Overdue Update

July 12, 2012



Dear Prayer Partners,



Before I share the blessings and trials we have experienced here in Romania, I must ask your forgiveness for the lack of communication so far this year. While I have shared a few updates via e-mail, the last official letter was in January and the last e-mail was regarding the passing of Deb's father in April. I realize that I am responsible and accountable for the ministry God has entrusted to me, both to the Lord and to those who have partnered with us in prayer and financial support. I recall that during my time as pastor in the States, the lack of communication from a missionary might be viewed by our people as a lack of appreciation for support or something worse. I fear that you may be thinking the same, but I want to assure you that we have been very busy and have had circumstances that hindered me from writing (such as computer crashes 3 times, a continuing building project, death in the family and vehicle problems). It seemed like every time I would plan to make time to sit down and formulate a prayer letter, something major would happen or a big event or project would require my attention.



At this point you are probably thinking, "This guy is just making excuses!" I HAVE NO EXCUSES, rather I acknowledge that I should have made time for even brief updates on a regular basis. I accept all the responsibility and sincerely ask your forgiveness for neglecting this important aspect of our relationship (i.e., communication).



After such a busy fall working on the remodel of our new building, I am sure all were expecting to hear also about the way God would work in our ministry. Please allow me to share the highlights so far this year...



After returning from John and Pearl's wedding in January, we thrilled that were able to purchase 100 chairs for our church through the help of the Christian School at Valley forge Baptist Temple. We currently use 60 of them in our sanctuary weekly, and on one occasion had to set up almost 80.



On February 19th, we baptized Florin that was saved in January after nearly cutting off his right hand with a flex rotary grinder. Two teen boys, Asmir and Alin (who were saved at camp last summer), were also baptized on that day. They all continue to be faithful, but Alin has moved to the village to live with his grandparents and cannot make it every week.



In March, I preached the mission conference at the Gospel Light Independent Baptist Church in Cluj Napoca. The next week we had a "Wild West" theme for our Sweetheat banquet and ate BBQ sandwiches, baked beans and all the fixin's, and there were 8 visitors who came at the invitation of our people.



In April, we celebrated the Lord's Resurrection and had 10 visitors on Easter. We took Sarah Helwig on a tour of castles and ancient cities in Romania and later enjoyed her piano and violin students when they gave a final recital at the church. Sadly, Sarah has left us to return to the States and to a new ministry in Wyoming. She is missed very much, but the fruit of her labors is continually seen in our weekly services.



The month following is a blur... Deb left to be with her dad during his final days, and the Lord gave her (and all the family present) the privilege of seeing him gather strength to get out of bed and sit in a chair as he said "I love you" to each one. He then got back in bed, went to sleep and woke up in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. I also arrived there later that same evening to console my wife and to help in the memorial serives. Deb stayed on for a couple of more weeks to help her mother and later to visit other family, both to comfort and to be comforted. It is still very difficult for her, especially on special days. Please continue to pray for her.



From June 17 until last Sunday, July 8, we have had several visiting preachers and a wonderful group of teens from Arden Road Baptist Church in Amarillo. During this time we had the BIMI European field conference, combined with a special conference for the promoting of the Bible College, which will re-open next year. When the 20 teens and adults arrived from Texas, we put them to work passing out tracts and invitations for our VBS, which took place July 2-4 with a high attendance of 77 and nearly 100 different children enrolled. Last Sunday, many of the new children came to church, along with their parents or grandparents.



Each month during the first half of this year we have held our Christian Children's Club and have gone out door-knocking and distributed an average of 500 tracts weekly. As a result, we have had a good number of adult visitors in our services and new children in our Sunday School.



We continue to work on the building and today painted the front and driveway walls of the building which had been prepped by the Texas team last week. We checked on installing air conditioning, but the cost is about twice as much as funds will allow. We need to do something soon since temperatures and humidity are already too high to be able to stay long in the auditorium.



Ioana and Cosmin, our assistant pastor, are at a health clinic for 2 weeks for treatment of her thyroid which has some suspicious spots. She is trying to eat healthy, but her symptoms take a toll on her. Please pray for her complete recovery.



Our family is well...just really tired. Bethany is playing the piano for services and specials now, and will be serving for 3 weeks at the Christian camp where we take youth from our church. We have some who would like to go, but don't have the finances; so we are looking for sponsors to help, while we encourage them to do practical things at the church and for families to earn some money.



I have already written over 1,000 words, but would like to show you some pictures to multiply their meaning. Please visit our website (blog) at http://www.tylero.org as we will be posting them there soon!





Your servant in Christ,

Tim J. Tyler

Missionary to Romania

http://www.tylero.org

Mobile: +40-723-400088

Home: +40-256-321560

Yahoo Phone-in: 541-210-8024 (number to my computer to leave message online)



sent by:

Lancaster Baptist Church

http://www.lancasterbaptist.org



assisted by:

Baptist International Missions, Inc.

http://www.bimi.org

UPDATE Bereavement prayers

April 29, 2012



Dear Prayer Partners,



I wanted to let you know that my wife's father passed away quietly on Wednesday evening at 7 pm Pacific Time. I arrived later that night from Europe and the days have been very busy since. The memorial service was held at Faith Baptist Church in Grants Pass, OR, and both Dad Brown's testimony and Pastor Burman's message gave a powerful witness to God's power in the life of a man who loves Him. The burial will take place Monday morning, June 30th, at 11 am at the Eagle Point Veterans Cemetary with full honors for his service during World War II. He was 88 years old.



Your continued prayers for us are greatly appreciated. I will return to Romania next Saturday and Deb will return after assuring that her mother has everything settled.



We are grateful for the messages of encouragement, flowers and financial gifts that have been sent. We can feel your prayers!





Your servant in Christ,

Tim J. Tyler

Missionary to Romania



http://www.tylero.org

Mobile: +40-723-400088

Home: +40-256-321560

Yahoo Phone-in: 541-210-8024 (number to my computer to leave message online)



sent by:

Lancaster Baptist Church

http://www.lancasterbaptist.org



assisted by:

Baptist International Missions, Inc.

http://www.bimi.org

Easter services at Timişoara Independent Baptist Church in Romania

The church was full with 9 visitors!

Our favorite tourist site in Romania - Peleş Castle

CCC - March 2012

The Christian Children's Club this month went well with about 25 kids in attendance.

Read our latest prayerletter and praises at http://www.tylero.org/prayerletter.aspx.

2010 Tyler Christmas Praises

Dear Prayer Partners,

First of all, we want to wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a BLESSED NEW YEAR!

Speaking of the new year, it gives us occasion to recall some of the many blessings of the present one…
January 2010 – Our church in Timisoara hosted our 5th annual Church Planters Conference with Bro. Rick Houk and 77 in attendance (about half of them national pastors and missionaries in Romania)
February 2010 – The teens of our church put on a Sweetheart Banquet for the adults in our church with the theme, “An evening in Venice”.
March 2010 – Bro. Gabriel Rivera preached a family conference for us. Zoli, the husband of one of our faithful ladies, was also saved during this month.
April 2010 – Rebekah got engaged to Travis Garza with our blessing. Zoli was baptized (he also brought 10 visitors to see it) and began discipleship lessons.
May 2010 – Reprinted 10,000 copies of the “Done” book in Romanian. Rebekah arrived to help us for the summer.
June 2010 – Pastor Troy Dorrell and 28 adults and teens from Eastland Baptist Church in Tulsa, OK, came for an unforgetable 10 days in which thousands of tracts and Done books were distributed, special services were held in Romanian and Gypsy churches and whirlwind siteseeing tours were conducted of Roman ruins, medieval castles and Budapest landmarks. (GREAT FUN! But I think we slept a week afterwards.)
July 2010 – VBS was held earlier than usual, but had great results and the help of 2 girls from West Coast Baptist College – Sarah Cook and Rebecca Furlong. John came home for 2 weeks at the end of the month and we made a wonderful family trip to Rome.
August 2010 – Our church sent 25 children to Camp of Joy (divided into 3 age-appropriate weeks). During this time Debra was Stateside for the birth of our first grandchild on August 12, 2010: Titus Evan Williams. She and Rebekah were present for the event, and I was on the phone with them to hear the cries of a newborn miracle. AWESOME!
September 2010 – Debra returned with Sarah Helwig, a 2010 Masters graduate of WCBC, who came to work with us for a year-and-a-half or more. Praise the Lord for her musical talents and servant spirit.
October 2010 – John asked Pearl Choi to marry him. Dr. W.A. Smith from Oklahoma City, OK, was our guest speaker for the 5th anniversary of the Timisoara Independent Baptist Church.
November 2010 – I preached at 2 mission conferences in Hungary, and our church held our “By Grace” Mission Conference.
December 2010 – Here we are, ready for special Christmas concerts and making plans for 2011!

All of these things were possible “Because You Gave” (see below)

Your servants in Christ,
Tim & Debra Tyler and family

Because You Gave

by Tim Stephens

We worked today.

Ordinary jobs were accomplished because of you.

We composed lessons and letters on a computer you bought for us.

Necessary errands were run in a dependable vehicle you purchased.

Our children were schooled from books you paid for.

We have lights, water and a home

Because you gave.

We relaxed today.

An outing you provided refreshed our family.

We turned aside from the routine and enjoyed a meal out.

Thank you.

We laughed and played together and had a restful time

Because you gave.

We worshipped today.

Your sacrifice paid for believers to travel to church.

They gathered in a building that you rented and remodeled.

They read from the Bibles you bought

And sat in chairs you donated so they might hear God's Word.

They praised their Savior from songbooks in their native tongue

Because you gave.

Someone was saved today.

You stood with us as we proclaimed to him the everlasting gospel.

A disciple whom you helped us train led him to Jesus.

He will follow his Lord in a baptismal that you helped purchase.

He will grow in grace and in the knowledge of Christ

And his life will be forever changed

Because you gave.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

2 Corinthians 9:15