My squadmate Shanda Dodd (who is pretty darn cool) wrote this “blurb” about our time in Moldova:
“I spent my last two weeks of ministry in Cornesti, Moldova,
partnering with Vitalii and his family. He pastors at the only church
in town and runs two transition homes for orphans and street kids
(their stories are coming soon). Our time was spent attending Bible
studies with the youth, doing outreach in the forest, putting on kids
programs, giving testimonies at church, and lots and lots of manual
labor.
partnering with Vitalii and his family. He pastors at the only church
in town and runs two transition homes for orphans and street kids
(their stories are coming soon). Our time was spent attending Bible
studies with the youth, doing outreach in the forest, putting on kids
programs, giving testimonies at church, and lots and lots of manual
labor.
Vitalii recently started to rent a plot of land for the transition
home. The house has been sitting empty for over a month and the land
hasn’t been tended in quite some time. Vitalii’s vision was to clean
out and repaint the house as well as clear the grounds and begin
planting all sorts of crops… grapes, cucumbers, watermelon, etc. I
admit I was a little weary of the house ever being livable or the
fields ever being usable, but after two weeks the land was cleared, the
crops planted, and two of the older boys from the transition home had
moved into the little house with the task of overseeing the crops.”
home. The house has been sitting empty for over a month and the land
hasn’t been tended in quite some time. Vitalii’s vision was to clean
out and repaint the house as well as clear the grounds and begin
planting all sorts of crops… grapes, cucumbers, watermelon, etc. I
admit I was a little weary of the house ever being livable or the
fields ever being usable, but after two weeks the land was cleared, the
crops planted, and two of the older boys from the transition home had
moved into the little house with the task of overseeing the crops.”
To see photos of the transformation of the house for the two teen boys to live in, go to Shanda’s blog.
Below are two videos from my time in Moldova. I tried out a bit of a different style from my usual. Enjoy! (PS–the second video is pure silliness we had with the rubbish we cleaned out of the little house. Hope you like it. heehee!)
