With much joy our Cupcini church received news that we would be having a medical clinic at the church September 25-29. Brothers and sisters prayed for this project and invited many of their friends and relatives. Our young people shared 4,000 personal invitations going door-to-door visiting every home in the city. God blessed those efforts for His glory and brought many people to the evening programs. They came to hear the Gospel!






Over tree hundred visitors attended evangelistic meetings every evening. We were amazed to see many people come to the evangelistic programs, but did not want to see the doctors at our clinic. They were driven by the hunger for Truth. God touched many hearts of those who repented and trusted our Lord Jesus Christ.





Every morning five doctors from Jackson, MS conducted medical clinics for all the needy people. At the same time our local leaders and volunteers helped in many areas, like teaching inductive Bible studies for the patients, sharing the Gospel visually using Evangecube, presenting personal testimonies, meeting people, directing them through the clinic, answering questions and distributing reading glasses.

We saw people with many physical needs at the clinic and helped them with what God gave us. Some people came with very high blood pressure; others with high blood sugar. Some were recovering from surgeries; others were getting ready for surgery. Some with allergy problems; some with sick children and many with other health problems. It reminded us of the words of our Lord Jesus Christ that said the sick need the doctor, not the healthy. And we were glad to help many with their problems and struggles.

A lady that came to the clinic told us that she was waiting for our clinic since last year. Another person was amazed how well patients are treated. She has never received such attention at any other local hospitals.

We thank God for the passion for sharing the Gospel He gave our brothers and sisters, and for the brothers and sisters from First Baptist Church in Jackson, MS that worked day and night to make this project a blessing to everyone else. With their help and participation we were able to help over two hundred sixty patients.





You can see more pictures on our Facebook page.

Also, you can watch Gailen Marshall, the leader of the mission team from US, talk about his impressions after this project.

Gailen D. Marshall, MD PhD, University of Mississippi shares his impressions after partnering with Moldova For Christ for a crusade and medical clinic in Cupcini, Edineț, Moldova.

You can read more about this project here.

So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith. – Galatians 6:10

Evangelistic meetings in the center of Cupcini

On September 19th, 2009, the Cupcini Church began a special five-day event. It included five days of evening evangelistic meetings, free medical clinics during the day, and VBS for children in the evening.  Never before has such an event been held in Cupcini. This was a first! We thank God for First Baptist Church of Jackson, MS for sending their medical team to help us in this effort.  Brother Gailen Marshall led it.

From the beginning, God opened many doors for this project. The Cupcini Mayor gave us permission to hold our evening evangelistic programs in the central square of the city.  Each day hundreds of people came to participate in worship, listen to testimonies and learn about God through sermons preached by Brother Gailen. Our leaders presented evangelism and discipleship Bible study materials that are also used at our Cupcini church.  Anyone who wanted could receive these materials free at tables where hundreds of books were displayed. Being broadcast over loudspeakers from the center square, thousands of people were able to hear the programs from their homes even though they did not attend.

Each day at the end of the meeting, anyone who wanted could set an appointment to meet with a doctor the next day. We had five portable doctor’s offices and a pharmacy set up in the vestibule of the Culture Hall. The Culture Hall was originally used for spreading communist teachings. Now we use it to serve others and spread the Gospel Of Jesus Christ.

Precept Bible Study

Beginning the second day, people began coming to the clinic in the early morning. Before they saw the doctor, our team met with them for a Bible study. Satan did not like that. The director of Culture Hall, being a member of the Communist party, became very angry and began screaming at our people, threatening us and forced us to leave the Culture Hall. So, we had to move our Bible study outside in the sun without any shade, but people kept coming.

The Word of God touched many hearts with the Good News of Jesus Christ.  Many people were coming to know Christ. But once again, the Culture Hall director got angry.  He was purposefully late in turning on the electricity at the beginning of the program.  He also cut off the electricity right at the end of the program and people had to leave the place in complete darkness. But in spite of the opposition, people continued to come to the programs, the clinic, and they continued learning the truth about God.

Visit to the doctor

At the clinic we had five doctors, several nurses and twelve volunteers from our church working all day long. People that went though the clinic heard the Gospel at least three times – at the evening evangelistic meetings where they signed up for the clinic, at the morning Bible study, and during one-on-one Evangelism Explosion Gospel Presentations. Another very effective Gospel presentation tool used by all our counselors was the Evangecube.

We asked people what they thought about our clinic and the answers that we got were: “I have lived 75 years and I never was treated with such love and care as I was treated here.” And this man began crying and added, “Thank you so very much for doing this for us”. Another man said: “I want to thank our dear doctors from the USA for coming all the way to Cupcini, Moldova to help us and to support us in our needs.

Evangecube Gospel Presentation

I thank them for their sacrifice, the attention, care and help!” Another lady said: “I want to thank your church for organizing such a celebration in our city, for telling us the Word of God, which is the most important thing for our lives. May God bless you”!

We thank God for such dedicated workers from First Baptist Church in Jackson, MS, and for our volunteers that worked day and night to make this outreach possible.  And we thank them all for displaying the love of Jesus Christ in action during this special life-changing event in Cupcini.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”                         Romans 1:16-17

Evangelistic meeting at Comrat Culture Hall

From June 6-14, 2009, a Medical Clinic outreach was organized in the city of Comrat, the capital of the Gagauz district in South Moldova. We met with the Mayor of Comrat and leaders of the Gagauz district, and all of them expressed full support for our mission. This outreach was very important to dozens of people who study the Bible in more than 25 homes throughout the year. We have been praying that God will help us start Sunday Worship services for all of them.

Receiving free reading glasses

Our team combined 27 workers from 11 churches and worked for a week prior to the medical clinic project and shared 5,000 invitations door to door. People received us very well with thanks and words of blessings. Doctors from Chisinau prepared medicine and traveled to Comrat to treat patients. Our puppet show team members prepared shows and were ready to meet with the Comrat children and present the Gospel to them.

For this project, we partnered with the International Gospel Outreach Ministry from Dallas, TX, which was represented at Comrat Medical Clinic by David Groves and Marshall Link. Both men preached the Gospel and shared their testimonies. This year marked the 10^th year of our partnership with this organization, which was very fruitful for the Gospel as we worked in cities and villages conducting Evangelistic meetings and medical clinics as well as outreaches for school teachers and medical personnel.

David Groves and Alexandru Sanduleac preaching

People came to the Evangelistic meetings in the evening where we had worship music, personal testimonies, puppet shows for children, Precept Bible study materials presentations, a questions and answer session and preaching of the Gospel. Every evening we had from 120 to 170 people in the congregation. At the end of each evangelistic meeting, an invitation was given to trust Jesus as personal Savior and Lord, and young people and adults, both men and women, responded to the call every time.

Then, we had a word of encouragement for the ones who turned to God. We studied the text from the book of Acts, chapter two and verse 38-42 and discussed the importance of abiding in the Apostle Paul’s teaching by studying God’s Word with other believers and being in constant fellowship with other believers and in prayer with God the Father through the only mediator, God the Son, Jesus Christ. When the meeting was over everyone was given the opportunity to enlist for the next day visit to the preferred doctor at our medical clinic.

Mobile Doctor office

The medical clinic team set up portable booths to be used as doctor offices and a pharmacy. Everyone who came to the clinic went through 45-minute Precept Bible study and Gospel presentation before he or she could see the doctor. Many elderly people came to the clinic and participated in the very first Bible study in their lives! They were amazed of what they could see for themselves in the Bible text and expressed desire to continue to study God’s Word even when the project was over. A number of patients were saved right at the clinic while studying the Bible, listening to one-on-one Gospel presentations or in the doctor’s offices where they heard the Word of God read from the Bible again.

The regional TV station, Gagauz Radio and TV, sent their reporters to make a report that will be seen throughout the Gagauz district about Christians reaching out to needy and elderly people to help them both spiritually and physically. And, in God’s providence, the Gospel was proclaimed far beyond our expectations and plans, reaching into villages and cities we could not go into at this time.

By the end of the project there were at least 71 people who prayed to receive and trust Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord! Through God’s provision, we were able to rent a facility for regular Sunday church services where all of these people were invited. A team from our Chisinau church will be traveling every Sunday to conduct church services in Comrat. We pray God will build His church in this city, which is under a heavily Muslim influence from Turkey as we continue to follow up on all of our contacts from this project.