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A nice start to the trip, as we headed into the airport to park the car with Meet& Greet. Luton had a massive fire in the car park we usually go to and the whole parking part of the airport is full of cones and diversion signs, but as we approach the airport way a car pulls up beside us with four Asian men and they beep the horn, I ignore them and they continue beeping their horn at us, we come to some lights and they indicate to us to roll down the window, we do and they say, “Mr Gordon?” We reply yes, looking very confused until they say we are coming to meet you follow us. They then directed us through a maze of turnings until we reached our parking spot – humanly speaking a coincidence they recognised the registration plate of the car that one of them were collecting, don’t want to over spiritualise but nice to think they were sent to guide us in!

And we are off! No delays just slow service as tehy only had one person on ticket check in and then later one person on boarding!

We were met at the airport by Dennis, because of a miscommunication Dennis did not realise there were four us and he brought with him his wife, meaning 6 people for a five-seater car and luggage! We Got the luggage in alright but for those in the back, all four experienced some very close (and in England illegal) fellowship!

A break in the journet to streach those legs and enjoy some coffee!

Arrived safely in Cahul, glad to be unpacked and we are ready to go in the morning!
The city of Cahul is home for now and we will use it as our base to reach out the the villages in the district.

At Luton airport waiting for take-off!

11 day gospel preaching mission planned in association with The Moldovan Mission and local Churches.
The week is organised by The Moldovan Mission and we will be working alongside local Pastors.

Vă mulțumim pentru interes și rugăciuni, ne vedem peste două săptămâni!

Thank you for praying for the Moldova Mission 2023.

The team is made up of four from England, Myself & The Moose (Mark Majunusz), plus David Brown & Matt Downs. The eleven day mission is organised by Mark McCormick of The Moldovan Mission (www.moldovanmission.org). The mission starts Saturday 27th October and we are due to fly back on Tuesday the 7th November.

FRIDAY 27th October:
We fly from Luton and arrive into Chisinau International Airport on Friday evening and travel to our base in Cahul, a city in southern Moldova.
Cahul is 112 miles, about two & half hours car travelling from the airport,

Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th October:
We (myself & the Moose) are with pastor Sasha who is trying to plant a church in the village of Larga (on the Ukraine, Moldovan border). We will be doing aid visits in the day with two Frank (an acronym for the believers unsaved Friends, Relatives, Associates, Neighbours and Kids) evangelistic meetings arranged for the Saturday & Sunday evenings. Biorel and Emilie will be Translating for us.
David & myself will preach Sunday morning in two local Churches and The Moose & Matt will also share their testimonies. The Moose & I will be preaching in Manta (Manta is a commune in Cahul District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Manta and Pașcani).

A busy time ahead
We expect to be busy everyday with lots of last minute additions to a busy programme but this is confirmed to us the night before and can even change by morning breakfast! But that is the joy of Moldova! For now this is all the info we have…

Thursday 2nd November
we (myself & the Moose) will go pastor Ion Pavalache to a village called Cazangic (Cazangic is a commune in Leova District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Cazangic, Frumușica and Seliște) where pastor Ion is also trying to plant a church. This will also be aid visits and a FRANK meeting at the end we might get a chance to speak to school kids and even teachers – TBC.

The power of prayer:
For the past 12 weeks the believers linked to the mission have committed themselves to pray everyday for 12 individual FRANKs!
The have prayed that God will draw their FRANKs to Christ and that when they invite them to the outreach meetings in their homes they will come
.Weeks of prayer from the believers mean those we encounter will have already been prepared by God to listen to and receive the gospel and I believe the mission will be especially fruitful because of that!

I hope to be able upate regular news & photos of the trip on this website!

Please pray for:

·The wives back at home.
·Health (bed bugs, COVID, etc.)
·Safety (bad roads & mad drivers)
·Energy (2-7 meetings per day)
·Guidance & flexibility over what to preach on
·Translators, who are vitally important
·Hearers to turn to Christ in repentance & faith

Preaching today…

Activity: Morning Service
Venue: Shirrell Heath Methodist Church. SO32 2JN
Time: 10.30am
Subject: ‘God Only!’ – sermon by Gordon Curley
Bible Passage: Psalm 62
Speaker: Gordon Curley

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What are they are saying about Making Jesus Known Today and Tomorrow:

This is an excellent and helpful resource on sharing Jesus with our world. It is comprehensive in its scope, contemporary in its outlook and, above a/I, challenging in its enthusiasm!

J.John (Evangelist. Philo Trust),

How wonderful to find a current book on evangelism written by those who are passionate evangelists and church planters. We need their inspiration and practice to encourage the church of today back to making evangelism central. The simple last words of Jesus ring through this book calling us to “go” and keep “going”.

Rachel Jordan-Wolf (Executive Director. HOPE Together)

In a world of COVID, Climate Change, Economic Crisis, Conflict in Europe, and Congregations reduced by a third, my job as an evangelist remains ‘to prepare God’s people for works of service’ (Eph. 4: 12). This book is incredibly timely, full of wisdom on the great biblical themes of Integrity, Sovereignty and Creativity in evangelism. It is a Godsend.

Rico Tice (Christianity Explored Ministries)

Making Jesus Known Today and Tomorrow

Making Jesus Known Today and Tomorrow is born of the belief that Britain and Ireland need the gospel of Christ as much today as ever, if not more so.

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The book is a project of Counties, an organisation which came into being 125 years ago, to support local evangelists who at the time were seeing remarkable success in planting local congregations across England and Wales. Today, it supports over forty evangelists, encourages local churches in evangelism, and engages in church planting.

A number of today’s Counties Evangelists are contributors to the book, together with Martin Erwin (CEO, Counties) and Stephen McQuoid (a trustee of Counties and General Director of GLO Europe, a similar association promoting the mission of the gospel in wider Europe).

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Hampshire Counties Evening – 16th October 2023

Catch up or watch again and see what God has been doing through ‘Counties’ in Hampshire…. Good News Camp » Key to Life » Speakers Corner » Moldova » Family News » Future plans! Plus all the latest news from Gordon & Penny Curley

Speakers Corner. Hyde Park. London.

Where: West End Chapel. St Annes Grove, Fareham PO14 1JX
When: Time: 10.00am
What: Acts chapter 2 verses 14-41
Subject: ‘Peter’s First & Best Sermon’