Recently, after about a month in Romania, Rush Behnke returned to
Oregon…earlier than planned. “With all
the successful opportunities we had in Romania to share the message, field-training
and mentoring Rush was accomplished very quickly. Rush really needed to return for family and
business, so God was faithful to provide all the perfect opportunities.”
There is a great need to create awareness and support to
keep Eric traveling and speaking to key leaders; leaders that work with orphans
and at risk kids. Rush will begin to
look for opportunities to speak and ask for support. He will be speaking at a Christian
Businessman’s meeting that meets in Medford, Oregon, at Tin Tins Buffet, October
28th at noon. Rush will share
his testimony as well as stories from the Romanian mission experience.
Rush says, “My highlight was to spend a day in Bucharest with
Costinel Keenan, a young man of Gypsy decent that was in an orphanage until adopted by an
American missionary couple when he was 14.”
“Costi” said, “I never felt loved while at the orphanage. This was my deepest pain. Then when I was 9 the President of Romania
visited the orphanage. When he learned
that I had the same last name he invited me to his house for Christmas. When the day came the secret service showed
up, but the President never came for me.
I cried, and cried! This is when
I became really emotional about everything.” Costi said when my parents first came to the
orphanage “I picked them”. I’m quite certain
this is their story too.
Costi is living proof of a common myth: children, which are
not adopted as infants, will ruin families and your life; therefore, they should
stay in orphanages where they belong. Costi fully embraces that God’s heart is, “He
places the lonely in families”. Psalms
68:5
Costi went to Bible college in Southern California, is 31, married
to Elisabeth, and they have three beautiful little girls, Anna Rose, Jasmine,
and Elsa. He is pioneering a new mission
ministry for orphans and street kids in Bucharest, Romania. This
is God’s hand! He uses those who know
and feel the pain of others. Costi’s
parents are currently missionaries in Iraq.
Eric will return to Cluj Napoca, Romania in the first part
of November to attend a “Romania Without Orphans” conference. Many of the people we had a chance to meet
will attend as well. This is part of a
larger mission org called World Without Orphans.
Eric Henderson went on to Bulgaria and spoke at a church last
Sunday in Svishtov. He was invited to
visit an orphanage in that city as well.
Eric will be in Bulgaria all of October.
We will give updates as Eric writes about each experience.
There was a request to share more photos. We will try to post a few more on the blog. Also, go to our Facebook page “Rush To The
Nations” to see more.
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