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When Jesus launched his one-man invasion of planet earth, he began by gathering a band of disciples to advance his kingdom-movement. He ended by entrusting his movement and his dreams to his inner circle with these words: "As the father sent me into the world, likewise I am sending you!" The mantle of the Jesus movement was not only taken up by the 12, but by the next generation (Stephen and Philip) and the next generation (Paul, Silas, Barnabas, Apollos) and the next generation (Timothy, John Mark, Titus) and beyond. Movement leaders gather people around tables and bread and wine and vision. Meals make movements. We are in the cafes and clubs and campuses of Romania to mobilize the next generation of Jesus' movement to overthrow injustice and exploitation and indifference. Table to table. Jesus style.
These are God's Kids -- Three Generations
These are the 15 kids (more or less) that we will serve in the planned Summer 2013 program. is histYou will see this boy, Valentin Anusca (a-NOOSH-ka) in the video. He is golden! He was a friend of Nadia, and she said, "Joe, you need to meet this boy...". The rest is history in the making.
The 15 kids are one of the 4 to 12 year old clusters in the Ion Creanga children's center, and we have been visiting with them for a year now. We will take this entire group intact, and if God is willing, we will stay with them until they are grown. First in the summer program, and as God provides, we will continue in the Fall as an after-school program (like NGO's Oasis Center in Vicente-Guerrero, MX.)
But there's more...
Between these two generations (the 20-somethings and the kiddies) is another group, the ones everybody says are too bad to invest in: The teen girls in the Ion Creanga center. We will hand-pick a few, probably three or four, to work as Summer Program Assistants. Two are very nice kids who are recent arrivals at the center. One is Minadora, a hardened "lifer" who has taken a surprising affection for Nadia. In the second video you will see her in a green coat, singing. PRAY for Minadora, that she will find her true place in the grace of God. You don't really believe He has forgotten her, do you?!
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