Friday

More meetings with more helpful people. Florica Chereches is the local MP and is always encouraging us and offering advice and suggestions. It was good to catch up with her at the start of the day.

Then we went on to meet with the vice-president of the Bihor county (centre below) and he in turn introduced us to two of his colleagues. One turned out to be the translator from last night's service and involved in making applications for funding from the county council (second from right). He will do what he can to help us apply for funding for the ACV programme.

The other colleague was visiting from Bucharest and is responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture (far left). He was keen for us to know that there are training courses available for young people (up to 35 yrs) to be trained for agricultural work and this could include ex-offenders - so let's see....

After that we met again with Posticum and talked through various options for us to have use of their building. They will present us with an initial draft proposal which we can then consider in the light of some refurbishment work that will need to be done to make the building useful. We're aiming to have a decision about us using the building by the end of May. So please continue to pray.

Lastly we met with another lady, Christina, from Emanuel University who also works in the city helping to apply for EU funding. It is a long process with many hoops to jump through, but she will help us to see if there are any sources that would match our particular work. Again, we will trust the Lord and take things a step at a time.

Tomorrow we will be taking part in a staff conference for Tomorrow Clubs. These are clubs run in Romania, Hungary and Moldova for children and families. Andy will be speaking about 'Investing in the Kingdom of God'. Please pray for a good and encouraging time together.