The city of medgidia, Romania

On the 23rd to the 30th September 2019, a team from The Gospel Centre went on a mission trip to the city of Medgidia, Romania to help out the organisation, Stepping Stones Mission. One of the missionaries who joined this team, Jermaine Bernard, shares his thoughts of the trip.

The Romania mission trip was the first ever Gospel Centre mission trip where it was open for anyone within the congregation to join and serve. Among this who went, we all had our personal reasons for going to Romania and The Holy Spirit spoke to each of us in different ways. Initially I had no intention of being part of the mission team when the trip was first proposed. But after a weekend away and at the very last moment, I felt God put a real burden on my heart to go and film what was to take place on this mission. This was a great opportunity for me to exercise my purpose. Something that I continue to learn more about is that God has always put it on my heart to encourage people to find their purpose or their gifting. Through capturing the heart of what was done in Romania, my hope was that it would encourage others to do mission work either abroad or here at home within their community and that it will also help people to discover their purpose, skill or gift that is buried deep within them.
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Although my sole motivation in this trip was to provide a tale of what happened in the mission field, I was also there to serve the community in whatever way possible. There were many things to keep us busy.  Painting, teaching the kids, mentoring the teenagers, leading worship and many other things. There were also opportunities to challenge us physically and spiritually. For those who know me well, know that I love a good snooze! So from dealing with the jet lag and being roomed with two snoring bears (who will not be named) to not having the home comforts and knowing there is work to be done, I found that this was a good challenge for me. Each morning we had to rise early to spiritually prepare the team for battle. Some of the group went out to do home visits, which involved praying for people in the local community. Whilst others stayed behind and teach the children basic numeracy and literacy skills. Spiritually we were all challenged to do something that was out of our comfort zone and fear did grip us. But when we seeked God and understood what He had put in us, we had the confidence to do what He called us to do. 

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