Thursday 30th - We left Tamworth at 0430 and were merrily sailing along the A5 towards the M42 when Andy suddenly shouted out. 'Bother!..... Bother!!.....BOTHER!' The reason? He'd left his shaver in the bathroom. After a quick turn-around and a speedy return to base (Phil graciously kept quiet) and with the shaver retrieved, we set off to Luton.

All went well until we hit traffic on the M1 just after Daventry. 20 minutes later we were crawling past the burnt out shell of a Corsa, bonnet up, on the inside lane. Hopefully the occupants had escaped without injury, but their day had not had a good start.

We arrived at Luton at 0700, parked up outside Peter's house (yes we do lnow him) and he then drove us to the airport. Flight was good, especially with the luxury of extra legroom, and we were met at Debrecen airport by a smiling Sorin who then drove us across the Hungarian / Romanian border to Oradea.

After a short 45 minute rest we went to Oradea Prison to join the ACV team of eight Mentors. We went up to the meeting room and were soon joined by the eight Apprentices. We got into groups of four (2 mentors / 2 apprentices) and talked about the teaching from the previous week which had been on Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus. It was good to see everyone talking together about what it means to be born again and how this can happen. Andy spoke briefly about the cost of discipleship and then one of our menotrs, Dan, shared his testimony. Dan has spent time in Oradea prison, but has experienced the transformation that the Holy Spirit can make. The staff remember him and he knows some of the inmates. His testimony is very powerful and it was good to have him speak.

Phil and Andy had to excuse themselves early as they had a church meeting to go to at the First Hungarian Baptist Church. Andy spoke on 1 Corinthians 1:30 - Christ Jesus our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Afterwards it was good to catch up with many well-established friends within the fellowship.

On the way back to our accommodation, we stopped off at the local 24hr shop to buy a few provisions for a rather late supper.

Come dine with me!

Now we are ready for bed. Tomorrow we have a meeting with the prison staff, a youth meeting at Emanuel Baptist and another meeting at Maranatha church.

Keep praying and sleep well.

Phil & Andy