As temperatures plummet, the situation in Moldova’s rural villages has become increasingly dire. Thousands of families are enduring an unprecedented energy crisis, leaving many without reliable heating or electricity. Freezing temperatures, rolling blackouts, and skyrocketing energy costs are devastating some of the region’s most vulnerable communities. Why This Crisis is …
Justice & Mercy International exists to promote Gospel-centered, sustainable life change for the poor, the vulnerable, and the forgotten. In Moldova, our focus is on protecting at-risk children and teens from the devastating realities of human trafficking, poverty, and family instability. Through our local staff, we care for vulnerable children …
WATCH THE STORY Pastor Edward Petrenco and his wife, Anna, have dedicated their lives to ministering to vulnerable children in rural villages. “There are dysfunctional families, broken families, incomplete families; there are families destroyed by alcohol. The most important need is the safety of children,” he says. “They genuinely don’t …
Written by Mary Fahnestock – Risipeni, Moldova Trip 2024 “Love them…just love them”. These are the words that I sensed the Lord impress upon my heart as I would try to analyze how I could take away the brokenness and fix what I would see each day at camp. These words …
Justice & Mercy International is pleased to introduce Vadim Fortuna as our new National Director of Justice & Mercy Moldova. Vadim will officially take over from Alina Magdaliuc on July 1. Alina has served as our Moldova National Director for 13 years and was instrumental in laying the groundwork for …
“What do you like to do in your free time?” It’s a simple question that drew tears from a grandmother at our Mother’s Gathering in the village of Albota de Jos. Like most women in Moldovan rural villages, her days are devoted to never-ending chores, gardening, and looking after children. …
Dan Wright wishes he’d had a mentor as a kid. “I know how desperately I could have used someone coming from ‘the outside’ to encourage me and show me my full future potential and my value to God,” he says. As a JMI sponsor for eight years now, he seeks …
Ashley Fox and her family have had the opportunity to sponsor several children in Moldova through JMI since 2013. They have also traveled with us to meet their sponsored children many times and volunteer at summer camp. Below, she shares her sponsorship experience. Q: Why did you become a sponsor? …
Gina Willams says her family has been blessed to sponsor children in Moldova since 2013. She has also been on mission trips with JMI to both the Amazon and Moldova, where she got to meet her sponsored child in “one of the most touching and emotional experiences.” Listen to an …
Typically, people looking to become a sponsor will browse our website to find a vulnerable child or teen to support. For Michael Ward, the process was flipped. In 2019, he traveled to Moldova with JMI for the first time and met 4-year-old Gabi in Carpineni village. She was not part …
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