Roma/ Gypsy community in Padureni.
1. Jul. 2025
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30. Nov. 2025
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Journey Overview
Join us on a unique missionary adventure that you'll always remember! For one week to six months, you will live among the Roma/Gypsy community impacting their lives with your Christian witness, being Salt and Light among them. You will be part of the OM team located in a village called Padureni and will travel around 5 different villages. Live among the Roma/Gypsies in the village of Padureni near the capital Bucharest. To reach children, young people, and adults with the Gospel, through sports, kids' games, teenage and women's meetings, practical work, home visits, prayer walk, and prayer meeting. Through this cross-cultural experience, you will have the incredible opportunity to increase your faith and relationship with God and help Romania's second largest minority group: the Roma, also known as gypsies.
Please note that there will be an additional charge for transport, with different amounts for persons and groups.
What To Expect
You should fly to Bucharest OTP airport (Romania), and there someone from the Padureni team will pick you up and drop you off on the way back, and together you will go to Padureni. People with special talents, such as handicrafts, drawing, etc., are very welcome
Participant Profile
Age Range: 18-99
If you are adventurous, flexible, and willing to be stretched physically and spiritually, if you want to be challenged in your faith and experience God in a new way through cross-cultural ministry, you have a passion to reach the lost by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then this outreach is for you. We recommend considering flexibility and initiative in serving Roma/Gypsy people using your skills.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will there be accommodation provided?
During outreach, you will sleep at the mission center. Please note that it may be possible for groups to share the same accommodations.
Will there be food provided?
You'll have lunch with the Padureni team, breakfast you'll prepare yourself, and there will be situations where you'll have to prepare dinner as well. Come ready to serve with the team and the locals, and let us know if you have any dietary needs. Come ready to serve with the team and the locals, and let us know if you have any dietary Travel
Do I need to make my own travel arrangements?
Participants are responsible for organizing their travel to and from Bucharest, and someone from the local team will pick them up at the airport and drop them off at the train station or bus station for an additional fee of 150 euros, including local travel for ministries
What should my health condition be like?
Participants must be in good health and physically able to carry a backpack, stand, bend, lift, walk, and do other physical activities as needed. Everything you take for this outreach must be carried on your back.
Do I need a visa?
You can only enter Romania with a Passport (or an ID card if you are part of the EU). Citizens from the EU, USA, Canada, and Switzerland do not need a Visa. All others will need a Visa. If a Visa is needed and costs are involved, this is the participant's responsibility to pay the fees. Unfortunately, OM in Romania is unable to send the documentation for the short-term visa application.