September 5, 2002

In August, Pastor Cary Paulk, a VM Associate Minister, took a short-term missions trip to Romania. While there, he ministered with Tudor & Vali Machidon who are prayer warriors and indigeneous church planters.

Tudor starts his day at 5:30 every morning in his prayer closet. In this small closet are two bulletin boards filled with pictures of the people that he prays for daily. Tudor Machidon and his wife Vali are prayer warriors. You cannot plant churches without prayer. In the nation of Romania there are 10,000 villages without an evangelical church. Tudor and Vali are actively doing something about that.

They are indigeneous church planters who live in the city of Sibiu, Romania. They visit the villages surrounding Sibiu and build relationships with the people. They lead them to Christ and establish churches in the villages. Once they get 50 people, they install a pastor and move on to the next village. And on and on it goes. They have also planted a church in the Republic of Moldava.

Crushing poverty still grips the nation of Romania. Things have improved greatly since the revolution, but they still have a long way to go. Most village families subsist off whatever they can grow on the land. There is a great need for business missionaries who can help the villagers start micro or cottage businesses to support themselves and the ministry. There is also a great need for outreach teams to assist the indigenous church planters in jump starting church plants (i.e., drama teams, music teams, etc...)

If you are interested in providing financial support, or being a part of a future mission team, you can contact Cary Paulk at 757-587-4625 or email at cpaulk4@cox.net.

Cary M. Paulk
Pastor, Bayview Baptist Church
707 E. Bayview Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23503
757-587-4625
http://www.bayviewbaptist.org/