Dear Friends, 

Greetings to you all in the wonderful name of Jesus our Lord.  MLI Pastors Family Retreat this year took place on September 03 - 07, as it was planned. Once again God blessed us in an amazing way! The teaching was great, the weather was very nice, the fellowship was warm and the whole conference was excellent. I am thankful to God for His grace and His provision for us but also my heart is filled with gratitude towards each one of you. Thank you for your prayers, support and generosity. Because of your love and generosity about 42 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 Stanley Barnes, Pastor John Morrow and their wives, Ina and Norra, from Northern Ireland, were used greatly by God to teach, encourage and challenge us. Through them God gave us exactly what we needed. 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 for the whole year.  Please take few moments to read what some of the participants had to say:

My dear brothers from MLI, these days of worship from Sinaia have been a great blessing for us. We have felt God’s presence in every moment, and our souls have been refreshed. We really needed encouragement and spiritual food and the Holy Spirit’s flow in our lives. I am sure that in heaven these days were marked down, and that our Father will open the flood gates of heaven and He’ll send a rain of blessings on all of us (MLI, our brothers from Northern Ireland the families that were present.)  Pastor Florin & Magda Botar

I had the grace from God to participate at this conference together with my wife and with other families of God’s servants. In a natural environment of rare beauty, we have spent this time receiving teachings from the Word which have redirected my life. My dear brothers and sisters from Northern Ireland and all who have supported spiritually and financially this conference, thank you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Through your love and generosity God has blessed and touched our lives!  Pastor Moisuc Stefan

As a family we have had a year filled with personal and professional events; some have consumed us a lot, and maybe some have tested our limits. I confess that every time I couldn’t make it anymore I would think that God would give us a time of relaxation and rest in September at the conference organized by MLI, and it was like that this year too. This conference is already a part of our lives and we perceive it as a blessing from the Lord…and we deeply thank you!  Pastor Remus & Patricia Runcan

Thank you very much for inviting us at this conference. For me and my wife this is the only opportunity during the year when we can be on our own. This ’short vacation’ is very good for us and our three children; this way we can treasure more one another.  Ionut & Cristina Handaric  

I thank God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now….It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart.  Philippians 1: 3-7

Your brother in Christ, Eugen Groza