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Ibolya Balint, the president of Hungarian-speaking Baptist Women of
Romania reminded us that the price of freedom for Israel was a lamb,
while our freedom was paid through the blood of the Lamb of God.
The Conference was special by the participation of the Elisabeth Kapsreiter president of the German Baptist Women (Frauenwerk) and Gisela Bultmann vice
president, who were accompanied by there husbands, Ludwig and Karl
Friedrich. Our sisters from Germany are the main sponsors of these
meetings since 2003.
In the morning Gisela Bultmann spoke about the unjust judge and the
persistent widow who was asking for justice (Luk 18:1-8). The woman was
without help, and was not able to pay the judge, but was bold enough
and convinced that she was right. Therefore she was persistently
seeking the judge for her justice. Finally the a judge was fulfilling
her request to no longer be bothered by her. This widow can be an
example for us that we might be persistent in prayer. Though God has
not promised to fulfil all our promises, Jesus has promised that the
Lord will do justice for us.
In the afternoon we could hear testimonies of women who were set free from deep misery.
Elisabeth Kapsreiter was beginning her afternoon message with the
statement that in Heaven we will no longer speak of freedom. Heaven is
already open for those really set free by the Son. Acts 6:8-15 speaks
about Stephen, the first martyr who was bound and kept captive but was
in reality free. The joy of his heart could not be taken by the enemy,
his face was shining, because he was seeing Heaven open, and was
speaking of the things seen there as of things he already knew. He was
speaking with wisdom to his accusers, and those who were mistreating
him.
On the faces of our Roma sisters we could see the joy of their freedom
received from the Lord Jesus. Also the hearts of our German guests were
filled with joy seeing that their material support was not in
vain, and they were promising to continue it as long as possible,
thinking of the Roma women living in poor circumstances.
Borbala Szilagyi, Hungarian-speaking Baptist Women of Romania
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