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WINTER TRIP TO ROMANIA
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| Russell & Nastasia ready to deliver a shipment |
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Our missionary, Russell Schinck, went to Romania in December 2011 and returned
in February 2012. He was there when the Christmas shipment came in and delivered the boxes from sponsors. Many
families that don't have sponsors received boxes from Mission To Serve.
| Kids receiving gift bags for Christmas |
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We have a couple churches and their members in West Virginia that provide gift bags and shoe boxes each year.
For some of these families, these are the only gifts they receive.
Russell also distributed 100 pairs of new shoes and 50 new winter coats that he had purchased.
| New winter jacket |
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| New shoes |
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Some families received food boxes from their sponsors or Mission To Serve. Thank you to all our sponsors that
make this ministry possible.
| New Bibles |
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Several sponsors donated for adult and children's Bibles in the Romanian language
that were given to Pastor Cuc and the new church in southern Romania.
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| Russell 2nd from left |
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Russell was able to speak in several churches. Some of his meetings had to be cancelled due to the weather.
Romania had a harsh winter with heavy snow and temperatures -25º. Many people died due to the weather.
The ministry of MISSION TO SERVE ministers to Homeless, Handicapped, Hurting and Helpless children and families
with Material Aid and Gospel Literature. Our goal is to BRING HOPE IN THE MIDST OF DESPAIR!
"I have but one candle to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land
flooded with light." By John Keith Falconer, Scottish missionary
KIDNAPPING
A BIG PROBLEM that is continuing to exist among the gypsy people is the kidnapping of young girls from the
schools or streets. Men come from other villages and take girls between the ages of 12-18. Most of the girls stop going to
school at the age of 12 because of this fear. They stay close to their home and are even afraid to go on the streets. We found
many of the girls in our program had been kidnapped a few months ago. One of the families got their daughter back. Adina Marin
had been taken by an older man to his village. He was mean and so were his parents. Adina is a good Christian girl and tried
to share the gospel but they wanted nothing to do with it. They made her stay on her knees begging like a dog and beat her
constantly. Her parents did not know where she was but they continued to pray for her return. Adina was able to escape and
found her way home to her parents and 8 siblings.
In Christian love,
Patricia and Russ Schinck
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