Christmas Outreach - Christmas Bus 4 Life Outreach: Romania

To share God's love in a practical way.

We will travel with Bus4life around Romania, visiting an orphanage, Roma (Gipsy) village and an old people home sharing God's love.

Dates:Wed 15 Dec 2010 – Mon 27 Dec 2010
Apply by:Mon 20 Sep 2010
Cost:500 USD (participants from United States)
Ages:18-80
single people welcome married couples welcome families welcome groups welcome

Ministry Details

We will stop for a day or two in every location for sharing bags with Christmas gifts, singing carols, playing drama, telling people that the Son of God was born for us.

Participant Profile

Able to face zero degrees and below, ready to travel, flexible, and ready to spend time with poor people from Romania.

Accommodation:

In churches, and believers homes.

Food:

We will provide all meals in partnership with the local church and may have a rotating "kitchen help" schedule for you to be involved in.

Travel:

You will arrange your travel to and from Romania (Brasov). We will arrange travel within the country. How to find us: Details will be given later, to arrive from the airport to Brasov. We recommend arrival in one the Bucharest airports or Sibiu.

How to find us:

Please See “Travel”.

Health:

We will be traveling around Romania in cold weather. Ensure you will face minus 10 up to minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Visa:

Those from countries within the EU will not need a visa, others will need to check with their embassies for details.

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Stories from Romania

  Right there, in that place (20-Jan-2012)
Categories: Key Focus Areas - Emerging Mission Movements | Key Focus Areas - Europe | Ministry - Creative | News - General | Religions - Other

Michael (Kenya) participates in a short-term mission trip to Romania and gives an account of God's transforming power at work amongst the Roma people.

  Short-term missions—long-term goals (5-Jan-2012)
Categories: FeatureLine | Information - Global Challenge Reports | Key Focus Areas - Europe | Key Focus Areas - Next Generation | Ministry - Children | Ministry - Training | Ministry - Women | Ministry - Youth

Europe short-term mission coordinators gather in Sibiu, Romania, to increase vision, gain training and share resources for greater impact in Europe.

  Tragic accident brings salvation to village (12-Oct-2011)
Categories: FeatureLine | Key Focus Areas - Europe | Ministry - Children | Ministry - Relief Work | Ministry - Training | Ministry - Youth

A Roma man’s cry to God for mercy to spare his son’s life transforms his future and the future of his small town.

  Dental student spends summer caring for Roma community (22-Sep-2011)
Categories: FeatureLine | Key Focus Areas - Europe | Key Focus Areas - Relief and Development | Ministry - Medical

Catherine, from the UK, joined an OM team in July to host a dental clinic and outreach for the residents of Pădureni.

  Sleepless in Padureni (8-Aug-2011)
Categories: Key Focus Areas - Europe | Key Focus Areas - Next Generation | Ministry - Children | Ministry - Medical | Ministry - Sports | Ministry - Youth | News - General

As Rafael, the leader of OM Romania, lies awake in the middle of the night, he shares about the OM outreach to the Roma people he and his family are taking part in. They’ve set up a mobile clinic in Padureni, and through games, sports and Bible stories, the community is learning about God’s love.

  Onboard the Bus4Life for the first time (19-Apr-2011)
Categories: Key Focus Areas - Europe | Key Focus Areas - Pioneering Initiatives | Key Focus Areas - Resourcing | Ministry - Literature | Ministry - Medical | News - General

At the end of March, OM Europe’s Bus4Life visited Buzău for the first time ever. Located next to a big shopping centre, about 400 people visited the Bus4Life during the 3-day visit, and about 350 Christian books were sold.

Photos Romania

Romania :: A team visiting church members in Agnita, a village about 60 kilometres northeast of Sibiu, pray with a family in need.
Romania :: Michael from Kenya (left) spends two-weeks working amongst the Roma people in Romania this summer.
Romania :: Michael (Kenya) participated in a short-term mission trip to Romania this summer, and gives a first-hand account of Gods transforming power at work amongst the Roma people.
Romania :: Catherine (far right), a dental student from the UK, spent 18 days with the OM team in Romania reaching out to the Roma community.
Romania :: A special programme is organised for Roma teenagers parallel to KidsGames in Padureni village. Team work is encouraged!
Romania :: Much laughter and fun is shared by all in Padureni village.
Romania :: Short-term workers provide practical help to Roma families during the outreach in Padureni village recently.
Romania :: Roma children hid under the parachute during Kids Games in Padureni village recently.
Romania :: A Roma boy gets friendly with the shaving cream during Kids Games in Padureni village recently.
Romania :: 75 Roma (gypsy) children and adolescents enjoy a week of games, sports and Bible lessons in Padureni last month.
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