Please pray for our missionary to Romania, Natalie Bridges who sent the following updates and prayer requests:

• I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!  I am so grateful for the ministry opportunities the Lord provided and for the resources to be able to do them well.  I am also grateful for the Fouts family for blessing me so greatly this Christmas.  I had a wonderful time spending Christmas with them.

• Thank you for praying for my mom.  She has has been improving a little more and has even been able to leave the house for short periods of time.  She is scheduled to have another back surgery (for a herniated disc causing nerve damage) on January 23rd.  Please pray for the surgery to go well.  She has already had one back surgery and almost died from complications, so she is not excited about having another.  Please continue to pray for her healing and the pain.  

• Another praise, the director at the orphanage has given us permission to have an after-Christmas party on January 3rd and the gifts for the orphans that were shipped from America have arrived!  We are so excited!  Also, the director has given me permission to take Cami into town anytime I want!  And, she is going to focus on getting the children to school starting in January.  Please continue to pray for the workers to be kinder to the children.  Cristina has not been screaming as much, but she is still unkind to everyone (kids, other workers, me, etc).  She needs Jesus!