Firewood

Finally the firewood-day is coming closer! It took a while to find the wood but tomorrow we hope to bless several families in the village Lozova. Please pray with us for protection, guidance and wisdom during the distribution. May He be seen and glorified!

.....let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds 

and glorify your Father in heaven! (Matthew 5:16)

Winter continues....

Until now in Moldova the real cold weather has lasted for about two weeks. People in the village are very happy that it is not so cold outside but of course a fire still has to be made in order to heat the house. As the month february started many families are starting to run out of firewood and they are starting to worry how they will be able to keep their houses warm. Some people go to the forest and collect illegallly wood. In the coming weeks we hope to help between 40 and 50 families in Lozova and Micleuseni with firewood or other heating material. Please pray with us: 1) that we will be able to find a good place where we can buy the wood, 2) that the wood will be delivered quickly, 3) that we will be able to bless those who are trully in need and 4) that He will be known through this work.

Tot nu toe, tijdens deze winter, zijn er ongeveer twee weken geweest waarin de temperaturen dik onder nul waren. Iedereen in de dorpen is blij dat het deze winter niet zo koud is maar natuurlijk moet wel iedere dag de kachel aangemaakt worden. Aan het begin van deze maand beginnen veel families zich zorgen te maken want hun voorraad brandhout begint op te raken en hoe kunnen ze hun huis warm houden zonder hout. Sommige mensen gaan naar het bos en sprokkelen illegaal hout. In de komende weken hopen we tussen de 40 en 50 mensen in Lozova en Micleuseni te helpen aan brandhout. Bid met ons mee dat we: 1) een goede leverancier voor het brandhout kunnen vinden, 2) dat het brandhout snel geleverd kan worden, 3) dat we diegenen kunnen helpen die het echt hard nodig hebben en 4) dat Hij bekend zal worden door dit werk.

Lucia and her grandmother

Lucia and her grandmother

Lucia (5 years old) lives with her grandmother Ludmila, her grandfather Eugen and her father Igor. After Lucia was born her mother went to work abroad in Israel and since the day she left, nobody heard anymore from her. So Lucia does not know who her mother is and as her father started to develop a drinking problem, her grandmother took Lucia under her wings and cares for her grandchild with great attention. 

Lucia is supposed to be in kindergarten but because in the village there is no kindergarten, she stays at home every day. Her grandmother tries to educate her granddaughter but the house this family lives in is very small. There are two very small rooms (3 by 2 meters) in the house and there is no way Lucia does not hear and see everything the adults in the house do and say. As both father and grandfather do not have work in the winter months and are daily at home, they drink a lot and nearly every night they are drunk. As she hears her father and grandfather talk while they are drunk, she learns all kind of dirty words from them and copies their speech. If you hear Lucia speaking, you wonder if she ever learns something good from her father and grandfather. She knows all the slang there is.

Grandmother receives a small pension and with this money she has to buy all that is needed to feed and dress the family. As we gave them a food parcel and invited them to the church both grandmother and Lucia were very thankful. We pray that God will enter in this family and bring peace, love and a better future for this family!

Delivering foodparcels

Today we were able to visit several families in the village Lozova. Besides giving them a foodparcel, we also listened to their stories, their struggles and their questions. We shared from the Bible with them and prayed for every family.
May God continue to work in all of the families we reach out to and may they get to know our Lord!
Please pray for wisdom for us as we will visit many more families in the coming week.

Prayer for sister Pascha / Gebed voor zuster Pascha

This week (probably on Thursday) sister Pascha from Micleuseni will have an operation. There are some serious risks and although sister Pascha trust that she is in Gods hands, please pray with us for peace during this difficult time and for Gods healing.

God bless our sister!

Zuster Pascha prijst de Heer elke zondag
door middel van verschillende liederen

Deze week (waarschijnlijk op donderdag) wordt zuster Pascha uit Micleuseni geopereerd.
Er zijn serieuze risico's en ondanks dat zuster Pascha vertrouwt dat ze in Gods handen is, laten we bidden dat ze Gods vrede zal ervaren in deze moeilijke situatie en dat God haar zal genezen. God zegene onze zuster!