How Tanner Romania Mission came to be...
Tata & Mama - Bruce & Sandie
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Bruce & Sandie had decided in 1989 to give up their jobs and home to go into missions for the Lord. After much prayer and study the answer came by way of a 20/20 tv program, Shame of a Nation, showing the horror of the orphanages for disabled children. 6 weeks after seeing this program Sandie was in Romania preparing for the adventure of their lifetime.
Since the mid 1960’s Romania had been under the control of the Romanian Communist party, and it was not until 1989 with the Romanian Revolution and the fall of Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu that Romania has begun the process of transfiguring their government democratically and the restoration of civil liberties. |
What people do not know is that along with violence, poverty, and genocide that has plagued Romania, under Ceausescu’s regime, abortion and contraceptives were banned. The result of this has led to thousands of women pregnant and too poor to care for their children. After their children were born, they had no choice but to place them in state institutionalized orphanages where even there, they were malnourished, isolated, and emotionally deprived-sometimes being physically touched for less than 5 minutes a day due to the sheer numbers of children. Under extreme circumstances, these women panicked and resorted to self-induced abortions yet still gave birth to disabled children, missing limbs or suffering from traumatic brain injury.
However, The Tanner Romania Mission is working to bury this relic of Romania’s Communist past once and for all. Sandie and Bruce Tanner have currently 3 group homes where they are caring for the needs of over 30 children with disabilities between the ages of 7-35. These homes are run like a family, and founded as a Christian mission, the Tanners are trying to reinstate the principles of Christian love and fun into these children’s lives by taking them out of institutionalized housing and letting them know they have a home where they are loved.
However, The Tanner Romania Mission is working to bury this relic of Romania’s Communist past once and for all. Sandie and Bruce Tanner have currently 3 group homes where they are caring for the needs of over 30 children with disabilities between the ages of 7-35. These homes are run like a family, and founded as a Christian mission, the Tanners are trying to reinstate the principles of Christian love and fun into these children’s lives by taking them out of institutionalized housing and letting them know they have a home where they are loved.
TRM LOCATION IN ROMANIA, COUNTY OF GALAȚI, COMMUNITY OF NICOREȘTI
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Managers:
Bruce Tanner, Eithne Barion, Etore Barion, Mirela Silion
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John 10:27-30 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
I and my Father are one.
Mat 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who are weary and weighed down with heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in spirit. Indeed, you will surely find rest in Me! My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
I and my Father are one.
Mat 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who are weary and weighed down with heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in spirit. Indeed, you will surely find rest in Me! My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
