Many may have seen my Facebook posts or read my update email about an incredible woman of God by the name of Tamara. Tamara lives in the country of Moldova in the village of Paicu, which is less than 500 people. She was born in this village but moved to the capital when she was older to begin working for an organization called Operation Mobilization. She then returned back to the village of Paicu once she felt God’s calling to plant a church where she grew up. She immediately began praying over a piece of land to build a church on for days in a row. The price was extremely high, yet after some prayer, was brought down unreasonably to an affordable price. As a single woman in her early 30’s, she figured out a way to buy a piece of property and organized the whole process of building a church and home on this piece of land.
As soon as we arrived to Paicu, she shared her testimony and heart with us. I cannot even fathom half of the things she has been through; from being abused and chained up in the backyard by her own father to then being kicked out of her own house once becoming a Christian. She now has to live in the church with her mother and sister, because they too became Christians and were kicked out of their house. Yet even with all of this opposition from her father, Tamara still chooses to bring food to her father every single day. She also runs the whole church; feeding the elderly and delivering them food every day, running a kid’s program and feeding them after school, leading family ministries and planning date nights, organizing bible studies and prayer groups, and leading nights with the youth to cook and learn about Jesus. WHAT! The only way a single, 35 year old woman can do this is through Jesus.
Later on that day, she ended up explaining to me why her face was so swollen on the right side. She has an infected salivary gland and is in a lot of pain, making it difficult to even eat. Because of the lack of medical care in Moldova and no health insurance, she has to travel to Germany to have the surgery. The cost of this procedure is going to be 8,000-9,000 euro and she only has about 100 euro so far. This amount seems overwhelming to me and I can’t even imagine having this burden on top of everything she is already trying to juggle. As I began to listen to the lies of Satan telling me it would be disrespectful and foolish to ask my friends and family for more money, I had to find the truth in what I knew I was hearing for the Lord. He taught me faith and now He is asking me to live it out. I could not just spend time and form a relationship with this woman and just leave the country without helping her. I feel as though I was brought to her for a reason, and even if it was not to provide the full funds of this surgery, I know I’m at least supposed to help. She made such a huge impact on my life and I can only hope that I can at least bless her in some way. Tamara needs the finances by the end of October. It is now the 10th of October, so I am challenging everyone to donate “tens” to Tamar today. This can be solely $10 or multiple $10, whatever the Lord places on your heart. Every bit counts and I know will bless Tamara. Thank you and God bless!
You can click the link below to donate and check out the video we made with footage from our time in Paicu.
