…so we’d like to share with you some of the highlights of the past twelve months as La VIA: Word Made Flesh Moldova. As our last post states, we were officially registered as an NGO in Moldova. Since then, we have been working hard to articulate the mission, vision and values of our organization. We’ve [...]
We are happy to announce that our local organization, La VIA, is now officially registered in Moldova. La VIA means “to the vineyard” in Romanian, an image that reminds us of how we are all moving together to a place of communion, fecundity and celebration. Next week on June 30, we will be moving to [...]
Childhood’s Echo is a publication our advocacy team has been working on together with the children at the boarding school where we run our after-school program. The goal of this newspaper is to make the voices of the children heard in the local community. Here is a page from the March 2011 edition, translated into [...]
Christ is Risen! Come and receive the light!
This Christmas reflection was written by Adriana Ciobanu, WMF Moldova staff. (See below for English.) Gînduri de Crăciun, gînduri de copii, gîndurile Lui… Aici, în Moldova, la internatul unde trăiesc 319 copii, Crăciunul vine cu mult înainte… l-am văzut cu cîteva săptămîni în urmă în gîndurile şi visele copiilor pe care mi le-au împărtăşit cu [...]
Here are some ways you can join us in prayer this month: The school newspaper (Ecoul Copilăriei, Childhood’s Echo) that our advocacy team started has already been published twice (October and November) and has gone out to representatives from the Department of Education, other NGOs working with children in Moldova and to the children and [...]
DURERE ŞI FRUMUSEŢE (see below for English) de Adriana Ciobanu, WMF Moldova „ Eşti frumoasă din toată inima mea…” citat după MARIN, unul din prietenii noştri Eşti frumoasă din toată inima mea…aceste cuvinte care au prins rădăcini în toată fiinţa mea, de fapt nu sunt despre mine, ele vorbesc despre lumea interioară a băiatului care [...]
Summer has seen our staff go in different directions for a time. Adriana and Magda have been in Moldova while John, Annie, and Rachel have staggered travel to the States from late June to mid-August. Adriana and Magda will be on vacation during the latter half of August which means two whole months of missing [...]
We invite you to join us at camp this Monday thru Friday, June 14-18. We really need lots of prayers this week. School was out on June 1st in Moldova, and with the end of school came the hot sun and the start of summer camps! The orphanage/boarding school where we volunteer has a property [...]