Tigmandru is a predominantly Roma town with a population of about 5000 people. Most of the population does not have steady work; people make a living by working as day laborers in agriculture in the summer and by cutting and selling forest wood in the winter. Many people live in small, basic houses with no running water.
The local Nazarene church in Tigmandru serves its neighborhood with a mother/baby care program. Each week lay pastor Magda Cini gathers mothers and their babies for simple lessons on hygiene and child care. During this time, Magda builds trust and relationships, and shares about the Lord.
Magda said the families need baby blankets to keep their infants and young children warm. Members of the Büsingen Church of the Nazarene responded this fall by hand-sewing or donating 20 blankets, which they gathered on Sunday, 28 October, to send to Tigmandru. Each blanket is labeled with “Made for You- Psalm 139:14.”
Reprinted from Where Words Meet, November 2012.
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