Moldova Week 1

from Ion… We experienced a real blessing, having children and teens from more than 10 locations attend our camps.  At the first camp (July 5 to July 11th) we had 117 attend – 19 were believers and 98 non-believers.  The last three days of camp we made the call to come forward and repent. All the leaders were encouraged to see 37 accept the call and pray with tears to receive Christ as their Savior.
Ion Cheptene teaching campers
Ion Cheptene teaching campers

One of them was Andrei (15 years old). He used to come to our food center in Recea where we have been feeding the people who are starving. He became really interested in what he heard about Christ, but the Orthodox priest convinced him to avoid us, explaining that we are a dangerous sect. In the past year he was helping the local priest spread gossip about us. Later we found out that he became a monk. Ion Cotorobai found and invited him to come to this camp. On the last day he accepted Christ and now he has amazing joy. Please pray for God to strengthen him to resist all the persecution which we know will come upon him in full.

Another story is a sad one. The mother of one of the teens who started to attend the church in Recea, became really angry at us saying that we were “misleading” her child from the Orthodox religion and prohibited him to attend this camp. Instead she sent him to another camp. More than one week ago, he drowned in the sea and the police still have not found his body. Please pray for that mother.

Ion Cotorobai praying for campers
Ion Cotorobai praying for campers

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