C o n t e n t s
Care for My orphans
Prayer and Praise
by Whitney Mulkey
When our team was prayed over before we left for the Romania
mission trip, the pastor men-tioned that we were going there to
care for orphan children. This thought echoed in my mind as I
prepared to leave my home in Tennessee and also when I first began
to minister to the orphans at a campsite in the Carpathian
Mountains in Roma-nia. When I saw firsthand the little orphans that
Pathway to Joy is ministering to, I thought of Psalm 82:3: Give
justice to the poor and the orphan; up-hold the rights of the
oppressed and the destitute and James 1:27: Pure and genuine
religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans
and widows in their distress and other verses that soon became for
me a desperate and urgent plea from God on their behalf.
Before I arrived at the camp, I had thought that car-ing for
orphans meant meeting their basic needs, giving them hugs, and
playing a few games. But once I was there, I knew God wanted more
from me for them. I asked myself what I wanted for Kate-lyn, my
12-year-old daughter, as she stayed with caregivers while I
traveled to Romania. I wanted more than a bed for her... more than
meals... more than clean clothes... or even safety or fun
activities. I wanted her caregivers to really see her, comfort her,
listen to her, set a good example for her, protect her, make her
feel welcome and understood, empathize with her... to laugh at her
jokes, and to make her laugh. Basically, I wanted them to love her
like I do until I returned to scoop her up myself.
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Care for My Orphans
July 2015
Being in Romania taught me that God wants this same love for His
orphans. He has the same pas-sion, love, and care for them as I
have for my little Katelyn. The orphans in Romania are so important
to Him that He tells us to make provision for them. I am, in a way,
His hands as I interact with these precious Romanian children. My
love is His love; my care is His care. Everything I do, I do it as
His caregiver.
God knows the challenges and roadblocks these children face in
knowing Him. I am called, together with the staff of Pathway to
Joy, to remove the road-blocks and to help them through their
challenges. God knows how needy and vulnerable they are, and
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He wants to help them and bless them through all of us,
Romanians and Americans alike. In my discussions with the older
Romanian kids, I noticed a common disillusionment, apathy, and
confusion concerning the Bible and God.
They seemed to have difficulty... Believing God is real
Believing they are loved and accepted Comprehending grace and
forgiveness Trusting others and God
I love my little Katelyn so much, and yet God loves the Romanian
orphans even more. Con-fronted with the reality of the need these
kids have, it made me feel overwhelmed and hope-less. Their
salvation seemed impossible. But God has ways to encourage us when
we feel overwhelmed with despair and hopelessness. It was God that
brought to my attention the con-versation between the Angel Gabriel
and the future mother of our Lord and Savior, Mary, delivered in
Luke 1:37.
Gabriel said to Mary: For no word from God will every fail. And
Marys answer: I am the Lords servant... may Your word to me be
ful-filled. This bought comfort to me because I realized that while
we are feeble and weak, God is strong and all-powerful. This
attribute of His enables Him to fulfill His promises.
Thinking of the great needs the Romanian or-phan children have,
I was further comforted and encouraged by The Lords words to the
dis-ciples in Mathew 19:26: Jesus looked at them and said, With man
this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
I believe with all my heart that God, the father to the
fatherless, will enable Pathway to Joy and all of us who support
and pray for these orphans to continue this important ministry.
Also, I en-courage you to join this effort, to be the instru-ments
God is using to bring these orphans to faith and salvation.
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Praise God for the great ministry accomplished, with the help of
Calvary Chapel Chattanooga, TN in our PTJM 2015 Orphan Camp in the
Carpathian Alps in Transylvania, Romania.Praise God that we
experienced no injuries and everything went off without any
incidents.Praise God for the 17 young people that accepted the Lord
in our last service together.Please pray for our summer support to
come in. Summer is difficult for every ministry as
supporters are vacationing and the support is delayed. We ask
God for new people that would commit to pray and support our work
here in Romania.Please pray for the Bucurs and our staff serving
here in Romania.Please pray for our foster families and the
children they minister to.Please pray for our PTJM 2015 Foster Care
Camp during the month of August. Pray for nice
weather, a powerful time of ministry, and lots of fun.
Prayer and Praise
