We are IN

Over the week-end the Global Care board agreed on our latest proposal to move into the building with a 2 years rent-to-own contract. This means that at the end of the two years we will have all the finances for the purchase and we will become owners. We are so excited at this opportunity and God's provision! We feel we are occupying the land, putting a stake in the ground, thus stating: "We are here to stay". We believe that the opposition and spiritual warfare we have been experiencing over this move is a witness to that.

We will continue to fund-raise and seek for partners for this amazing ministry God has entrusted us with, here in Targu Mures, Romania. Thank you all who've been praying, donating, raising awareness. Please continue to do so and pray also for a smooth transition into the new building.

We love you and God bless you!

YWAM Tg Mures staff

Prayer update

After finishing our week of prayer, God started to open new doors for the building.

One is a possibility to move into the building on a rent-to-own contract and we are in negotiations with the organization GlobalCare which owns the building. This Saturday would you please keep us in prayer, as the board of GlobalCare will decide whether the contract will work.

Please also keep us in prayer, next month, as we approach Christian businessmen in Romania to partner with us to buy the building.

We have received many 'words' from everyone around the world and we see God saying the same thing, "the building is coming and we should continue believing" so please pray that God will make our next steps clear.

Thank you and God bless

Praying for the New Year

As we have entered a new year we want to keep a tradition we started two years ago and that is to postpone all ministry for a week and pray and seek God for our future plans - the NEW BASE included. That doesn't mean we don't plan ahead we just want to submit everything to the Lord in prayer, worship and fasting and allow Him to be Sovereign. Join us in prayer this week and share what you hear God say concerning the ministry here in Targu Mures, Romania!

2010 is the year of Jubilee for many reasons for us. YWAM is celebrating 50 years of existence and we are on the brink of Revival globally, as God promised so long time ago. So we want to pray in this context and ask God: "What is OUR role? How shall WE get ready?"

PS Over the holidays we received an extra 8000 Euros towards the building. Thank you Lord!!!

PRAY please

Just a short update: we haven't given up on the building. We are negotiating a "rent to buy" contract with the possibility of moving in as renters and continue to fundraise for the building. We need your prayers now more than ever: the current owners are very encouraging and generous but we need to find the best solution, which would benefit both parties. In the end both organizations are about the Kingdom of God! Thank you for supporting our cause!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

What others say...

In spite of all the renting proprieties that YWAM Tg Mures has had in the last couple of years, its ministries have gowned a lot through their schools and community projects. Thus they got to a point where acquiring a new building base is very critical in continuing building the Kingdom of God in Romania. TM has not only got many opportunities to serve, but its potential to reach Romania for Christ from this city is even greater because of the perfect location and vision. A new building for the base would provide the means to continue grow their schools and reach out to the city. As a member of YWAM TM board I am very privileged to be part of it's journey in serving the Lord in Romania.

Daniel Vlad - Targu Mures, Romania

YWAM Tg Mures board member

YWAM-er since 1996

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12 ESV

Anyone who has spent any time seeking to further the Kingdom of God knows we are in a war, a battle against an unseen enemy who seeks to stop our efforts at any cost. If we fail to acknowledge that we are in fact “at war”, we’ve already lost the first battle.
Throughout history, leaders seeking to take new ground in their military campaigns have been successful, in part, because they set up a strategic base either in enemy territory or at least as close to the enemy lines as possible. Many times great sacrifices are made to set up the base, knowing that whatever was given up, however valuable, is key to winning the battle.
Bases are chosen for their position, not only against the enemy lines, but in connection with its allies as well. The base will serve as a headquarters, a jumping point for future missions, for training, supplying, and equipping those who serve on the front lines, who battle daily against the enemy. Furthermore, the base also becomes a centralized point for the delivery of supplies and resources. For it to stand and succeed it needs to have consistent supply line.
Establishing a permanent base in Targu Mures is key to winning the battle for the souls of the people of the city and the surrounding areas. And the fact that you’re reading this is evidence of your interest in being part of the team that will make this happen. Whether your support is financial through fiscal donations needed now and in the future to establish and maintain this stronghold or spiritual through intercessory prayer on behalf of the team and the future of the base in Targu Mures (or both), you are part of that team, that army of God. Perhaps, through all of this, God is calling you to join the front lines as well. Regardless, the sacrifices made here will not be forgotten in the Kingdom of God as “we” seek to set up this new outpost against the enemy, an enemy who already has a stronghold in Targu Mures, in Romania, in Europe, in the world! It’s time that we take seriously our responsibility to equip those on the front lines and provide them with the resources they need to enter into battle. We are the Lord’s Army!

Written by Wayne Hastrup

Website designer/Collaborator

The Latest Update

Over the past weeks we have been blessed by numerous prayer and financial partners joining with us in our vision. Believers from around the world have been standing with us and expressing that God is saying for us to press forward. As a base, we believe God is going to give us this building. People have also joined our fund raising efforts in Norway with great success. Please pray that God blesses them and their efforts and ministries. It is a very exciting time for our ministry in Targu Mures and all of Romania.

Please continue to stand with us in prayer and faith as we watch this promise come to pass. We are believing to be in the building by the end of December. An outreach team is joining us in January and February is seeing the beginning of our fourth Discipleship Training School with students from around the world. Our facilities are rapidly becoming inadequate and we need to expand as our ministry grows. .


Thank you for your prayer and support and we pray that God blesses you in every good work.

Blessings,
Jerry and the YWAM Targu Mures team