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.

Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples!                                                                      Psalm 96:3

Blog-training class

On Dec. 5, with God’s help, we had our first blog-training seminar for people from our churches who are interested in this ministry field and ready to use the Internet for the proclamation of the Gospel. It is a great opportunity since over 1million people who live in Moldova have a computer connected to the Internet, and young people spend many hours a week in Internet cafes in cities and villages.

We felt God calling us to start a Web ministry to reach as many as God gives us over the Internet and outside Moldovan borders. Our vision is to build a team of bloggers that will provide a wide spectrum of spiritual materials online, but at the same time, be united in offering the Word of God both to unbelievers and believers.

Many people wanted to come, but based on the number of computers available and room size, we had to limit the number to 25 people from many churches that were registered for the training. We also had a young man, Anatolii from Ukraine, who wants to use this tool to proclaim the Word of God in the Ukrainian language.

We began by reading text from the book of Romans where Paul says: “I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish” (Romans 1:14). We also studied a segment from Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians: “I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some” (I Corinthians 9:22).

We understand that our responsibility in the Gospel is to serve people where they are and bring the Word of God to them so that they might be saved through faith in our Lord Jesus. This is the goal of this ministry. Also, we want to provide encouragement and instructions from the Word of God to the believers online.

Next, we studied blogging itself. We went through the basics of blogging terminology and techniques, and every participant started his blog right away!

“I have never dreamed of having my own personal blog,” said Cristina.

“I did not imagine before that the Internet can have such an impact on society!” shared Raisa.

The blogs that were started are in two different languages: Russian and Romanian. Some are for couples, some are for young people, some are for children, and some are for adults.

“This seminar opened a new door and new opportunity for me to serve God,” said Alla. “All the information I got at the training was new to me, but it was very interesting information as well.”

Ruslan decided to participate in this new ministry and to make maximum effort in offering quality and interesting material for people to read, and in this way, share the Gospel to people who do not know Jesus.

“It was very inspiring and encouraging,” he said.

Every participant was so excited to learn how to blog and encouraged to use it for furthering the Gospel. We decided to hold these trainings once a month in order to provide ongoing training for people who are involved in the blogging ministry. Please pray God will use this ministry to reach many with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.                                     1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Studying the book of 1 Corinthians

We believe that one of the characteristics that describe a healthy church is a church whose members know their spiritual gifts and serve one another with the gifts God has entrusted to them. This is why we believe it is vital for every church member to know all that God’s Word has to say about spiritual gifts.

October 22-24, we organized a training conference with “Spiritual Gifts” as the subject. We studied the Precept’s “Spiritual Gifts” study book written by Kay Arthur, with Bill Grubbs from Gainesville, GA and Neal Walls from Memphis, TN as speakers. The main Bible text we studied was the Apostle Paul’s First Epistle to Corinthians. Before we got to chapters 12, 13 and 14, we did an overview on the whole book to set the context these chapters.

Brothers and Sisters from different cities

As soon as the conference was announced, people from different cities from all over Moldova began to enlist. We had dozens of churches and cities represented at the Conference. Everybody got so excited studying about Spiritual Gifts! The most common request we received was to have a two-week study, not just 3 days! As we were studying chapter by chapter, God continued to speak into the hearts of participants, and as result, a young couple understood they were not using their gifts and decided to go into full-time mission ministry. Another young man decided to get involved in the Radio ministry and preach the Gospel through radio programs.

Another nice thing was that everyone received a work book that will continue the study for four months after the conference. Here is what some participants have said after the conference:

-          This conference was another opportunity to stop on the way and see the importance of using my spiritual gifts to the maximum and the importance of helping others discover their spiritual gifts. -Vasile

- During the study of First Corinthians, I understood how important it is for everyone in the church to accomplish his role, serving with his gift that the Holy Spirit gave him. My prayer is that every believer in our church will understand how we are depending on one another in one body of believers. -Nadejda

- It was like reading First Corinthians for the first time in my life! I decided to fill in the study book till the end after the conference. -Yurii

-          I was deeply impressed by the truths I learned at the conference! I have learned that there are many different gifts. The Holy Spirit distributes them and we cannot earn them. -Paul

-          I want this study to be taught in my church. It is very important. -Tatiana

-          It is such an encouragement to see how our brothers and sisters are applying the truths they just learned in respect to others around them! -Olga

-          The work of Spiritual gifts provides functionality of the church. It will provide a healthy growth for the church. It will save the church from many divisions and misunderstanding. Through the ministry with your gifts you are proving love for God and for brothers and sisters. When you are serving with your gifts it will bring joy, peace, and rest in the body of Christ. -Dmitriy

We thank God for the time we spent in studying His Word, and we thank Him for moving in the hearts of brothers and sisters who are hungry for the Word of God and ready to sacrifice their time and work for spiritual things and for strengthening their relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ!

In the city of Cupcini there is a state-run orphanage with 60 orphans and two technical schools with 240 other orphans. We believe God has brought all of these children and teens to Cupcini for us to minister to them as the Word of God teaches us in the book of James 1:27: Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress. We count it pure joy and honor to minister to orphans in our city.

Reception at Cupcini church

On October 11, we organized a special reception for twelve orphans who live in our city. The reception was at Cupcini First Christian Church and prepared by our church members. More people from the church wanted to help then needed. Women prepared different dishes and brought to the church to feed 12 kids from the Technical School.

On Sunday, after the morning church service, 12 boys and girls from the Technical School were invited to the reception. Several church members served at the table and helped everyone feel as welcomed as possible.

Everyone received a gift bag

The heart of this project was Rodica Caraus, a lady from Cupcini First Christian Church who loves the Lord and teaches several Bible Studies per week and works with these orphans every day. Many times she invited them to her home and shared God’s word with them.  Rodica presented a Bible lesson at the reception based on the Parable of the sower and the seeds from Matthew 13:3-23. The lesson was presented with drawings that Rodica made during teaching. Everybody was so interested to hear the truth about how this story Jesus told applied to their lives.

At the end, everybody received a package with gifts for everyday needs: notebooks, crayons, pens, pencils, soap, shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush, deodorants, socks and even cookies and fruits. Satisfaction filled the hearts of the boys and girls who were glad to receive this help and attention, and our brothers and sisters were glad to be tools in God’s hand to show the love of Jesus to these precious souls!

After the reception

As result, two of the 12 who attended the reception decided to go on a short-term church planting mission to Cahul, South Moldova and minister alongside the Moldova for Christ team that worked there for two weeks. Maxim and Nicolai are on the list for the next baptism in Cupcini. And a new Precept Bible study group was started with this group that meets weekly for the study of the Word, prayer and fellowship at Rodica’s home.

We thank God for the “Praying Friends” Ministry from Chattanooga, TN and for “Agape Puppets” Ministry from Atlanta, GA for partnering with us in this project and for making this outreach possible. Please continue to pray for more than 200 orphans who live and study in Cupcini as we continue our ministry to them daily.

Ruslan at the church service in Cupcini

Ruslan, a 17-years-old young man, was saved at the Franklin Graham Festival that we partnered in organizing in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, in 2006. Since then, Ruslan has joined our church in Cupcini and brought his mother and grandmother to the Lord.

We could not imagine how the Lord was going to use this young man for His glory! Now he sings on our worship team, and his whole family is very active in church ministries.

Every summer Ruslan joins Moldova for Christ English Camp as a team leader. This gave him the opportunity to share Christ not only with the kids who come to the camp but also after the camp when he wears the English Camp t-shirt with Acts 16:31 printed on the back.

At school, his teacher had Ruslan sit in the front desk, so the whole class could read the Bible verse on his back. The scripture says, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved – you and your household. Several students approached Ruslan and asked him what those words meant. It was an answer to Ruslan’s prayer for the opportunity to share the Gospel with his classmates! Ruslan shared the Word of God with his classmates, and many were amazed by his answers. Even teachers asked how he knew the Bible so well.

Ruslan continued to pray for his classmates and for another opportunity to present the Word of God. Every day, he took his Bible and Precept study book waiting to see how the Lord would answer his prayer and ready to give an account of his faith at any time.

God heard his prayer – a teacher let someone from the class lead a lesson. Ruslan was the first to take this offer. He said, “This is my time and opportunity!” And for 45 minutes, he preached the Gospel and presented the Bible Study book to the whole class and answered their questions about God!

Last week during the history lesson, the teacher gave Ruslan an interesting assignment – to present a lesson on the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament. As he was preparing this presentation, his concern was how to present the Ten Commandments and present the Gospel by explaining how to be saved.

The books of Romans and Galatians were used to lay a foundation for regarding the Ten Commandments from a New Testament point of view. Ruslan had enough materials and Bible verses to speak for more than 40 minutes in from of the whole class! The teacher was very pleased, and when some of the students were not paying attention, the teacher called everyone to listen to the lecture since it was a very valuable lesson for life.

This generated dozens of questions from his classmates. As a result, Ruslan began a Bible study for his classmates to come once a week to his home and study “Having real relationship with God,” a Bible study course by Kay Arthur.

We praise God for the power of the Gospel to save people and to equip them for ministry, as we have observed it at work again and again all over Moldova!

Juvenile boys during the preaching of the Gospel

It is always a very touching experience to work or even visit an orphanage and see the hopeless faces of children who have been abandoned and forgotten and have never experienced parental love and warmth. Even more touching is when I have opportunity be at a Juvenile center where most of the boys are orphans. You never come out of the place the same as when you entered.

We visited the Solonet Juvenile and presented a Christmas program. We enjoyed a very helpful openness from the juvenile staff, which was a great blessing. Our youth team presented Christmas drama that revealed the Biblical meaning of Christmas celebration, then we read the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke.

Here are some stories of the lives ruined by sin that the administrator of the juvenile shared with us:

Christmas Drama

Two boys, about 9-10 years old, ran away from an orphanage in South Moldova and were living in a forest in the northern part of the country for a considerable period of time. To stay alive, the boys stole different goods in many villages. Another boy in the orphanage had a father who killed his mother and went to prison. Many of the other children were taken to the orphanage because they had committed crimes. Some other boys have stolen a considerable amount of money.

We were privileged to minister to all of these and many others with our ministry team. God is good to us, and we pray He will change the lives of these boys through His Word that we presented to them.

At the end of the meeting we presented a Christmas present for everyone and shared why we presented gifts to each other at Christmas – because of God’s unspeakable gift we received in His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.

Today, a team of 15 people from Cupcini and Edinet visited the Napadova Orphanage where boys and girls, ages 10-16, live. It was a very long and dangerous drive. The entire road was icy and the distance was about 200 km in one direction, and it took us four hours to get there.

When we got to the place, all the children and teachers met us as we entered the canteen where the meeting was to take place. Our team presented a Christmas drama that was a play based on events from Luke 2. Everyone was so attentive that no one even moved during the program.

Then, I presented a message on Luke 2:1-20. For many of the listeners, it was the first time that they heard this story actually read from the Bible. Our puppet show team presented a Christmas Carols program. The vice principle of the orphanage said a word of thanks at the end, appreciating the spiritual support the school received from our team. Her words touched me as she told us that many can visit the orphanage and help the orphans financially, but spiritual support is much more important for her, the orphanage staff and the children.

We thank God for the dedication of our people who were willing to spend 18 hours today in ministry. Two of them that had their birthdays today but still came and spent the whole day with us ministering to many others.

Please continue to pray for the five orphanages where we have ministries going and for our workers that share love and hope with these children.

It is with great joy we welcome you to our web site! For a long time we have dreamed and prayed for this day, and finally our Lord has provided for it!

We hope this site will be a blessing to you. As we share with you our heart and passion for the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, we will also keep you up to date as to what God is doing, not only throughout Moldova , but in the other countries where we work as well.

The people of Moldova face tremendous hardships, discouragement and difficulties. They see no hope for their lives or their country. Although there is much to accomplish for God’s kingdom, we praise Him for the work He is doing in all of our satellite churches, Bible studies, and ministry locations that were started and are led by members of our church. To God be the glory for what He has done, what He is doing and what He will do.

Please prayerfully consider joining our efforts in bringing the country of Moldova to the Lord Jesus Christ!

He truly is the world’s only hope!

Blessings to you.

Alexandru Sanduleac