For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.”                         Romans 1:16-17

From June 6-14, 2009, a Medical Clinic outreach was organized in the city of Comrat, the capital of the Gagauz district in South Moldova. We met with the Mayor of Comrat and leaders of the Gagauz district, and all of them expressed full support for our mission. This outreach was very important to dozens of people who study the Bible in more than 25 homes throughout the year. We have been praying that God will help us start Sunday Worship services for all of them.

Our team combined 27 workers from 11 churches and worked for a week prior to the medical clinic project and shared 5,000 invitations door to door. People received us very well with thanks and words of blessings. Doctors from Chisinau prepared medicine and traveled to Comrat to treat patients. Our puppet show team members prepared shows and were ready to meet with the Comrat children and present the Gospel to them.

For this project, we partnered with the International Gospel Outreach Ministry from Dallas, TX, which was represented at Comrat Medical Clinic by David Groves and Marshall Link. Both men preached the Gospel and shared their testimonies. This year marked the 10^th year of our partnership with this organization, which was very fruitful for the Gospel as we worked in cities and villages conducting Evangelistic meetings and medical clinics as well as outreaches for school teachers and medical personnel.

People came to the Evangelistic meetings in the evening where we had worship music, personal testimonies, puppet shows for children, Precept Bible study materials presentations, a questions and answer session and preaching of the Gospel. Every evening we had from 120 to 170 people in the congregation. At the end of each evangelistic meeting, an invitation was given to trust Jesus as personal Savior and Lord, and young people and adults, both men and women, responded to the call every time.

Then, we had a word of encouragement for the ones who turned to God. We studied the text from the book of Acts, chapter two and verse 38-42 and discussed the importance of abiding in the Apostle Paul’s teaching by studying God’s Word with other believers and being in constant fellowship with other believers and in prayer with God the Father through the only mediator, God the Son, Jesus Christ. When the meeting was over everyone was given the opportunity to enlist for the next day visit to the preferred doctor at our medical clinic.

The medical clinic team set up portable booths to be used as doctor offices and a pharmacy. Everyone who came to the clinic went through 45-minute Precept Bible study and Gospel presentation before he or she could see the doctor. Many elderly people came to the clinic and participated in the very first Bible study in their lives! They were amazed of what they could see for themselves in the Bible text and expressed desire to continue to study God’s Word even when the project was over. A number of patients were saved right at the clinic while studying the Bible, listening to one-on-one Gospel presentations or in the doctor’s offices where they heard the Word of God read from the Bible again.

The regional TV station, Gagauz Radio and TV, sent their reporters to make a report that will be seen throughout the Gagauz district about Christians reaching out to needy and elderly people to help them both spiritually and physically. And, in God’s providence, the Gospel was proclaimed far beyond our expectations and plans, reaching into villages and cities we could not go into at this time.

By the end of the project there were at least 71 people who prayed to receive and trust Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord! Through God’s provision, we were able to rent a facility for regular Sunday church services where all of these people were invited. A team from our Chisinau church will be traveling every Sunday to conduct church services in Comrat. We pray God will build His church in this city, which is under a heavily Muslim influence from Turkey as we continue to follow up on all of our contacts from this project.