AGWM Personnel in Romania, the Dascalescus, tell of the exciting events held this summer in Romania. They organized children outreaches in the surrounding villages and had hundreds of them hear the gospel message for the first time and respond to it! Ana Dascaelscu relates the details…”From a soccer field to a park, to a school front yard or a friend's backyard, wherever we could find a place to gather the children, we did! They had so much fun with games, crafts, songs and bible lessons. In the evenings, we we gathered the entire villages and after a bible message, a few songs and an invitation to come to know Jesus, we spent time with the locals around a campfire roasting hotdogs and marshmallows or just inviting them for an ice cream at the local store. Our summer was so exciting and made so many memories around our communities!”
AGWM Personnel in Romania, the Dascalescus, tell of the exciting events held this summer in Romania. They organized children outreaches in the surrounding villages and had hundreds of them hear the gospel message for the first time and respond to it!
Ana Dascaelscu relates the details…”From a soccer field to a park, to a school front yard or a friend's backyard, wherever we could find a place to gather the children, we did! They had so much fun with games, crafts, songs and bible lessons. In the evenings, we we gathered the entire villages and after a bible message, a few songs and an invitation to come to know Jesus, we spent time with the locals around a campfire roasting hotdogs and marshmallows or just inviting them for an ice cream at the local store. Our summer was so exciting and made so many memories around our communities!”
The Oregon AIM Youth Team worked with Tamara Henkes and Kidz Romania in a Vacation Bible School program. The local mayor of Merisan, Romania provided the use of the community center at no cost to them. All had been going well at registration, but on a particular day, Tamara observed the attendance had dropped significantly. She was informed that a group of children from a nearby village were unable to attend because their ride was not able to pick them up. Tamara takes up this story…”Although disappointed, we had to continue with the day's events. Later that morning 12 children arrived breathless but very excited, explaining how they walked an hour and half to arrive to our VBS. We quickly registered them and plugged them into the groups so they wouldn't miss any further activities.
“Once this day camp was completed, our Kidz Romania team and the youth group from Oregon loaded into our 3 vehicles to make our way to the location of a new church plant under construction, desiring to assist with some work projects. It so happens that this church plant is located in the village from which the 12 children had walked. Naturally, we managed to find room to squeeze 12 additional children into the vehicles for the trip back to their village so they wouldn't have to walk the hour and half back. Upon finding out that they wouldn't have a ride for the 4th and final day of VBS, we committed to assure their arrival. 
One of the most dynamic and powerful works of the Holy Spirit in our day certainly is the Pentecostal revival among the Gypsies Streams of this revival started in the decade of the 1950s. God began to pour out His Spirit upon the diverse ethnic groups of Gypsies in Europe and around the world. Because of prejudice and ill reputation, many leaders were skeptical about the conversion of Gypsies, but over time, these leaders recognized that God is no respecter of persons.
Spain has also experienced phenomenal growth as today there are over 200 000 baptized believers, some 600 Gypsy churches and 2500 preachers. The “Gitanos ” have evangelized Portugal and South America as well.
The ministry of the Hagar Home Maternal Center in Romania, founded by AGWM personnel, Raegan Glugosh, provides an alternative to child abandonment and gives mothers the opportunity to experience the hope that is found in Jesus. The testimony of one of those mothers illustrated the eternal value of what is being accomplished at the home.
I cannot go back to my life before, a life of fighting, violence, lies and disobedience to God. If I continue to draw close to God, He will get close to me! Although the life of a single mother in Romania is quite hard, I know that when you believe in God things are different. I see every day how faithful He is, even in the smallest things.