Many of you encouraged and supported me as I took joined a servant team with Word Made Flesh in Galaţi, Romania, February through June 2009. During that time I learned more about God’s heart, His concern for children and their parents who are in poverty, and myself.
In late March 2009, the Servant Team and 4 staff members went to Chişinău, Moldova for two weeks. One Sunday, we took a bus to an orphanage in a village outside Chişinău. During a short tour of one of the dorms we walked into one of the bedrooms. It was a big room with single beds outlining the walls. The walls were stark, except for a few crayon-colored pictures and a few magazine make-up ads. I realized that for some of the girls, make-up ads may have been their only definition of beauty. I was angry and sick – a definition of beauty that is unrealistic and superficial. I wanted to reach out to abandoned girls to show them that they have worth and value because they were created by God who loves them.
So, I am going back to Eastern Europe. I will be joining the Word Made Flesh staff in Moldova, and have signed a three year commitment to serve as the Servant Team Coordinator there. In addition to facilitating the Servant Teams, the whole point of this journey is to build relationships with children and teenagers in order for them to meet Jesus and begin the healing process.
I hope to keep you "in the loop" through this blog.
Here we go!
annie
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