and the gospel of mark chapter ten verse thirteen says then they brought the little children to him that he may touch them by the disciples rebuked those who brought them but when jesus grandson his name is and that's why today we like to continue to talk about the christmas project what we have been december and i believe this is the children like jesus said let this little children to come to me because they are so innocent they don't know too much and that's the way we need to be when we have something in our heart to let it go down like these little children like these little kids their keepers and my in my a very poor area people they have them by the houses they make a noise from outside but they believe in a such a poverty over there and this year was also the drought which destroy more than sixty seventy them we try to give some food to the family and they're going to select a few family which they are very poor probably thirty forty family which we don't plan to give them food for this winter potato europe because we check all the prices and it's very expensive and we try to to to to to do the most cheapest way because the less money than more quantity we can buy and in this way  stuff from there put together the packages in just last night before we start this program to do to do this program i talked to the local pastor from there and he gave me some numbers an average like  message to the parents why we do that and the children's are very excited to receive their package yuri they laughed afterwords after a pray for them i pray for the for the parents i invite them to receive jesus in their heart a member what is to be by the power of the word of god yes member and that's why when we only do this events like giving gifts to the children is not only bringing the gives but we bring the gospel to the parents and that's wh the engine when i challenge you pray for us pray for this mission is not so easy many times i said when i mention many programs we are now supported by a bigger  the field you are like you and you when you which you watch this program and many of many people who they are part of this ministry they do from their fixing come all the income they don't have a some time when they try everything they put it together least on this earth to which they need help we do it to the lord and the lord is the one who put in our heart many of you may be you cannot go pers on the spaces like north of romania and those little villages which we go to six villages those villages are the most and the least visit by the mission by the missionary that many people go in that area many of us you know we send is given and when we put this verse many children they ask their person said what is this maybe some of them they can read they are in the forest of second or third grade and they start reading or they ask their parents to read it for them and the prince has to explain to them that way it's very good when we can share the word of god and tell them about jesus i remember him a question say who jesus is you know what we celebrate and they say that we don't know and i introduce them for the first time to the kingdom of god and i asked them to receive jesus in their heart there is everybody that is their hands and they said the seen the prayer and my heart is areas that word has been given to them later on to work in their heart to accept that jesus and that jesus to become their personal savior the same thing as our prayer to do in this mission the beginning in my arm my little grandson that was the son of god that was jesus which was born these are to take the scene of humanity and that's why when we give them that the m's annual children's christmas outreach this year our team travelled to a new city in the northeast region of romania called yet some of you may remember the trip from september of two thousand and eleven where john had the opportunity to fly to this part of romania with the hopes of reaching out to this abandoned city after returning from his september visit john felt compelled to return to these precious ones with the message of hope although y known to be the second largest city in romania it is by no means the wealthiest as with many romanian cities there are hidden surrounding pockets where the gospel is not widespread and living conditions are simply unbearable as you can tell by the video the roads are rough and muddy and very difficult to travel on there were communities where our team had to park the van and other vehicles and deliver the food supplies on foot at one point we even received help from the other local to deliver food supplies door to door before dark work is scarce and the fight for survival is unreal and winter has proved to be specially difficult these precious people were warm and inviting to our entire crew they with open arms and many asked for prayers for the needs and healing in their lives we were blessed to see the impact john military ministries made throughout this project touching these lives that christmas and seeing the joy on the face of these children through our christmas outreach was only made possible by partners like you you have been the biggest part of this operation and we thank god for you with your financial help prayers and support we were able to reach nearly one hundred families with basic food supply and approximately fifteen hundred underprivileged children with christmas packages all the gifts were packaged and stamped with a personal sticker and a scripture from isaiah nine six each child goodie bag include it a teddy bear an orange a plastic kid's cup with a lid and straw an assortment of candy and then wait for cookies and a chocolate bar or a goodie bag like this may not mean much to our children here but to these forgotten ones it meant the world someone out there cared enough to love them all of the teddy bears kids cups and candy were donated by different sources here in the states and shipped to romania with the help of partners like you all other goods were purchased from germany and romania each and every item in these children's packages was put together by hand with love by a member of our team designed expression for children who have never had a real christmas are small handed people had only three days to work around the clock to assemble all fifteen hundred packages a big thank you to our assembly crude gino and stephen john claudia gore daniel and george in addition to the children's packages we were able to reach out to approximately one hundred families with food to get them through one winter month the cooking conditions in this area were challenging because the only means of cooking is above a wood stove so we need to purchase food specifically tailored for this part of the country our goal was to buy food the had a long shelf life such as corn flour potatoes sugar and eunice cooking oil and pasta the corn flour is probably the most important of them all because it makes the type of corn mush called very similar to plenty and used as a main dish for almost every meal without you and your generosity this would have never been possible when you support the work we do here at john military ministry the word teaches that your reward is the same as the one who physically went out to do it we strive to live based on matthew twenty five forty that says and the king will answer and say to them assuredly i say to you in as much as you did it to one of the least of these my brother and you did it to me once again we think you are us partners for being part of the two thousand and eleven children's christmas outreach and a special think you to our overseas partners from the ingle star church and the lawns whole church a small hand of brothers and sisters in christ from germany with their help we were able to raise funds for this project in order for us to purchase the majority of the items for our outreach pain in my body but most of the pain left me so powerful is the power of the word of god because this is a problem is from the word of god and what do you bring the problem is when you speak the word of god over  your back pain you have a back pain for maybe for many years now is the time for your medical believing in god order from the norm and don't forget about the poor because he said he w and we would like to take a moment to thank all of our faithful partners above all john martorano ministries would like to thank god for opening our hearts to hear where the need has been