Dear Friends,

Greetings to you all in the wonderful name of Jesus our Lord. MLI Pastor’s Family Retreat this year took place on September 04 - 08, as it was planned. It was an excellent time. The teaching was great the weather was just perfect, the fellowship was warm and the whole conference was excellent Thank you so much for making it possible. Thank you for your prayers, support and generosity. Because of your help about 38 pastors and their wives were able to attend the conference. Once again I was overwhelmed by the goodness and the sovereignty of God. It is amazing how He coordinates all things to bless us. He knows the needs of each one of us and prepares the right people and the right messages to encourage and challenge us. Pastor Jack Underwood, from Knoxville, TN and Joan Gall, Wilma Mall and Betty Sue Laffoon from Zionsville, IN, were used greatly by God to teach, bless and encourage us.

Thank you from the depth of my heart for being so kind, so generous and for understanding how important such retreats are for the Romanian Pastors and their wives. Most of these pastors are working in the poorest areas of Romania. For some of them this time at Sinaia, a wonderful mountain setting, was the only time of vacation with their wives in the whole year. Thank you so much!

Please take some time to read what some of the participants had to say:

Thank you for this blessed time of worship and rest. God has spoken to my soul these past few days and I have received encouragement and motivation for the ministry. We have physically relaxed and we have been strengthened spiritually. We would like to thank to our dear sisters Joan and Betty Sue for teaching us from the Bible, also to Pastor Jack. We thank sister Willma for how she taught us to help the sick people.