It seems incredible to think but 2010 has passed us by. What a year it’s been! Its hard to believe that we began 2010 wondering how on earth we could raise the majority of our budget but it came to a close listening to our Moldovan neighbors blasting fireworks and singing some lovely Russian melody. Let’s here it for 2010!
Christmas and New Years in Moldova!
As Christmas and New Years roll in life slows way down in Moldova. From the last week of December through the first week of January, Moldovans celebrate the New Year and Christmas. Businesses close down and people surround themselves with their families . This Christmas we went Moldovan. The Stitt family had a fantastic time together, opening presents, celebrating festivities with our friends and enjoying the sights of Chisinau. It was lovely. Moldovan Christmas is on January 7th so we were able to observe it twice; with the advantage that as we opened presents Moldovans began their mad shop. We also enjoyed the added blessing of having our wonderful friends and family send us marvelous gifts. We were well looked after. Although it a was challenging to spend Christmas away from family and friends we were blessed to be around our team and our new Moldovan friends.
Christmas celebration at Freedom Home was wonderfully unique. Many of the women from the Freedom Home do not have families with which to honor the birth of Jesus. Even so we always have our family in Christ with whom to celebrate. This year the women spent the holidays with Christian families all over Moldova. It was a tremendously successful. The families bonded with and doted on the women and their children wonderfully. All the women experienced a safe, Christ-centered, family Christmas. They also attended Churches that embraced them regardless of their pasts or scars gained on the way. The women had a wonderful time; when we picked up one woman from her family she had such a glow about her. One said the time with the family was like “Heaven”. Part of the vision of Freedom Home is to enable the women to live independently. The success of this holiday season also provides an external group who are invested in loving the individual woman and their children. When such a time arrives for the women to progress into independent living it it’s such a blessing that there are families and churches who will hold their hand through the next stage of their transition.
While we meditate on the miraculous elements of Christ’s birth it is worth noting the social difficulties Jesus was born into. Our Lord was a crisis pregnancy, with the powers that be seeking to execute Him and His peers. Born destitute, the Holy family then became refugees. It is from these humbling circumstances that a child was born who became the centerpiece of human history. It reminds us that from humble or even heartbreaking beginnings can erupt a life that rebuilds the very fiber of humanity.
Christ’s life exemplifies His message of finding something so beautifully precious within every human being. Christ once said
“Inasmuch as ye have done unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done unto me.” In this sense, these wonderful families took in the Holy Family for Christmas. They did this because they saw intrinsic beauty regardless of circumstances. For all our wonderful friends who pray for the Freedom Home thank you for seeing people in this same light.
With Love and Prayers,
Patrick, Kalyna, Jack, Finnian and Levi Stitt
Mission Moldova
es with their families . This Christmas we went Moldovan. The Stitt family had a fantastic time together, opening presents, celebrating festivities with our friends and enjoying the sights of Chisinau. It was lovely. Moldovan Christmas is on January 7th so we were able to observe it twice; with the advantage that as we opened presents Moldovans began their mad shop. We also enjoyed the added blessing of having our wonderful friends and family send us marvelous gifts. We were well looked after. Although it a was challenging to spend Christmas away from family and friends we were blessed to be around our team and our new Moldovan friends.
Related Articles
No user responded in this post
Leave A Reply