"And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her, and said unto her, weep not." Luke 7:13

Dear Friends and Family,

Happy belated Easter! He is Risen! Hopefully I have found all my email addresses to send you my updates! My computer crashed several times and finally broke down. I had to get a new one but couldn't find my addresses until now.

So much has been happening. But there is one thing that I'd like to share you right now. On Easter, we had two kids from Betania come stay with us. Also the older woman we call "Buna" came to stay us. A relative of hers is living with her now, another elderly lady. She had told me about her before. And when I met her, I avoided her. There was something very creepy about her. But I didn't care. Those in ministry know about "burn-out" and that's exactly what I've been going through. I've been so attacked and so exhausted that I didn't want to care anymore. I decided I would be faithful to God and His calling for me...taking care of my kids and those in my house...and that's it. When Buna told me about this woman, I didn't care. She told us how, day and night, this woman would scream and cry that demons won't leave her alone, they won't let her pray or read the bible. The town she lives in know her as the crazy demon-possessed lady. But on Easter, Buna was telling me about her and all of a sudden I felt a great compassion for her. I didn't want to, but it overwhelmed me, and I knew it was God filling me with His compassion. So I said, lets go and visit her and I went with one of my girls.

When we got there, I wanted to leave, there was such a horrible feeling there. I thought, either this woman is mentally ill or she really is tormented by something evil. I prayed and fasted before I went, in case it was something evil! When I sat down to talk to her, I was overwhelmed again with compassion. I was talking to her about the Lord when she looked me directly in the eyes and said, "This body is mine, this soul is mine, and no one can take it from me." To be honest I was a little scared! I started to pray and asked her if she would like me to pray for her and she said yes. I prayed for God to give her a sound mind and prayed for the demons to leave her alone. I told her how much Jesus loves her. I felt a peace when I prayed for her and said I would come back to visit her. But my heart was still breaking for her, and something still felt wrong.

I took the kids to a conference that was so incredible and just what I needed, it was so refreshing! So I talked to a friend who was a pastor and speaker at the conference to ask his advice about this woman. I was so happy when he told me he would come to Petrosani and go visit her with me. I felt like this was my burden and didn't expect anyone else to care, but he did! So the day after the conference he came with another pastor from Brasov. When we went to her house there was a strange peace that wasn't there before. The pastors talked to her and asked her if she'd would like to accept Jesus as her Savior. She said YES! I wish I had a picture to show of the joy that come over her face. After they prayed, she begged us to come visit her sons and talk to them. We did and immediately we all felt the oppression over them. They talked to the boys and everytime Shane, the pastor, mentioned Jesus name one of them snarled and grinded his teeth. When they said we are going to pray for you, one stayed, but the other one said no! And quickly ran away. His mother begged him to come back but he wouldn't.

The compassion God showed me for this woman, the compassion my kids and I were shown at the conference, and the compassion those pastors had...enough to take a long trip while they were exhausted to come and pray for this woman, reminded me of the Lord's compassion and why He came and died for us. And because He rose again, we all have hope! My burn-out is gone and I have a renewed passion.

As if this wasn't enough for me to praise God for, Cosmin talked to one of the pastors...and accepted Christ! Two people in one day was amazing, but even then God wasn't done. Later that night Alina came to me and said, I want to accept Christ too. And I prayed with her. The peace that came over both Alina and Cosmin's faces is still there. In fact, Alina came home from school and said that one of her teachers said to her, "You repented didn't you?" She asked him how he knew and he said, "I can see it on your face."

Praises:

praise God for His compassion and mercy.

for the woman, Ilina, for Cosmin and Alina coming to Christ.

For the conference and all the people who made a very big impact on my family.

For Sophia's adoption that is FINAL. Hallelujah and thank you all for praying for so long with me!

Prayer requests:

For these new believers to grow strong in their faith

for Ilina's two sons, Sorin and Traian, to come to Jesus!

For wisdom for me.

For the Isabella's and Roxana's adoption that I will be starting this month.

In His Love,

Kelly