Spiritual Legacy

Saturday we were saddened to hear the news that Karen Rose passed away in the US.  Karen worked as a missionary here in Gherla, Romania for many years and had a great spiritual influence on many people in the town and around Romania.  Karen worked with the orphanages, in the prison and in the church with passion and faithfulness.  We are sad that she is gone, but confident that she is with the One she loved the most.  We pray that we will faithfully continue the good work she left behind.

Karen Rose visiting elderly Romanian woman

 In 2012, before one of our weekend visits to Gherla, Karen asked that we bring with us a Hungarian Bible for one of the elderly ladies she knew.  When we arrived, she took us to visit the grandma so we could present the Bible to her.  This lady, like about ten percent of the people in Gherla, was an ethnic Hungarian but had never had a Bible to read in her mother tongue.  Karen cared very much for every person she ministered to and we pray that we will share the love of the Lord with others as well as she did.