Romania Ministry

The Romania Ministry

First, we would like to thank you for visiting our website. It is our prayer that you will receive a blessing as you read of God’s faithfulness at Fairhaven, and Help for Others. The purpose of this site is not only to inform you, but to lift up our Lord in a way that only He will be honored and glorified.

We became involved in Romania in 1995. Since then, we have had the privilege of serving in many different areas of the country. The Lord has allowed us to work with street children, in orphanages, children’s homes, nursing homes, hospitals, clinics, to help with many individual needs, to have Vacation Bible Schools, Medical Mission Trips, and also, as of December 2008, to ship 64 containers of supplies to be distributed throughout Romania.

Through all of this, I have made mistakes, but have also learned a lot. It has always been the desire of my heart to be the proper steward with what the Lord and others entrust us. Through the years, we have learned much in this area.

For example, just in giving out the clothes, food, and other things, we have found that these items can be more of a blessing to those who are actively trying to help themselves.

Through the years, we have ‘fine tuned’ this giving. An example of what we mean is that clothes given to the very poor people are never washed, but used until they are very dirty and then added to the cooking/heating fire. We do not find this to be good stewardship, even though the need seems so clear. We find that anything we do also has to involve “teaching people to fish, rather than just giving them a fish”. Often, this education comes in the form of health instruction in things as simple as drinking and eating.

Many of the poor forage for their food and heating materials, often using plastic, such as 2 liter bottles, for cooking and heating. They would prefer to use wood. But in the city, it isn’t easy to find. So, they use whatever they can find. When you enter these homes, instead of finding beds, you will often find huge piles of clothes on which they sleep. The reason is that the clothes are freely given by the West.

Currently, most of our hands-on work is being done in the nursing homes and medical facilities in the judits of Arad. Much has improved in these homes but we see there is still a great need for volunteers - people whose goal is to go and visit people in these homes, many of whom have no contact with family.

We have been working in Romania long enough to have made many mistakes and been deceived by people along the way. For anyone wanting to work or contribute to any work in Romania please read Letter of advice for working in Romania. This will provide you with insight on things I have learned from my mistakes.

In His Service,

Johnny Huffman

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Letter of advice for working in Romania

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And the King shall answer and say unto them,
"Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Matthew 25:40

Mission Statement
for Fairhaven Ministry & Hopes For Others

1. To Meet the Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Needs of Others
as Our Lord Makes it Possible.

2. To NEVER BE LIMITED by Race, Color, Religious Preference, or Organization, Where There Are Needs To Be Met.

3. To ALWAYS Put Our Confidence in God to Meet the Needs, and to Give Us Wisdom and Direction According to His Will.

4. That Whatever is Accomplished, Whether in Word or Deed, is Accomplished in Such a Way as to Demonstrate and Share the Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ and to Bring Praise, Honor,
and Glory to Only Him.