Hello and Hutuli!

It's been a while since I last posted and with God's grace I look forward to posting more again soon. God is immensely faithful and there are some big changes happening in my life taking effect soon, you can pray for that if you remember.

I hope all of you are well, and just want to encourage you to look to the Lord, open up your life and He'll open up your eyes to see things amazing everywhere on this planet.

Some old friends of mine, a couple who used to go to the church I grew up in, are missionaries in Romania. I get their email updates from time to time and in the last update there were two things I wanted to share. First is that they could use your prayers as they look for a house. Up until now they made trips in and out of Romania, being based out of the UK, but they've recently moved out there permanently. The work continues and their need now is for a house of their own. Their names are Ian and Sue Paxton.

Secondly, they mentioned a new website that's been created about a people group on the border between Romania and the Ukraine called the Hutuli people. There are only a couple of working pages right now (plenty of pictures!) but I want to put it out their for those of you with praying hearts and passion people and groups around the world. May God's glory be known in every town and country and may His praises be sung in every tongue with which He furnishes His eternal Temple. Glory to God, may our hearts be moved.

Here's the story so far:

"Since I [Ian] have been here I have been helping Misu with a project that started out from one of his daughters needing to build a website at school. She decided to build a site about a group of people called Hutuli. They live near the place Misu has been using to house the camps which is near the border of the Ukraine. They speak their own language which is a mixture of Romanian and Ukrainian and have their own traditions, religion etc. The site has only a few pages so far, I will be updating it as I get the information to put up there. The ideas for the site has grown bigger than the original site for school and Misu would like to open a museum and has other ideas. The people don't know whether to preserve their traditions or just to merge into a modern society. Go to www.hutuli.com The site is both in Romanian and English, to go from one to the other click on the flags at the top of the page."

At posting, only the photo album and the 'Traditions' page were working. Both worth a look, the traditional egg painting is amazing!

I never cease to be amazed by this world which God has created and the beautiful variety in human expression. The extravagance with which our God creates and which is in His purpose is awesome. A living Temple, built in and with the lives of all of us, those He has created; He dwells with and within us! No wonder the angels marvel. We are a mystifying and wondrous work. How I look forward to Heaven. If we see His fingerprint of creation upon this Earth, what will that place be like, that which is Rest and Eternal.

I'll post more updates on my own situation soon. For now, rest in and offer praise to God, marvel in His majesty.

Praise you God!

G.