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Orphan/Foster Family and Marriage Outreach, UDG, Fall 2024
In Fall 2024, MMN partner Save The Orphans visited Moldova to meet with partner organizations and volunteers to assess on-going efforts and explore opportunities to improve and expand existing programs. Slavic and Ala continued to meet with churches to hold Marriage Courses and organized a family conference in the city of Comrat featuring Andrei Patz, a Russian-speaking…
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Marriage Ministry, UDG Activities, Summer 2024
In Summer 2024, Slavic and Alla reported on the popular and successful July tent ministry event held jointly for the villages of Krasnoarmeiskoe and Talaesti, southwest of Chisinau near the Romanian border. Slavic and Alla held sessions for men, women and children. During mid-August, UDG sponsored a four-day training session on Project Management, which Management Program Dean Igor…
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Marriage and Robotics Ministries, UDG updates, Spring 2024
In Spring 2024, Marriage Ministry leaders Slavic and Alla Verenciuc presented The Marriage Course at the Bethel Church in Chisinau and at the main Baptist church in Tiraspol, Transdnester this spring and early summer. In those programs, the young couples talked about conflict resolution. Save the Orphans expanded its Computer and Robotics Camp,, into a weekly…
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UDG, Orphan/Foster Children, Marriage Ministry Outreach, Fall 2023
In Fall 2023, students went to a village in the Gagauzia region to serve the local church by leading the service, worship, and preaching God’s Word. Save the Orphans returned in December to orphanage Internat #3 in Chisinau. STO currently visits the orphanage twice a year, usually with the assistance of a team of students from…
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UDG, Marriage Outreach Activities, Late Summer 2023
In Summer 2023 as the school said goodbye in June to its graduates, it warmly welcomed pastors, church planters, and youth leaders from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Moldova to a special program on equipping church leaders. Couples from National Presbyterian Church (Washington, DC) and other churches led 30 families through an intensive, practical course on family…
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Caring for Orphans, Foster Children, and Impoverished Families, Summer 2023
In June 2023, Save The Orphans founder Sylvia Mader returned to Moldova for the first time since the COVID outbreak and met with Serghei Mihailov, Executive Director of Beginning of Life (BOL), a Moldova-based Christian organization focusing on the problems facing adolescents deprived of parental care and orphans. BOL shields these children from human sex-trafficking while addressing…
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UDG graduation, summer ministry; Marriage Ministry courses, Early Summer 2023
In early Summer 2023, UDG graduated a new class and prepared for missions outreach in Turkey. UDG also prepared for its June “Equipping Christian Leaders” conference. Slavic and Alla continued Marriage Ministry activities in two towns where they started courses last year — Falesti and New Zazuleni. After a Marriage Course in Falesti, area churches…
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Washington Welcomes Verenciuc Family; UDG Enters Second Term at UDG, Early 2023
Slavic and his wife Ala traveled to Washington in early 2023 after enjoying Christmas with relatives in North Carolina to talk with supporters and friends about recent ministry work. While Slavic and Ala continued to encourage married couples with the Alpha Marriage Course and to hold evangelistic village tent meetings for couples and children, much of their work…
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UDG, Outreach from Oak House, Refugee Care, Fall 2022
In Fall 2023, UDG continued training students in Theology, Intercultural Studies and Mission, Social Work, and Business Management, but also since March 2022 has been housing 46 Ukrainian refugees on campus and another 180 at its center in Vatic. The young women at the Oak House Transitional Home (affiliated with Youth for Christ in Chisinau) are dedicated and have…
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Slavic Ministry Report, Fourth Quarter 2022
Slavic and Alla prepared a presentation about their marriage ministry work among couples and about their assistance to refugees in the last part of 2022. Fourth Quarter Ministry Report, Fall 2022Download https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhj9VR8cu4 Ministry work for marriage enrichment, refugees
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Save the Orphans Winter 2022 Newsletter
Save the Orphans Winter 2022 Newsletter FOOD BAG DELIVERIES STO’s volunteers expanded food bag deliveries, reaching more orphans, foster and destitute families. These deliveries of staples [read more at Save the Orphans Winter 2022 Newsletter] SUCCESSFUL UKRAINIAN REFUGEE RELIEF STO is very grateful for the donations of our supporters to help with the ongoing needs of…
Slavic Ukraine Update
Slavic’s September 30 letter recounts his experience with his Moldovan team as they help people in Ukraine and Moldova affected by the war. “I have already traveled to Ukraine three times [in September] to deliver aid. These were food and hygiene products [read more at Slavic Ukraine Update, October 28, 2022]
Why Is Moldova So Poor?
Moldova became an independent republic in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. Its gross domestic product per capita stands at only $5,200 (the USA’s is about $64,000). In early October 2022 the government raised the public sector minimum wage to 3,500 lei / month ($180), the…
Ukrainian relief photos and videos, May-October 2022
MMN’s Country Director Slavic Verenciuc and his team continue to work with refugees in Moldova and Ukraine. Slavic reported in early October at the border crossing nearest Chisinau at Palanca, that 500-600 people a day enter, which is substantially less than earlier. Some of these refugees stay in Moldova, but many transit to European countries…
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How God Uses Summer Camps in Moldova, July 2022
As summer begins to draw to a close, we are excited to share with you how successful our Christian Camps in Moldova have been. We thank the Lord for being with us during this period and for supporting us. The camps have provided an exciting opportunity to spend time teaching children [Read more at How God…
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Computer Camp 2022
COMPUTER CAMP 2022 We are excited to share the attached video of our summer camp participants sharing their experiences. [Read more at the PDF download.] (pdf)Download
Ukrainian relief photos and videos, Late April -Early May, 2022
MMN’s Country Director Slavic Verenciuc gathered his team to purchase supplies and transport them into Ukraine to help communities where Slavic and other team members have contacts. One of those areas was Irpen, when Slavic had studied theology at a seminary in the town. Loading the van in Chisinau Loading the van in Chisinau Loading…
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Save the Orphans Spring 2022 Newsletter
The Russian invasion in Ukrainian has created a humanitarian crisis not only in Ukraine, but also in the countries bordering Ukraine to the west. Over 3 million Ukrainians, mostly women, children, and orphans have fled the fighting. Despite being the poorest country in Europe, Moldova and the Moldovan people [Read more at Save the Orphans Spring…
Ukrainian relief photos and videos, April 15 – April 30, 2022
Excerpt of message from Moldova Baptist Union, April 15, 2022(photos directly below are from this report) In Moldova we try to meet the urgent needs of the Ukrainian refugees who have been crossing the border of Moldova to escape the war in their homeland and who are enjoying shelter in our country during this very difficult period…
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Ukrainian relief photos and videos, March 31 – April 8, 2022
https://player.vimeo.com/video/694352728?h=282e2c88b4 View our video report of recent UDG activities to support Ukrainian refugees UDG helps families at Palanca border crossing UDG serves dinner to refugee families at Vatici Retreat Center Families have a meal at the UDG Vatici Center Comments from front-line workers in the relief effort about supply sources: March 22: Food was bought…
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Ukrainian relief photos and videos, March 22-27, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8xwrDuOIk Slavic Verenciuc, MMN’s Marriage, Family, and Outreach Director, shares a video of the work of his team at the border crossing site at Palanca, in southeast Moldova (the border crossing nearest Odessa). Slavic and his team, along with MBU volunteers, provide food, fellowship and compassion. (The blue and white tent was donated by ministry…
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Ukraine Appeal, March 17, 2022
Please help our Moldova ministry friends provide much-needed relief for Ukrainian refugees. The situation has worsened as the biggest European refugee problem since WWII grows. Since February 24 over three million have left Ukraine, with 300,000 fleeing to little Moldova (WSJ, 15 Mar). About half the 300,000 refugees coming to Moldova have remained in the…
Ukrainian relief photos and videos, March 15-21, 2022
The University Divitia Gratiae as of March 17 is housing 170 Ukrainian refugees at its Vatici Retreat Center and 70 refugees at its university campus. The Moldova Baptist Union, another MMN partner, reported that as of March 17, more than 100 churches (as well as homes of their parishioners) and other Baptist facilities are housing…
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Ukraine Appeal, March 10, 2022
Ukraine appeal, March 10, 2022 Please help our Moldova ministry friends provide much-needed relief for Ukrainian refugees. The situation has worsened as the biggest European refugee problem since WWII grows. Since February 24 over three million have left Ukraine, with 300,000 fleeing to little Moldova….
Ukrainian relief photos, February 24-March 8, 2022
MMN helping refugees at Palanca, Moldova border crossing, March 2-3, 2022 MMN helping refugees at Palanca, Moldova border crossing, March 2-3, 2022 MMN helping refugees at Palanca, Moldova border crossing, March 2-3, 2022 MMN helping refugees at Palanca, Moldova border crossing, March 2-3, 2022 Refugee tents at Palanca border crossing, March 2-3, 2022 Refugees at…
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Clarion – March 7, 2022
The Clarion March 7, 2022
“First day as a Ukrainian refugee” – Washington Post story featuring MMN’s outreach ministry tent at the Palanca border crossing.
Washington Post March 4 story with picture of MMN’s outreach ministry tent on the front page. “First day as a Ukrainian refugee: Warm bed, guilt and cursing Putin”Download
Save the Orphans Christmas 2021
These pictures are from Christmas 2021-2022 in Soldanesti. Save the Orphans partners with Pastor Vasile Surdu’s and his wife Lucia, founders of the Baptist Church (Isus Salvatorul” Șoldănești). This Christmas, through Pastor Vasile, STO provided gifts, shoes, boots, and food bags to local families with fostered orphan children. The first picture features a family of…
Save the Orphans Fall 2021 Newsletter
In 2021, Save the Orphans expanded the number of orphans and Moldovan children who received our presentations on the importance of education, buildingself-esteem and the dangers of human trafficking. These vital messages were delivered through our sponsorship and participation in seven youth camps in the poorest regions of Moldova…
Save the Orphans December 2020 Newsletter
As of December 2020, slowly more orphans are being assimilated into transitional homes. During the summer, Save the Orphan’s Local Director, Diana Todica, and volunteers were invited to visit Chisinau’s largest orphanage. They conducted our Christ-centered programs focusing on building a relationship with Jesus Christ. self-esteem, academic and vocational goals….