prayer letter aug2009
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8/8/2019 Prayer Letter Aug2009
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News about me
Staff in DTSMy last months (January-July) were very busy with the Discipleship Training School here in Youth
With A Mission Medias, Romania. In the afternoons I taught the students how to use mass media for
God and for Evangelism. They learned about photography, photo collages and presentations,Internet ministry, Christian video production, radio and about journalism. They made a lot of
exercises, some professionals in Christian media where invited and now they can use many of these
tools in ministry.
After the 3 months of theory the students and school staff organized outreaches to India, Kenya,
Serbia, Moldavia, Ukraine and two places in Romania. It was a blessed time and many of the
students were deeply transformed and healed by God.
At the end of July the 8 students from 3 countries graduated in a nice ceremony with the
participation of their parents, pastors and friends. We presented the DTS time in a short video made
from the pictures and videos made by them in outreaches and theoretical phase.
Again to IndiaIn May I led an outreach team to India, the country which is a
second home for me. I went there for 5-6 times but the other 6
DTS students and staff went for the first time in this mission
field. We tried to be a blessing, despite the hottest weather of
the year and the cultural differences.
We worked in a orphanage teaching children Bible lessons,
songs, games and short Christian dramas. Our team
participated to evangelism events for children in Patna's
slums, we helped to paint the office of YWAM Patna, and we
taught other youth and local workers how to use choreography and mass media in their ministry.Our last week we worked in Calcutta in the houses of Missionaries of Charity.
It was a great surprise when Mongu, an Indian women from Hindu background with who I shared
the Good News many years ago, decided to be baptized and did this in our time there. Her
testimony was strong, she is decided to fallow Jesus and not other gods. God spoke to me in all this
time about the importance of long therm investment in people and in a place.
Using media tools for HimIn all these months I continued to use the mass media
tools for evangelism and to promote and inspire people
to do mission. I have worked on my 4 web pages in
Romanian (www.romedia.ning.com ,
www.romediamission.ning.com ,
www.freewebs.com/danaindia/ ,
www.galatievanghelic.wordpress.com/ ) adding
evangelism resources, discussions, videos, pictures,
games and writings for ministry. More than 20 000 people
visited and accessed them since January. I also
collaborated with other Christian on-line publications writing articles and moderating discussions.
As a part of my job here in YWAM, I led the Communication department, updated my
organization's web pages and made other promotional materials.
With a borrowed video camera and a donated computer, I also started to apply what I learned at theVideo Production School in South Africa. I did a few short clips to promote our organization, some
documentaries about missions and missionaries and I also finished the first episode of the Creation
movie for children made with stop motion technique. You can see my work on my youtube page
http://www.youtube.com/danaindia/ .
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My next steps and prayer needs:In the beginning of September I want to go to India for a 4-6 months mission (depends on visa
length); I will work with YWAM Patna there for discipling local Christian workers and also I will
be involved in the work with children and evangelism. Pray for:
• a 6 month visa (usually in Romania the Indian Embassy give maximum of 3 months tourist
visa; for longtime I'd need to be a student there or to go with a business)
• the money that I still need for my trip and expenses there (1200 Euro)
•
for a quick adaptation there in the new mission base, the new team• physical protection (I will arrive there in monsoon time followed by their cold season which
are the time of malaria, TB and other diseases; I also have some stomach problems and I
can't eat all the kind of food)
• spiritual protection – I will work in North India in a state where the Christians are few and
the Hinduism and Buddhism are very powerful. It is the Ganges River area where the cult of
death is predominant and the shamans are blinding people with traditions. In some states of
India the Christians are attacked and oppressed; pray for protection
• to be a blessing there and a light between Indians and the Christian workers
In His service,
Dana AritonYWAM Medias, Romania