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Urgent Effort to Bring Warmth and Hope to Moldova This Winter

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 …

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Why We Work in Moldova

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 …

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Why We Work in the Amazon

The Amazon is one of the most breathtaking places on Earth—a region of beauty, biodiversity, and cultural richness. But it is also home to profound challenges. Vast in size and need, this region is where Justice & Mercy International has been called to serve, promoting Gospel-centered, sustainable life change for …

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Our First Jungle Church Mission Trip

Written by Neia Lucina, Justice & Mercy Amazon Missions Assistant Justice & Mercy Amazon is committed to taking the love and redemption of Jesus to places that have not yet heard of Him. In the Amazon, we have the privilege of doing so in partnership with jungle pastors through the …

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How We Care for Vulnerable Children in Moldova

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 …

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Louie’s Shoes: A God-Moment in the Amazon

Written by Jackie Heberle, Amazon Mission Trip, August 2024 If there is one thing I have learned over the years concerning mission trips, it’s that plans change, timelines move, and God works despite it. Actually, I think He orchestrates it. On this, my third trip to the Amazon, these things …

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An Evening with JMI 2024

“God is moving; He is doing so much around the world,” Kelly Minter said as she came on stage to host this year’s An Evening with JMI. “Tonight is one of the most important nights of the year.” Kelly is a Bible teacher and author who has been highly involved …

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Taking My Mom to the Amazon

By Julie Reneslacis, JMI Logistics & Events Coordinator If you had asked me when I started interning with Justice & Mercy International in the summer of 2022 which of the two countries we work in I’d like to visit first, I would have said Moldova without batting an eyelash. If …

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