Thanksgiving!

I pray you enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday!  Here we spent the time decorating our tree and preparing our first holiday season in Casa Nissi!  It’s so exciting to finally be living in the house and preparing it for the launch of the “Bring Them Home” project!  I thank God for your faithfulness and partnership!  What a blessing after 15 years of being in Medgidia, Romania and 19 years of full time missions!  God bless you!

“We are grateful to God for your lives and we always pray for you.
For we remember before our God and Father how you put your faith into practice, how your love motivates you to serve others, and how unrelenting is your hope-filled patience in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
‭‭1 Thessalonians‬ ‭1‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Help Furnish Casa Nissi for Christmas

We are making steady progress in preparing CASA NISSI, and we need your help to make this refuge truly welcoming and functional. 

We are seeking sponsorship for various furnishings to complete the rooms at CASA NISSI. We have 4 bedrooms, 2 gathering (living) rooms and 3 bathrooms.  Your generous support can help us provide a comfortable, well-equipped environment for the girls who walk through our doors. Here are a few ways you can make a difference:

• Sponsor a Room: Help us furnish an entire room with essential furniture and decor. $1,000
• Sponsor Christmas Decorations:  Christmas tree, lights and ornaments. $300
• Furniture Sponsorship: Contribute to the purchase of items like beds, chairs, tables, and desks. $100
• Decor and Supplies: Provide funding for artwork, rugs, curtains, and other items that make the space feel like home.  $25

Every contribution no matter the size brings us closer to creating a warm, supportive environment for those we serve.  
 

Together we are changing lives…One Christmas at a time! 

Christmas Season

So, here we are, the holidays! So quickly the time flies! But I am so thankful to be living in Casa Nissi! It will be her first Christmas and Thanksgiving. As you know, already the Christmas stuff is on the shelves and it is hard to resist the temptation to buy the decorations. But all the time, my first thought, when walking in to the store is the Community Center. The last 14 years we have purchased thousands of gifts, I think I can safely say, for over a thousand of marginalized children, families and elderly! What a beautiful blessing and time it was over the years. If I am honest, I am having a bit of withdrawal!  It was so normal for me and now, no giving!?  Is it not who God created me to be, living in such a poor region of Romania and not to bless others during the holidays. Will you partner with me and help this Christmas with a project?

• Invite the young Leaders/Pastors from the church and their families for a nice meal at Casa Nissi with small gifts for their children.
• Make small gift bags with hygiene products and sweets for the prostitutes on the streets in our area.
• Bless the neighbors to Casa Nissi with homemade American cookies, breads and treats.
• Have a luncheon Christmas party with the ladies from the church in Tortomanu, with small gifts for each of them.

Although these things are not expensive and on the same scale as the center, it will be thoughtful, intentional and an intimate setting to bless others, share the love and celebrate the birth of Jesus.  

TOGETHER WE ARE CHANGING LIVES…ONE VILLAGE AT A TIME!

I love seeing the kids from the center!  It makes me happy!  Although this season looks a bit different and LOTS quieter, it will just be different.  The season has changed, but the heart to help those on the streets has not changed one bit!  I am preparing to enter the next race/marathon and I can’t hardly contain my emotions as I prepare to the start line of “Bring Them Home” project!  2025!  Here I come!