Ray Wright & Gail Anderson, and IVCF team at underground Romanian church in Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1987
Gail Anderson & Ray Wright at orphanage near Budapest, Hungary 1987
Cosmina, 1990
Abandoned children, 1990
Ray & Cosmina, circa 1995
Ray & Cosmina, circa 1995
When Elena first came to the orphanage, she was required to surrender her cell phone. She laid on the ground in front of the house in a tantrum and screamed “I can’t live without my phone, I’ll hit anyone who tries to take it away”.
Recently, there was another incident which required the other girls to surrender their phones (Elena was not at fault) but she voluntarily surrendered her phone too, saying “it’s better for the other girls if I give mine too”. It’s early proof of the life-changing power when someone starts surrendering to Christ and makes him Lord.
Alin was born into severe poverty with harsh living conditions. When he was 3, he was placed into foster care, and at 5, he was placed at Casa Sanctuary.
Alin finished high school, a certification course for automobile electrician, and now works at a factory producing electrical cables for cars. He lives in one of the transition apartments that the orphanage owns. He serves in his local church as a greeter, serving coffee, and youth group volunteer.
Eva ran away to Bucharest. Our director was called upon to go retrieve her. She stayed at Sanctuary until the authorities and her family decided what to do.