Everything started when a miracle happened…the birth of my little girl! My name is Alisa, I arrived at Hagar Home maternal center two years ago. It was at the maternity hospital where I gave birth, I first heard about Hagar Home Maternal Center, from a social worker.

When I first arrived at the home, I honestly didn`t know if I would be able to face the challenges of being a mother. It was there that I formed new relationships with people who helped support my child and me.  I also came to k...

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look

after orphans and widows in their distress… James 1:27

Cristina is 32 years old and the mother of a newborn child. Her parents died when she was young, so she was raised in various government child placement centers in Romania. Cristina has mental and emotional deficiencies, and we were very surprised to find when she came to our home that she`s never been to school. In spite of this, we have been encouraged to see how...

Recently, we were honored to host the Ladies from Brighton Assembly of God in Michigan.  They helped to host a Ladies gathering where they provided a time of worship and testimonies.  Many of the women in Bucharest continue to talk about how it was an evening of divine appointment.  Several had shared how God was using a specific verse to confirm what God was sealing in their hearts.  

Team Leader Kathleen, recently wrote, "It was evident that God had gone before us... (we...

As Touched Romania reflects on the close of 2016, we are so blessed to have served countless families throughout Bucharest and humbled by the generousity of so many faithful givers like you.

This year Touched Romania was chosen as a recipient of the "Toys for Tots" program, sponsored by the US Embassy in Bucharest. ​​ Several Marines stationed in Bucharest and members of the US Navy crew in Constanta brought Christmas gifts for over 50 children of our children, former residents our materna...

I know I have said it before, but I’m always surprised how God does atransforming work in each of our moms here at Hagar House.  No two transformations are exactly the same and you never know when it is going to happen.

One of our current moms Sara, has been in the program for about 1 ½ years.  I’m honest when I say that she has been the hardest mom I have had to work with to date.  When she first came to the program, she was not quick to warm up to any of the staff and she always seemed to...

This year Touched Romania celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Hagar Home, a residential program, for young mothers in distress. The ministry addresses root causes of child abandonment in Romania by providing maternal support, counseling, education and job opportunities. Crucially, the ministry offers spiritual support and nurture that brings freedom to these socially excluded women, who are in need of restoration, hope and healing in Jesus.

I think it is no secret that most little girls dream of being princesses.  In most every culture, we can find little girls playing dress up and dreaming of falling in love.  Unfortunately, for many of the mothers and children that come to Touched Romania, are broken and disillioned of what love looks like.  Each one has comes their own story.  For many light has left their eyes and despair consumes them.  Through much prayer, counseling, and modeling by the Touched Romania staff, slowly the...

The ministry of Touched Romania is committed to standing with the approximately 41% marginalized in Romania, assisting one woman and family at a time, with Christian relief, development and prevention services, bringing them to a place of wholeness, thereby enabling them to embrace God’s calling for their lives. 

This past year, Hagar Home maternal center hosted 7 mothers and 12 children for periods between 4 months to 1 year. All of them were victims of domestic violence, poverty and socia...

 “We received the call after midnight 18 years ago. Desperate women from the brothels of India were asking us to take their children…We were faced with a decision that would change the course of our entire future. As we stepped forward into what we thought God wanted us to do, we came face to face with the forces of evil, but we were exactly where God wanted us to be.”—Beth Grant 

In 2014, the Assemblies of God World Missions, Europe Leadership Team made the decision to adopt the ministry ‘P...

Christmas in Romania is my favorite time of year. In the midst of the busyness,
an excitement and expectancy builds up, somewhat like that of being a part of a modern day miracle—of witnessing first hand, how God provides for the needs of the children and families in our care...