Saturday, May 28, 2022

Project construction new TC center Soceteni, Moldova

It has been several years since we visited Teen Challenge in Moldova. In addition to the existing men's and women's center in Falesti, we also visited the newly opened men's rehab house in Soceteni, just outside the capital Chisinau.

It is a very old country house, which has served as decor in several movies. The house was donated by the mother of one of the guys who went through the existing Teen Challenge program and got a new life!

Jura (2nd left in photo), who leads the program, was an addict himself and after completing the program in Falesti, four years ago, he was called to run the new center.

The house is full and in the past few years, many men have found new life in Jesus Christ. Johannes Müller Petersen, the founder of the TC rehab centers and various churches in Moldova, sent out a message that construction has begun for a new men's rehab center on the property of the old farm.

The new center will be about 120 m2 and will have three floors. A gigantic project that requires a lot of money, of course. 👉But what a vision, what faith and hope, and what a miracle that this project is going to take shape!

During the Europe Teen Challenge conference in Prague (beginning of May) we met again with the guys from Teen Challenge Moldova.

Our friend Krijn took a picture with them, he has raised a lot of money for TC Moldova several times with his ice skating fundraisers and they have not forgotten that.

We would like to support and encourage them to continue this project and we hope that you will again help invest in a healthy future for Moldova.

All donations, large and small, are welcome. We look forward to your response!

 If you would like to make a donation, you can do so in different ways, please take note:

  • Send a donation to St. Traveling Light, Papendrecht IBAN: NL91RABO0118582275 BIC: RABONL2U and mention TC MOLDOVA
  • 💳 Give by card
  • 👉When in the USA, make your tax-deductible gift payable to EEO Inc. Make sure to mention TC MOLDOVA.

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Europe Teen Challenge conference Prague

From May 5-8th, we (Krijn, Cora, Jan, Marja) attended the Europe Teen Challenge conference in Prague. The last international conference was in May 2019, so you can imagine the joy to see everyone again.

Staff, students, and volunteers from the Teen Challenge programs from almost all European countries attended! We estimate there were about 250 people.

We set up a large book table and had the opportunity to talk to many friends, to pray together, and encourage one another.

Of course, we received updates on the various ongoing projects and many group pictures were taken 😁 It was really fantastic for Krijn to meet the people behind the projects he did his ice skating fundraisers for.

We also spoke with various people about current needs and projects. So you will see messages about that in the coming months.

We also gave a presentation about running our secondhand shop / coffee house as a community center. We received a lot of positive reactions to our TC Talk.

We really want to let you know that everyone is extremely grateful for the regular help they receive to keep their rehab centers for people with life-threatening problems running. In all of this, Jesus Christ is the answer!

It was also great for us to get so many enthusiastic responses and to see so much gratitude.

We are currently raising money for the men's center in Berdichev, Ukraine. The project of the month in Twinkeltje and de Schor is the men's home in Lithuania. The next project is a new men's home in Moldova.

All donations, large and small, are welcome. If you would like to make a donation, you can do so in different ways:

  • Send a donation to St. Traveling Light, Papendrecht IBAN: NL91RABO0118582275 BIC: RABONL2U
  • 💳 Give by card
  • 👉When in the USA, make your tax-deductible gift payable to EEO Inc. Make sure to mention which Teen Challenge center you want to support.