About us

Casa Mea works with adults with disabilities in Moldova and the work began in 1998 with visits to women and girls in an institution in the south. We could not forget what we had seen there and knew that we had to do something to help them. The Lord gave us a great love for those women and a number of them were saved in the institution during the revival which began in the 1990s in Moldova. A society of women and girls cut off from the outside world was no barrier to the Holy Spirit’s working. With time the vision grew and we wanted to do more for them.

We continue to work with men and women in closed institutions and over the years the Lord has provided us with four houses in villages where we are able to support a number who previously lived in such places. Their lives have been transformed on every level – spiritually, socially and emotionally and we have been inestimably blessed through them. This is all the Lord’s doing.

From the beginning the main aim of the work of Casa Mea has been to reach adults with disabilities with the Gospel and we have seen the Lord work mightily in their lives. We also want to help them in their day to day needs as well as we can.

Over the years a number of churches and agencies have helped us and encouraged us including UFM, Support for Romania and Operation Centurion. Countless brothers and sisters in the UK and Moldova pray for us for which we are so thankful to God.

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MOLDOVA

Moldova is a small land-locked country between Romania and Ukraine. It was formerly part of the Soviet Union. Romanian and Russian are spoken. Its capital is Chișinău and over a million people live in the city. A small part of Moldova, Transnistria, was annexed by Russia in 1991 following a civil war and a Russian army is in occupation there.

With the fall of the Soviet Union, Moldova’s economy collapsed. It is today the poorest country in Europe. As a result of the economic situation and lack of employment there is now a huge diaspora of Moldovans who have permanently emigrated to the States or who are working in Russia or Western Europe.

Pro-Russian and pro-European parties both play a significant part in Moldovan politics. The political situation is unstable and demonstrations are frequent, often provoked by the blatant corruption of some politicians. The future is very unclear politically.

The Soviets repressed and persecuted Christians in Moldova but during the 1990s and early 2000s the Lord brought a great spiritual awakening to Moldova, the results of which are still evident. The work of Casa Mea would be one of the fruits of that revival.

An Institution in the North

We began to work in this place many years ago when it was home to 500 men and women with disabilities, or who had mental illness or those who were simply abandoned by their families. It is in a very isolated location and living conditions are appalling. Neglect and abuse are common. We started to take the Gospel there and commencing in 2008 we have held an annual ‘camp’ there. An international team of volunteers joins us. We ‘rough camp’ and hold services each day in the institution and spend time with individuals living there. This work has been remarkably blessed for which we thank God.

An Institution in the South

In the early years conditions were terrible with 120 living there in the beginning. Food and clothing was taken when it was available; women and girls were befriended; a summer ‘camp’ was started; but most of all it was our intention to tell the women and girls about the Lord. They learnt Christian songs and listened to Bible stories. A kitchen work was started where the women were taught how to prepare a meal. Involvement there continued for about 10 years until we were prevented from visiting any more as there was strong opposition. More recently we have been allowed free access to this place again and there are opportunities to speak about the Lord.