Eugenia’s room in order to at least look over my music...hadn’t had a spare minute to even think about practicing! (usually there are very few of those anyway) Took out the violin and just “fingered” several of the passages in each hymn. Somewhere around 1am, Carla came in. Our day was over, though even in the dark, I continued to go over the music in my head. I didn’t FEEL any nerves, but sleep just wouldn’t come, so I just alternated the words to the hymns with prayer. It’s now 6am here in Bucharest, and today marks the beginning of hope for many of those who have never known their own worth or dignity. Most oppressed people don’t think they even have rights, and all of us who have come are praying that along with human rights, more and more people of Romania will begin to understand and accept their worth in God’s eyes, and this will begin a ripple effect that will spread throughout Europe...and the world!