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| Safe place to grow up... |
The year is coming to an end and December is always a month in which we have various projects highlighted. The proceeds of our 2nd hand shop Twinkeltje this month will go towards the girls home in Moldova.
If you have it on your heart to add to that by giving a donation, please, feel free! We'll tell you a bit more about it ....
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| Charlotte & Johannes |
In October 2015, Pilgrim House, as the girls' house is officially called, was opened. The name is derived from Pilgrim International, a non-profit organization founded by Johannes & Charlotte Petersen. They have been living and working as missionaries in Moldova for more than twenty years and they are originally from Denmark.
They have hope for the poorest country in Europe and, besides providing humanitarian aid (food packages and care for the poorest), they provide shelter for young women and girls who have been endangered by human trafficking.
They furthermore have planted churches, established children's clubs, a youth coffee house and a Teen Challenge rehabilitation center.
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| Pilgrim House |
Our Weissensee 2015 event brought in a nice amount for Pilgrim House in Riscani. It is great to see and hear that girls and young women can live there in safety. Some were left at the side of the road by their parents (who are often addicted to alcohol) and others were victims of trafficking, rape or kidnapping. Charlotte writes:
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| HOME sweet home |
'Our aim is always to reach out to the whole family and we have seen several mums come through our rehabilitation program. Some of our young girls have gone back home and are now reunited with their parents.'
For their work, Johannes and Charlotte are dependent on donations and we would like to encourage them to never give up! Sometimes they may feel like their work is just a drop in the ocean... but what they do for the least, they do for God.
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| Girl's birthday party at Pilgrim House |
At the end of this month we will add the proceeds from Twinkeltje to donations that have come in for this purpose. We expect to transfer a good amount to them; a blessing to start a new year!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!