在罗马尼亚首都的布加勒斯特 （Bucharest）附近有一所小学，其中只有三名学生是复临信徒家庭的孩子。

这三个人都在拉瑞提欧所在的的八年级班，不久他们就邀请他去教堂，之后，他便爱上了耶稣并受洗了。

拉瑞提欧开始渴望成为一名牧师。然而，在布加勒斯特的复临学校只有20个入学名额，所以他必须要在入学考试里考得非常好。在考试那天，他进入了教室，并坐在一张大桌子旁。拉瑞提欧低头看着眼前的试卷，开始考试。然而发榜后，他的名次排在第21。「没事的！」他告诉父母，「明年我会再试一次。」

然而，那一年，拉瑞提欧对属灵生活并不上心。入学考试时，他进了同一间教室，坐在同一张大桌子旁。当他低头看着试卷的时候，他感觉到有些不对劲。拉瑞提欧知道自己过着不敬虔的生活，顿时，他的脑中一片空白。于是拉瑞提欧猛然从位子上站了起来，并离开了教室。

几年过去了，拉瑞提欧搬到西班牙，并成为一名建筑工人。他结婚了，也远离了上帝。在他23岁的时候，他遇见了一位在西班牙工作的叔叔，他也是复临信徒。拉瑞提欧想起了最初对上帝的爱，还有过去想成为牧师的愿望。于是，他和妻子决定一起受洗。

在受洗前，拉瑞提欧想知道他的新生活应该怎么规划。「上帝！」他祈祷道，「祢对我的计划是什么？」第二天， 他再次祈祷，「上帝，祢对我的计划是什么？」

在拉瑞提欧受洗后的第三天晚上，他做了一个梦。在梦中，他进了一间教室，坐在一张大桌旁看着试卷。他惊恐地发现到自己正在参加数学考试，考试内容却是没有学习过的。他的思绪一片空白，害怕变成了恐慌，他心跳如雷。那一刻，拉瑞提欧惊醒了，那时是凌晨3点。

「那只是一场梦！」他安慰自己。

拉瑞提欧继续睡，却做了第二个梦。这一次，他在马德里教堂的讲台上站着、说着、笑着。人们兴致勃勃地听他演讲。有平安降临在他身上。拉瑞提欧感觉到了上帝的同在。

早上，他的梦结束了。那天晚上，他像往常一样祷告着：「上帝，祢对我的计划是什么？」

当他睡着后，他梦见自己走进了一间教室，坐在一张大桌子旁。低头时，拉瑞提欧看到他正在参加罗马尼亚语的考试。而这个科目是他这一年没有学习的，他的脑子一片空白，感到惊慌失措。过了一会儿，他坐到另一张桌子边。现在，他正高兴地向一群人讲话，他们听得饶有趣味。拉瑞提欧喜悦地感受到了上帝的同在。

类似的梦境几乎每天都在出现。教室总是一样的，但考试的科目完全不同。拉瑞提欧却从未为考试做好准备，这让他感到很痛苦。

之后，梦中的场景变成了教堂，他正在另一张桌子教导一群人，并且他感受到了上帝的同在。

这梦大约持续了三个月后，拉瑞提欧想知道，这是不是上帝在告诉他去当一名牧师。「但我该怎么做呢？我不能辞掉工作。我结婚了，我还要养家。」

这梦持续出现。一年过去了。然后是两年、三年、四年。拉瑞提欧把他的梦告诉父母和身边亲近的朋友们，但他们都认为那只是潜意识。

最后，拉瑞提欧习惯了这梦。在睡觉的时候，他会等待痛苦的第一部分结束， 这样他就能享受愉快的第二部分。

每天晚上，拉瑞提欧都一直在祈祷：

「上帝，祢对我的计划是什么？」

十年后，他告诉妻子自己所做的梦。一天晚上，拉瑞提欧和他的妻子参加了一个约250人的青年大会。主讲者似乎可以读懂他的心思。每当拉诺尼吉在脑海中浮现反对成为牧师的想法时，主讲者就会从讲台上给他回答。他的妻子轻推他。「你必须去神学院，」她说。

三个月后， 他和妻子还有 9 岁的儿子，搬到了位于马德里以东235英里（380公里）的萨贡托复临大学（Sagunto Adventist College）。从那天起他经常出现的梦停止了。

拉瑞提欧目前正攻读他第二年的神学课程。「我每一堂课，以及每次和老师的相处，都是梦境中的第二部分，」他说，「我没有错过第一部分。第二部分是我现在真实的日常生活。」

Same Dream for 10 Years

Only three Seventh-day Adventist children attended the elementary school near Romania’s capital, Bucharest.

All three were in Laurentiu Stefan Druga’s eighth grade class, and before long they invited him to church. Laurentiu fell in love with Jesus and was baptized.

A desire blossomed in him to become a pastor. The Adventist school in Bucharest, however, only had 20 openings, and Laurentiu had to score well on the entrance exam. On exam day, Laurentiu entered the classroom and sat at a big table. He looked down at the paper in front of him and took the exam. He placed 21st.

“No problem,” he told his parents. “I’ll try again next year.”

That year, however, he grew careless in his spiritual life. When the time came for the entrance exam, he entered the same classroom. He sat at the same big table. He looked down at the paper. But something felt wrong. He knew that he was living an ungodly life, and his mind went blank. Abruptly, he stood up and left the room.

Several years passed. Laurentiu moved to Spain and became a construction worker. He got married and drifted farther from God. At the age of 23, he met an uncle, an Adventist, also working in Spain. He remembered his first love for God and his desire to become a pastor. He and his wife decided to be baptized together.

Ahead of the big day, Laurentiu began to wonder how to plan his new life. “God,” he prayed, “what is your plan for me?”

The next day, he prayed again, “God, what is your plan for me?”

Two nights after his baptism, Laurentiu had a dream. In the dream, he entered a classroom, sat at a big table and looked at a piece of paper. With horror, he realized that he was taking a math exam and hadn’t studied for the past year. His mind went blank. Fear turned to panic, and his heart beat wildly. At that moment, Laurentiu woke up. It was 3 a.m. “That was just a dream,” he reassured himself.

Falling asleep, he had a second dream. This time he stood, talking and smiling, at the pulpit in his Madrid church. People listened with great interest. Peace flowed through him. He sensed God’s presence.

In the morning, Laurentiu dismissed the dreams. That night, he prayed as usual, “God, what is your plan for me?”

Asleep, he dreamed that he entered a classroom and sat at a big table. Looking down, he saw that he was taking a Romanian-language exam. He hadn’t studied for a year, and his mind went blank. He panicked. A moment later, however, he was seated at another table. Now he was smiling and laughing as he spoke to a group of people who listened with interest. Joyfully he sensed God’s presence.

Similar dreams occurred nearly every night. The classroom was always the same, but the exam varied. He never was prepared for the exam, and he felt miserable.

Then the scene changed to a church, another table, or a crowd of people. He was teaching and sensed God’s presence.

After about three months of dreams, Laurentiu wondered whether God was telling him to become a pastor. “But how?” he asked God. “I can’t quit my job. I’m married and have a family to support.” The dreams kept coming. A year passed.

Then two, three, four years. He told his parents and several close friends about the dreams, but they dismissed them as the workings of his subconscious mind.

Eventually, he got used to the dreams. While sleeping, he would wait for the miserable first part to end so he could enjoy the pleasant second part.

Also every evening, Laurentiu kept praying, “God, what is your plan for me?”

After 10 years, Laurentiu told his wife about the dreams. One evening, Laurentiu and his wife attended a youth conference of about 250 people. The speaker seemed to be reading his thoughts. Every time Laurentiu raised an objection in his mind about becoming a pastor, the speaker responded from the platform with an answer. Laurentiu’s wife nudged him. “You have to go to the seminary,” she said.

Three months later, Laurentiu, his wife, and their 9-year-old son moved to Sagunto Adventist College, located 235 miles (380 kilometers) east of Madrid. From that day, the dreams stopped.

Laurentiu is now immersed in his second year of seminary studies. “Every class that I take and every moment that I have with the teachers is the second part of the dream,” he said. “I don’t miss the first part of the dream. The second part is now the reality of my every-day life.” þ