First Sabbath Offering

“The early education of the youth generally shapes their characters for life.”—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 135.

Inspiration tells of an encouraging experience when the “children’s meetings, or Bible kindergarten, has done a good work. The lessons given are repeated by the children in their homes, and the mothers show their interest by preparing the children neatly for the school. Most are children of parents not of our faith.”—Evangelism, p. 583.

The “Children of Character” Education Center was founded in 2019 in Fagaras, a mountain city in Romania. Children between the ages of 2 and 5 are beautifully developing here. In addition to age-specific activities, they learn Bible stories, to pray, to sing and to make God their friend. As young as they are, they understand that God is in control and they learn to ask Him for help with their problems. Their character is built day by day. By God’s grace we can see remarkable transformations in the lives of these little children. For the future, we would like to educate those whose material situation does not allow it.

In the first year we started with 12 children; in the fourth year we had 32 children, 31 of them from outside the church. At present, the activity takes place in 4 rooms provided at the Romanian Union headquarters, but these are proving to be overcrowded as the enrollment petitions are beyond our capacity. By this, we understand that God wants us to continue and develop this wonderful activity and thus come in contact with as many children and their families as possible. So, in 2021, a piece of land was purchased outside the city and we obtained the necessary permits to start the construction. Now the foundation is already laid. We are very thankful to God for having touched your hearts—those of you who have sponsored the project up to this stage and those of you who will liberally do so now. With your gift, you will give children who don’t know God a chance to come closer to Him and receive a Christian education. We appeal to your goodwill and are sure that you will not remain indifferent, but will support us to bring this project to a successful conclusion and carry us in your prayers as well.

Your brothers and sisters from of the Romanian Union