The winter of 2013 is coming

As we are entering the winter of 2013, OM Moldova will again be involved in different winter relief projects. For example, 1150 familie will be visited every month (December - March) and besides sharing the Gospel and encouraging the family, also a food parcel will be delivered. As I was preparing today a report about some foodparcels that have been delivered in the last month, I came across the below story of Lucia. She is just one of many who are in need of help. Let us pray that this winter many, many people will be reached with the practical help they need but also with the spiritual help!

Lucia lives in Bender together with her 4 children. Lucia was married but her husband was drinking a lot and was beating her very often. Three years ago he took a knife and stabbed her with it. For two years Lucia stayed in the hospital until she recovered. Her husband is still in prison. When she was released from the hospital, together with her children, she went to live in the house of her mother in law. It was an old and broken house made of wood. After just a couple of months, the house burned down and so again she was left with nothing, living on the street. At the moment Lucia is renting an apartment and she has a job at a factory where they dry fish. Her job is to wash and clean the fish but the solution they use for this is very strong and the skin on her hands is badly affected by this. But even if her hands hurt she continues to go to work because this is the only way she has some income and can pay the rent for the apartment. Her oldest son is not developing like it should and so after paying the rent, the rest of her salary she spend to buy the needed medicines to treat her son. Lucia tries to save up some money because she knows that in February 2014 she will need to leave the apartment. She can only rent the pace till that month and so she will need to look for a new place, which probably will be more expensive than the rent she is paying now so that’s why she is trying to save some money now. If she doesn’t find a place, than again she will be living on the street.


As you can imagine, the food parcel she receives is a very big help and encouragement. The children were invited to come to the Day Centre at the church and now the whole family attends church on Sundays. Lucia’s oldest daughter is 11 years old and after she attended for a while the Day Centre and the local church, she gave her heart to Jesus and we pray that God continues to work in this family.