The Rest of the Story . . .

 So last week Pastor Petru Ciochina in Moldova helped "Olga", her teenaged brother, and her five small children get a train ticket towards Munich, where she hoped to join other family members who had fled Ukraine (Petru pictured here with the family).

They got as far as Budapest, Hungary, and ran into
difficulties. Olga called Petru. Petru called Zoltan, an ethnic Hungarian who works with Romany in Romania. They know each other because Zoltan has often gone with me to help with volunteer teams in the church Petru pastors. I know Zoltan because he is part of a Wycliffe/SIL group working in Romani languages.

Petru, far left; Zoltan center,
visiting Romany in Moldova

Zoltan, a missionary with Wycliffe Romania, contacted Wycliffe Hungary. They gave him the phone number of a doctor in Budapest. She gave Zoltan the number of a free hotline for Ukrainian refugees. The hotline is in Ukrainian, Hungarian, and English. Anyone calling it can receive assistance. 

Petru told Olga. He also passed the number on to any other refugees who might be traveling through Hungary. Olga and her family were helped.

This is how the body of Christ works. Because people like you support missions like CBF, I am here. I connected Zoltan and Petru. Petru is in Moldova. I am not. You are not. He could help Olga, partly with funds that Christians like you gave in America and I, in the Netherlands, sent on to Petru. Someone none of us know in Budapest could help Zoltan. Zoltan could help Petru help Olga. Thank you for being part of the body of Christ. Together we do great good, sometimes in small ways that make a huge difference!