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I helped an American lady translate an excellent testimony a few years back. She was helping out an orphaned Romanian boy, who had a rough upbringing. Unkonwn to him at that time, God was watching and later intervened in his life. This is a great spiritual booster, and I was surprised to even have it on my computer after all this time. This is his testimony:
My name is Panait Adrian, I was born in a family in need (poor) with 6 children. We are 5 boys and one girl. I am somewhere in the middle!
When I was only 2, my dad went to jail. Not long after that incident, my mother sent me and my 2 brothers to an orphanage. There I have had a few experiences, one of which I broke my arm!
My dad did not stay long in jail. When I was 3 and a half, someone came and took me (Im assuming it is his dad). I arrived home, and I saw that no one was there, not even my brothers! I stayed there by myself for a period of time, until my parents made peace between them. When they got together again, they went and got my other brothers from the camin (camin = house/boarding home of children).
After this, you can say that I have had an 'acceptable' or 'ok' family, until my dad started to drink. From then, everything took a harsh turn (turn for the worse). He got sacked from his work, and he started to beat my mother. And in our family, there was only arguments! And so, I had another 3 brothers. After the birth of the last brother, my mother became pregnant again, but she decided with this baby, to be taken out because there wouldnt be enough food in the household, so she went to abort the baby. When she went to the respective doctor, to do the abortion, he said that he needed to perform an operation.
The doctor wasnt alert, because he left a pair of scissors in the stomach and then sewn her up.
My mother did not know that she had a pair of scissors in her stomach, and thus, she stayed home. After some time, she began to have very big pains! So we decided to go to the hospital to see what she has! The people at the hospital said that immediately, she had to go to the operating room, because she has something in her stomach that looks very ugly!
After they operated on her, they took out the scissors. They told her that she has to take great care. After some time, she began to have very big pains again! When she arrived the 2nd time to the hospital, the doctors said that she has cancer! And its not an easy cancer! They performed 2-3 operations and afterwards told her to go home, because she doesnt have much time to live, because it is very difficult!
At this time, I was 10 years old. My mother arrived home, sick as she was, and she didnt do what the doctors told her to do because she had to raise her kids! Thus, after 2 years, she died.
I was 12 years old back then. After my mothers death, I thought that my father would cease/stop with his drinking! But I fooled myself! He started to drink even more! To forget the troubles/distress (so he says)
So I have said that I have to do something, and I arrived at Bucurest to work something. I discussed with my cousin, and she said that she might help me! I can work for her! She had a stand/stall of vegetables/fruits. I began to work for her but I still stayed in the countryside/village! I would wake up at 5:00 in the morning to go to work, and in the evening, I would arrive home at around 9:30 - 10:00. the train ride would take one hour.
After some time, my sister spoke with someone from the village, and she said that its possible to help my smaller brothers. They worked at a foundation for Christian children! My sister said yes! Of course they have to go there!
After some time, I went to visit them (Im assuming visiting his brothers). I spoke to the foundation director, and he asked me if I would like as well to stay there because I wasnt as big, I was around 15 years old.
I told him, that it would help me very much, this work! Thus I arrived and stayed in the foundation. In the foundation, I began to have good friends, but also bad ones! And the bad ones began to teach me how to use drugs.
One time I was in a park, and I was talking with a girl and she asked me if I would like to come with her to a youth group! And I said: yes! Why not! I went there, and I met 2 boys. When they began to speak, they began to speak about Jesus! And I already had it up to here with Jesus! (negatively speaking) Because my mother, before she died, began to go to a Baptist church! And she began to talk about Jesus all the time! Therefore I said I do not want anymore of Jesus! And I left!
After some time, I was in this same park, a man of 1.90 metres tall (6f 3-4) and about 120kg (approx 250-260lbs) came up to me and asked me if I would like to talk to him! I knew that in this park you could find homosexuals, and I thought that he was one of them! Especially that he wasnt Romanian! I asked him: what do you want? And he began to talk about Jesus! I said no, here as well. I do not want Jesus anymore! Wont anyone leave me alone?
I went back home after some time and I took a lot of drugs. I thought that my life did not have any purpose anymore. I thought I am just a poor orfan! And that I was to stay in boarding houses and foundations all my life. After I took the drugs, I fell into a coma. When my friends saw this, they called the ambulance immediately.
The doctor in the ambulance told me I was going to die. In that moment I could hear everything around me, but I could not speak or move my arms. I felt like something small inside myself. When I arrived at the hospital, they put me in perfusion. After a few hours I began to feel my arms and legs! I began to cry and I thanked God that He kept me alive. At that moment, I said: Lord, if you truly exist, I pray that you enter in my life and change me. Make me forget my dirty/unclean past and if I die, I want to be with you in heaven. At that moment, I saw that God is with me, and would not leave me.
I began to go to this youth group >IMPACT< and from then on, I said NO to drugs and my past. I said that I want to serve the Lord Jesus with all my life, and that I will do!
Not long ago, the Lord Jesus gave me a new mother on earth! He chose her to be across the ocean. She is a big help for me. I thank God that He has decided to make his plans in my life!
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST PANAIT ADRIAN / ROMANIA
My name is Panait Adrian, I was born in a family in need (poor) with 6 children. We are 5 boys and one girl. I am somewhere in the middle!
When I was only 2, my dad went to jail. Not long after that incident, my mother sent me and my 2 brothers to an orphanage. There I have had a few experiences, one of which I broke my arm!
My dad did not stay long in jail. When I was 3 and a half, someone came and took me (Im assuming it is his dad). I arrived home, and I saw that no one was there, not even my brothers! I stayed there by myself for a period of time, until my parents made peace between them. When they got together again, they went and got my other brothers from the camin (camin = house/boarding home of children).
After this, you can say that I have had an 'acceptable' or 'ok' family, until my dad started to drink. From then, everything took a harsh turn (turn for the worse). He got sacked from his work, and he started to beat my mother. And in our family, there was only arguments! And so, I had another 3 brothers. After the birth of the last brother, my mother became pregnant again, but she decided with this baby, to be taken out because there wouldnt be enough food in the household, so she went to abort the baby. When she went to the respective doctor, to do the abortion, he said that he needed to perform an operation.
The doctor wasnt alert, because he left a pair of scissors in the stomach and then sewn her up.
My mother did not know that she had a pair of scissors in her stomach, and thus, she stayed home. After some time, she began to have very big pains! So we decided to go to the hospital to see what she has! The people at the hospital said that immediately, she had to go to the operating room, because she has something in her stomach that looks very ugly!
After they operated on her, they took out the scissors. They told her that she has to take great care. After some time, she began to have very big pains again! When she arrived the 2nd time to the hospital, the doctors said that she has cancer! And its not an easy cancer! They performed 2-3 operations and afterwards told her to go home, because she doesnt have much time to live, because it is very difficult!
At this time, I was 10 years old. My mother arrived home, sick as she was, and she didnt do what the doctors told her to do because she had to raise her kids! Thus, after 2 years, she died.
I was 12 years old back then. After my mothers death, I thought that my father would cease/stop with his drinking! But I fooled myself! He started to drink even more! To forget the troubles/distress (so he says)
So I have said that I have to do something, and I arrived at Bucurest to work something. I discussed with my cousin, and she said that she might help me! I can work for her! She had a stand/stall of vegetables/fruits. I began to work for her but I still stayed in the countryside/village! I would wake up at 5:00 in the morning to go to work, and in the evening, I would arrive home at around 9:30 - 10:00. the train ride would take one hour.
After some time, my sister spoke with someone from the village, and she said that its possible to help my smaller brothers. They worked at a foundation for Christian children! My sister said yes! Of course they have to go there!
After some time, I went to visit them (Im assuming visiting his brothers). I spoke to the foundation director, and he asked me if I would like as well to stay there because I wasnt as big, I was around 15 years old.
I told him, that it would help me very much, this work! Thus I arrived and stayed in the foundation. In the foundation, I began to have good friends, but also bad ones! And the bad ones began to teach me how to use drugs.
One time I was in a park, and I was talking with a girl and she asked me if I would like to come with her to a youth group! And I said: yes! Why not! I went there, and I met 2 boys. When they began to speak, they began to speak about Jesus! And I already had it up to here with Jesus! (negatively speaking) Because my mother, before she died, began to go to a Baptist church! And she began to talk about Jesus all the time! Therefore I said I do not want anymore of Jesus! And I left!
After some time, I was in this same park, a man of 1.90 metres tall (6f 3-4) and about 120kg (approx 250-260lbs) came up to me and asked me if I would like to talk to him! I knew that in this park you could find homosexuals, and I thought that he was one of them! Especially that he wasnt Romanian! I asked him: what do you want? And he began to talk about Jesus! I said no, here as well. I do not want Jesus anymore! Wont anyone leave me alone?
I went back home after some time and I took a lot of drugs. I thought that my life did not have any purpose anymore. I thought I am just a poor orfan! And that I was to stay in boarding houses and foundations all my life. After I took the drugs, I fell into a coma. When my friends saw this, they called the ambulance immediately.
The doctor in the ambulance told me I was going to die. In that moment I could hear everything around me, but I could not speak or move my arms. I felt like something small inside myself. When I arrived at the hospital, they put me in perfusion. After a few hours I began to feel my arms and legs! I began to cry and I thanked God that He kept me alive. At that moment, I said: Lord, if you truly exist, I pray that you enter in my life and change me. Make me forget my dirty/unclean past and if I die, I want to be with you in heaven. At that moment, I saw that God is with me, and would not leave me.
I began to go to this youth group >IMPACT< and from then on, I said NO to drugs and my past. I said that I want to serve the Lord Jesus with all my life, and that I will do!
Not long ago, the Lord Jesus gave me a new mother on earth! He chose her to be across the ocean. She is a big help for me. I thank God that He has decided to make his plans in my life!
YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST PANAIT ADRIAN / ROMANIA
