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We at East Unaka are mindful of Jesus’ teaching to preach the gospel, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, care for the sick and essentially do good unto all men, especially they of the household of faith.
The Church at East Unaka was started as a missionary effort of the Downtown Christian Church in the 1920’s and during the depression era prepared and served meals to the needy. God’s grace and mercy flow both vertically and horizontally from Him to us and outward to others.
Since then, mission team members have planned and engaged the congregation in efforts to reach people locally and in the USA and foreign countries through a variety of efforts.
Our efforts have included: clothing drives, food collections, support to many different benevolent organizations, campus ministries, ministerial schools, retirement and nursing homes, after school programs, children’s homes, children’s service camps, disaster relief, and individual family aid. Some projects have been carried out in conjunction with other churches and organizations.
Current efforts include the Joshua Project that provides help for aids victims in Romania where children with aids have been abandoned and ignored by the government.
Another project has been providing funds to help train native preachers, distribute Bibles and build church buildings in southern India.
Mission work is helping connect others to God through Christ. It requires a servant heart, a specific purpose, much prayer, and individual sacrifice
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Hi Friends,
Just wanted to give you all an update! Amy made it across the border and back with no problems....so she has a 90 day extension to get her visa resolved. YEAH GOD! We just need to keep praying for an official response from Bucharest for all of us to get our residence visas. So, please don't stop praying!
As for the Christmas Food Boxes, we now have the funds for 12 out of the 100. So, little by little the funds are growing! Thanks for praying and getting involved, it is really making a difference. These precious kids and families will be so excited! Please pray for more people to give these wonderful food boxes. They are a great tool for sharing the love and hope of Jesus. If you would like to sponsor a family food box this year they are $35 a box. You and your family can give a Romanian Family a Christmas Meal to remember...for more details please e-mail Tresha at
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Thanks for continuing to pray for us and with us. Prayer changes everything!
Love and Prayers,
Tresha, Andy, Claudia, Tony, and Amy for all at the Joshua Project Romania |
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Dear Friends,
May the Lord richly bless you this Christmas Season! We want you all to know how much we appreciate you and how God is using you to reach desperate kids with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We know your hearts for prayer and giving is amazing and brings glory to the Lord.
A few prayer requests for The Joshua Project this week...
· As most of you know, Christmas is a really great time for us to reach more children and families than ever before with the Gospel. We do this in a number of ways.... Stockings with tracts in them, clothing bags with a bible and tract in them, and Christmas food boxes with special Christmas tracts and bibles. We really want to give out 100 food boxes this year. However, only 4 have been donated so far. Please pray for more people to give these wonderful food boxes. They are a great tool for sharing the love and hope of Jesus. If you would like to sponsor a family food box this year they are $35 a box. You and your family can give a Romanian Family a Christmas Meal to remember...for more details please e-mail Tresha at
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· Please be in prayer for the new children we are serving with Sfanta Maria Orphanage. Especially for Andreea, Marco, and Mariana who are extremely curious about the love of Jesus. Some are either learning and/or physically challenged, but the Lord is working miracles in their lives. They have started coming to our youth church on Friday nights and are integrating well. We are praying that God continues to bring these three to the day center, so that they can go back to the orphanage to share the love of Christ with the others.
· Please pray for our team.... We have had some challenges getting our visas for Romania. We are temporarily on visitor visas, but would really like to get our long term visas resolved soon. The people submitting the paperwork for us don't seem to know what papers are still needed. Ah Romania, we just all need to pray and God will take care of it. Also, continue to pray for health, finances, and continued unity.
· Please pray for the Hospital Ministries in Timisoara and Resita that we can come alongside the kids and bring help and encouragement to these precious ones dying without Christ. We will begin an expansion project in January and are praying about a Day Center project there as well.
We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed and fruitful New Year! And remember, your prayers change lives!
Love and Prayers, Tresha, Andy, Claudia, Tony, and Amy for all the kids here at the Joshua Project |
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