This weekend, East European Bible College is full of life as leaders from seventeen churches across Romania and Ukraine gather for our third annual Praxis Conference. Each one has come ready to grow, connect, and return home better equipped to serve.
My phone showed me a photo from 2014 this week—and I couldn’t stop thinking about the stories behind it.
It’s just a simple group picture, but every person in it represents a piece of what God has been building over the years.
Allyssa was the only girl in the group back then. Since that day, she met Razvan, got married, and now they’re raising three kids while serving…
Years ago, we set out to do something simple in Romania.
We wanted to train Roma men from small villages to lead churches in their own communities. The goal was straightforward: equip local leaders so the church could grow from within.
But we quickly ran into a challenge.
Can I tell you about someone I met in a small Romanian village?
Her name was Domnica. Whenever our volunteers gathered with the kids, she was almost always nearby. Not in the middle of things—just quietly watching from the edges. You could tell life hadn’t been easy for her. Poverty had left its marks. But she always had this warm, steady smile.
One day we decided to stop and talk with her...
As we celebrate thirty years of Remember the Children in Romania, I’ve been thinking about how this journey has shaped both the ministry — and me.
My earliest memories there are not easy ones. They’re marked by the lingering weight of communism, by hardship, and by the quiet tragedy so many children endured. For many Romanians, those scars are still close to the surface.
What I remember most clearly, though, are the children on the streets — and sometimes beneath them, living in the sewers.
One of them was a boy named Florin.
Every year, we have the privilege to create and release an Impact Report for you! The 2019 Impact Report reflects the last 10 years of ministry and all that’s happened. It’s filled with stories from people impacted by Remember the Children, a timeline outlining the last 10 years, information on financial stewardship, and so much more. Click on the link below to read the report!
Dionis was in his first year of teaching when he first saw Esther, his wife. She was in her final year as a student. He said that from the first moment he saw her, he wanted to know everything about her. Our culture might call that "love at first sight." It was for Dionis and he pursued Esther, but she was not interested at all.
We are celebrating at Remember the Children because our membership to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) has been renewed for 2020! This is incredibly important to us, because our goal is to be highly transparent and accountable for the donations that come into our ministry.
Monica was raised in a Romanian orphanage, and when she was 12 she was given to a farmer as a servant. Though she never went to school, Monica eventually learned to read and write at our church using the Bible. She loves the Bible and reads a lot. Today, she is a grown woman, married with two kids, a boy and a girl. She received Christ and was baptized seven years ago at the age of 33.
There are some things that are hard to describe in words—the kind of life some kids experience, the pain, the trauma, and the lack of basic necessities. But, most of all it’s hard to describe their hunger for love. Abandoned, neglected, rejected, or without parents at all, these kids look to you and crave something that every child should have from the day they are born: love, care, attention, compassion, and joy.
