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This past spring, we opened Providence House and welcomed home dozens of orphans. The building, the former Cupcui Orphanage, was in need of a complete renovation before we could open it up to the children, but today it functions as the only private, Christian orphanage in all of Moldova!

Over the last few months, we have been taking in more children. And just this past weekend, we were blessed with two more.

Vera is 14 years old and she has only attended first and second grade. She doesn’t know how to read or write. She also has a 9-year-old brother and he has never attended school. Their mom cleans houses, making $80 per month. Their small income barely affords food or wood for fire in the winter, let alone school.

When we held summer camp at Providence House, Vera and her brother came for 15 days. They came with nothing except what they were wearing. We clothed them and gave them everything they needed.

When camp was over, Vera came to me and asked if we take children in to stay permanently. That’s when she began to tell me about the bad conditions they were living in at home. I told her that she could stay with us if she wanted to.

When they left the camp to go home I lost contact with her and I thought that she and her brother would never come back. But last week, as I was visiting the city of Leova, I heard someone calling my name. I turned around and there was Vera! She and her brother had all the paperwork together and just recently they came to live at Providence House!

Without your support and steadfast prayers, I would not have been able to offer these two children a place to stay. I would have been forced to turn them away, sending them back to the horrible conditions they were living in.

Just recently, while I was teaching Vera how to read properly, she stopped me and asked, “Why do you care? Why are you helping me?” At first, I did not know what to say, but then I started to talk to her. I told her all about my story and how God changed my life; I told her that I knew what it felt like to be invisible.

Tears were coming down her face and she asked me another question: “Do you think I’m going to catch up and be like the other kids?” Although Vera is 14 years old, she is only in fifth grade. I promised her that with God’s help, she will.

You are following God’s heart when you give to the poor. Proverbs 29:7 says, “The godly care about the rights of the poor, but the wicked don’t care at all.”

These children now have a new home, a new family, and the opportunity to learn more about Jesus. Thank you so much. You have given these children the first hope they have ever known.

Sincerely,

Galina T.C.