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The first baptism among
them was in 1993, when 10 persons have become members of the newly
established Roma church. In this village there live about 1000 Roma
people, along with ethnic Hungarians and Romanians.
In every year more and
more followers of Christ have joined the Akos Baptist Roma Church which
has today more than 130 members. From the beginnings we were having
regular Bible studies with the children and also with the women.
They were learning not
only the Bible. We were discussing about the basic household works,
about raising children, about everyday issues of life. And God's word
was working among them. As their life has changed, many things have
changed. The way they were relating to work, the way they spent their
little money they had. Their families and their homes have also
changed. The children began to attend school, they were relating
differently to the issues of life, they were marrying and raising
children differently. Also the life of women has changed. One man and
one woman live together, they respect each other and come together to
church. They pray together and sing together in the family.
By God's grace we have
had the 6th Roma Women Conference in this church. Roma women came from
16 localities, and we were together about 260-270 women. The theme was:
“Our body the church of the Holy Spirit”. We were talking about keeping
our bodily members clean (our eyes, our ears, feet and lips). It is a
great challenge hast the Eternal God lives in us through His Spirit, or
at least He wants to live in us. Our body can be a beautiful church, we
can mirror His purity, His holiness. It was good to hear the heartily
songs, the moving testimonies. From where have God lifted them up,
from imaginable spiritual depths, from all kind of bondages.
We are thanking to God
for the helping sisters who made possible this meeting. Our Roma
sisters are looking forward to the next year meeting.
He wants to use me and
you. Are you ready to be God's ambassador toward women, toward people?
Give your time, your money, or anything else He needs. I do not know
what does God want from you but I know that “The blessing of the LORD
brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it” (Proverbs 10:22).
Dear reader I am wishing God's blessings to your life.
Elisabeth Vekas
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