Romania Compassion Mission

The Romania Compassion Mission was birthed at Tri-County Worship Center in Bethel, PA.  Since the maiden voyage into Romania, I have led five additional teams into this wonderful country.  Our teams are anywhere from 5 to 12 people and are no longer limited to just Tri-County folks. 

Our goal is to bring hope, encouragement and much needed aide to our Romanian Christian brothers and sisters in remote, destitute villages throughout the country of Romania.  Once in the country we will purchase groceries to distribute to needy familes.  Additionally we carry much needed clothing and medical supplies with us.

For our first week we will be working with Outstretched Hands of Romania in Calarasi.   The second stage of our trip we will be traveling to the northeastern region of Romania to some of the poorest of the poor areas distributing food and clothing.  It is an area I have been in before.  Can you imagine adding grass to your cornmeal mush so your children will be fuller and not cry so much at night from hunger?  Can you imagine not having milk for your infant and crushing up cookies in weak tea to give him?  It is to these areas we are going again.  It will break your heart and make you take a long hard look at what you once thought were essentials for your own life. 

We have begun building our team of our 2010 outreach.  If you would be interested in helping us reach the needy with God's love and become a part of this exciting and vital team, contact me as soon as possible. I would love to introduce you to these wonderful people.  Won't you prayerfully consider going with us?  For more information on this exciting ministry give me a call at 717-507-03696.  I would love to talk to you.

Please pray for us as we once again take much needed help and hope to the Romanians.  We will need funds to work with.  God knows the need.

Blessings, Darlene

About Outstretched Hands

Outstretched Hands (OH) brings together people in Romania and other countries who are dedicated to reaching impoverished children, and other poor, with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Due to the poor conditions in Romania, it is vital to have a comprehensive plan that not only focuses on saving souls, but also on ministering to obvious physical needs. They also need to know that there is a God who loves them deeply and who has a purpose for their lives; but spiritual darkness prevails amidst the extreme poverty and lack of purpose.

Understanding these conditions and the task at hand, Pastor Brad Hayes, his wife Nora, and his family moved to Romania in September of 2001. The Hayes family has answered God's call to minister to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the people in the region of Calarasi. They work together with the OH staff as an effective team, each knowing their important and valued role. But they can't do it alone!

Lewis and Darlene Seger-team leaders

Sue and Bill Swain

Richard Randall

Sharon Bowser

Amber Bixler

Amor Ambrosio

Luke 10:2

He told them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.  Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."

Truly the fields are ripe and ready for harvest and yes the workers are far too few.  Our job is to be ready to answer the call.  Whether that call is to GO or if it is to help those who have answered the call to go, we are commanded to action!

As our team goes into Romania, we go to lift up the hands of those who are weary in their work, to bring encouragement to those who find life and its daily struggles sometimes getting in the way of fully trusting that God is in control, to be a light to those who do not believe and most of all to bring glory and honor to God.