Three hours to the west, at Emanuel Hospice in Oradea, Marinela Rotariu and a team of 21 dedicated staff members minister the love of Christ by providing holistic palliative care. The highly skilled team of doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, physiotherapists and chaplains provide care for 60 adult patients, 40 children, and their families at any given time. How moving it was to stand by the bedside of a dying patient as Doctor Beni sang to her about the hope of the Gospel while also providing her with pain relief. A grateful mother testified that despite years of hospital visits with her son, it was not until paediatrician, Dr Daniela, arrived at her house that anyone had asked how she was. Since 1996, this Gospel-centered attention to body and soul has embodied the care of Emanuel Hospice and pointed patients to the resurrection hope of Christ. Their patients call them “angels without wings.”

In Hungary, it was a joy to see God’s faithfulness to three generations of the Ficsor family in their Gospel service to the needy through the Good News Foundation and Mary’s House. It was a delight to meet Noemi – one of the vulnerable mothers residing at Mary’s House with her young son. Her life has been transformed by the Gospel, and the love and care she has received. A creation museum, Roma ministry, and aid distribution programme are also bearing fruit for the Kingdom.