A GoNowMissions team of six students and one adult sponsor returned Dec. 17 from a week-long trip working with orphans in Moldova.
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| Justin Cathey was part of the GoNowMissions team in Moldova. |
According to Gloria Tillman of GoNowMissions, the team had planned to go into Transniestria, a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine, to deliver boots to orphans there.
Teams were to go from one orphanage to another, but although the boots made it into Transniestria, the team did not.
"The boots will eventually get to the orphans that need them, but our team will not be a part of that," she said. Instead, the team stayed in Moldova working with the orphanages there, "putting on Christmas shows, telling the Christmas story, singing Christmas songs, and sharing love and life with the orphans they met."
"Our students have the opportunity to work with orphans and others in need. They are there to put a smile on a child's face and give a child hope in the future through Christ."
Working through Children's Emergency Relief International (CERI), GoNowMissions has sent a team for several Christmas seasons in a row, alternating between Transniestria and Moldova.
More videos from the trip are posted on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/gonowmissions .
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