August 2021 – adventuresinromania

Our kids singing in church 🎤

Posted on August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 by adventuresinromania

Last weekend, our kids along with 4 other children sang songs they learned at camp with us. We learned about God’s Creation and had 11 kids mostly leaders’ kids. They were happy to share what they learned 😎

Baptisms 😎 😇

Posted on August 25, 2021October 7, 2021 by adventuresinromania

There were seven youth who were baptized this summer who we’ve had at camp, and who we know very well. At three different churches in town.

Baptism at the Pentecostal church: Florin Dodița (from Casa Ray Orphanage) and 9 others in June.

Baptism at the Betel Evangelical church in July: Ionut Dodita, Madalin Baroi, Dumitrita Matase, Nicu Vacaru, and Markus Gavril all teens from Casa Ray Orphanage in Dobreni, where do English lessons.

Baptism at the Baptist Church! (our church) Mihaela Barsan and three other members in August.
Pray for them as they start their relationship with God, to remain faithful to Him! 🙏🙌

village visits

Lessons in the village 📝

Posted on August 25, 2021 by adventuresinromania

In May and June we continued kids clubs In the village of Garcina, continuing our study on hope. We usually had 2-5 children who came to the program. Games, songs, snack, lesson and going out to the village playground gave us nice chance to catch up with everyone. Pray for these kids as they start school soon, to take what they have learned to their friends and teachers🤗🙏

Statistics

In Romania in the year 2000, there were: 87,753 orphans/abandoned children.

In the year 2010, there were: 62,000 orphans/abandoned children.
(To read more about why there are orphans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_orphans)

While numbers are going down, there is still a large group, with a high concentration in institutional orphanages in the Eastern part of the country. To effectively serve this marginalized group, there is a need for compassionate individuals to be willing to do life with them: support during the school year, providing extracurricular activities, and offering possibilities for them to grow.

Romania Pop. 20,121,641 people (2011 Census).
Piatra Neamt, Romania Pop. (our town) 58,000 people.

Num. of children at Casa Ray Orphanage (private) : 20

Num. of children at Elena Doamna Orphanage (state) : 116

Num. of children at Ion Creanga Orphange (state): 74

Country's Induction in the EU: 1 Jan, 2007.
Conditions of orphanages have greatly improved with the country’s induction in the European Union, and grants have been given to certain orphanages and infrastructure to make renovations.

Psalm 68: 5-6

" El este Tatăl orfanilor, Apărătorul văduvelor, El, Dumnezeu, care locuieşte în locaşul Lui cel sfânt. Dumnezeu dă o familie celor părăsiţi, El izbăveşte pe prinşii de război şi-i face fericiţi; numai cei răzvrătiţi locuiesc în locuri uscate. "

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" A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land. "