We have recently launched an exciting new project at OM Lifehope enabling people from Eastern Europe to join one of our Global Challenge programmes.
Young people who would not normally have afforded to come are given
evangelism training and can benefit from this cross-cultural experience.
In July and August, we were able to fully sponsor Liviu from Romania and
Dorota from Poland for a two-week outreach based in Birmingham. In
September, Lilian from Moldova joined us for four months to take part in
our Community Encounter programme. We have already received some money towards Lilian's sponsorship, but still need to see some more come in
between now and December. If you are interested in sponsoring Lilian who
comes from the poorest country in Europe, please e-mail luzia@lifehope.om.org and we will send you more information.

Lilian’s Profile

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Lilian is from the Republic of Moldova.  He is a single guy, 24 years old.

He has been a Christian for five years and attends a Pentecostal Church.  He

went through the Challenge into Missions programme at OM Moldova and has

been working for OM Moldova for two and a half years.  He works in

administration for OM Moldova and is also involved in sports ministry.  He

has some experience of leading short-term teams in Moldova.  He has a

driving license.  He is used to preaching and he speaks fluent Romanian and

Russian.  He has a good level of English.  He wants to join Community

Encounter because he wants to learn more about mission in a foreign

country and wants to deepen his relationship with the Lord.  When he goes

back to Moldova, he wants to use the new skills learnt here in his ministry in

Moldova.  His long-term plans are to do missionary work in Belarus.

He is expected to pay his own airfare to Birmingham.  Also all visa expenses etc will be met by him. He will be staying in Halesowen at the OM Lifehope UK training centre for four months. The cost for accommodation, training and ministry expenses are in the region of £400 each month.

 Lilian will need committed prayer from you as well as financial help. For this reason we will send you up to date prayer requests on a bi-monthly basis as he goes through the language learning curve, training, adjustment to working in churches here and as he makes friends here. We trust that God will enable this trainee to become a powerful soulwinner for Christ both here and in Moldova.

 To support him, we suggest you may like to use the Gift Aid forms attached to this person profile. Please send the completed form to Operation Mobilisation, The Quinta, Weston Rhyn.  Shropshire SY10 7LT.

 Any further questions please contact globalchallenge@lifehope.om.org

Phone 0121 585 8173

Moldova Fact File

With a population of 4.5 million, Moldova is the smallest and most densely of populated of the former Soviet countries. It is also considered the poorest nation in Europe, with an annual income of about $450 USD. There is rich but under-used agricultural land.  The poverty is considered to be due to unresolved internal political problems, lack of industry and trade and economic dependence on Russia. It is home to a mixture of peoples - Moldovans, Russians, Ukrainians, Bulgarians, and a Turkic people group, the Gagauz. The official languages are Russian and Moldovan.

The Challenge

·             80% men are unemployed.

·             60% have a serious alcohol problem.

·             1,000 or more villages have no evangelical witness.

·             Many villages deeply involved in the occult.

·             Estimated number of people living with HIV/AIDS
5,500 - mostly through injecting drugs.

The Church

The Moldovan people are very warm and hospitable people. They are mostly Orthodox although few attend church and many have never heard the Gospel. The Moldovans are considered spiritually open. Evangelical churches are growing despite occasional persecution and increasing poverty. The believers love to spend hours over a meal just talking about their relationship with God in an open way.

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