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Trinitarian Bible Society – Quarterly RecordWord of God. Although most of themare members of a state church, they areliving in a secular, worldly way. Our churchmembers distributed the calendars to theiracquaintances, neighbours, relatives andfriends. They reported good discussionsand possibilities for sharing the gospel.Some people were able to hang calendarsin public offices where many people cansee the Bible verses for a whole year.Visiting people with the calendars gave usa good opportunity to talk with those whoare open in some way to the Gospel. Weare thankful for your goodness in giving usthese materials.Romania:By the means of this letter, we would liketo thank you for the calendars we receivedthis year again. We were able to distributea large number of calendars to people whovisited our tent at the Winter Fair, whichwas organized in the centre of our city.There were people who received calendarsfrom us in the previous years, and whowere coming to our tent asking again forcalendars. Here are some examples:A woman told me that these are theblessed calendars she has received everyyear, and she puts the calendars even inher office in the City Hall.A young man told us that he began toread the verses written on the calendars,and that practice led him to read adevotional book. I gave him a copy of ourBible reading helper, which will lead himthrough the Bible in one year.All the calendars were distributed onthe first day of the Fair; therefore peoplewho came after that were woeful. Finallyour church members gave out their owncalendars, just to know that the Word ofGod arrived in some homes, and will beread. Our church members gave out a lot ofcalendars at their work places, and to theirfamilies.We distributed the Romanian languagecalendars too. I gave out the calendars toan elite Regiment of the Romanian Army,which has its base in our city, as well as tothe officers of the Air Defense Base, whichis near our city. We gave out calendarsto the students from the Romanian highschool.I would like to ask, if possible, send morecalendars, because there are a lot of thirstypeople here. If possible, please send someHungarian and Romanian Bibles too. Wepraise God for the blessing He gave us bythe calendars, and we continue to prayfor your blessed work through the Bibles,books and other literature you are printing.Romania:We were very glad that even during thesedifficult times, God moved our brothersto send us calendars again. May God blessthem abundantly! We live in a small town,with 5,000 inhabitants and all the peopleto whom we gave calendars were glad forthem. The distribution of the calendarsgave us good opportunities to meet newpeople and to share the Gospel. Since wehave received calendars for almost tenyears, many families have special placesin their homes for these calendars. Wewere able to distribute calendars to thelocal police officers, and they acceptedthem gladly. We offered calendars for thebank employees too, who also rejoiced forthem. With one of them we were able tohave further discussions about the gospel.Elderly people, who are having problemswith their sight, are especially glad for thelarge print. The Gypsy children, for whomwe are organizing Bible studies, recited allthe Bible verses from the calendars. Themembers of our church offered gladly theirhelp in the distribution of the calendars.We hope and pray that God might usethe Bible verses from the calendars for Hisglory and for the good of His people.32