MWB-US is pleased to post on-line its 2007 Auditor’s Report by Fanning & Karrh, Certified Public Accountants.

To read the report in PDF click on this link: 2007auditreport.pdf

Twenty-five Norwegian students traveled to Moldova, not sure whether or not the donors’ monies ever reached the people in need. They returned to Norway all fired up about the effectiveness of the Mission Without Borders’ operations and the high qualifications of the Moldovan staff.
 
After 32 hours of plane, train and bus rides, the students arrived in Crihana Veche.  There they met with a local church congregation.  They divided up into smaller groups to visit the families that attend the church. On student reported, “John (Groza – Field Director) takes me and four students to face poverty that none of us was prepared to meet. Suddenly we find ourselves in a yard where old, rusty tools are left where they last were used and where crap and dirt are laying all over. The people who live here have given up. Soon we understand why. Inside the old shack of a building, we meet with a mother and her 16 year old daughter. Her husband died a few months ago and she has a terminal disease with about two more months to live. Her younger son lives in the nearby orphanage. We listen to her story and try to ask some questions, but what can we say? So we end up standing there silently.”
 
During the next three days all of the students undergo similar experiences while visiting orphanages and poor families. They grain first-hand knowledge about the desperation among some of the families and children in Moldova. And they come understand why Mission Without Borders has an extremely important job to do.
 
On the plane ride back home one boy said: “Before this trip, I was very skeptical of Mission Without Borders since it is a Christian organization. But now, after seeing the work you do, I think it is big plus for them that MWB is Christian. These poor people need help, but more than that, they need hope.”   In a debriefing session another student commented, “Now, we are certain that if you give money to Mission Without Borders, the help reaches those who needs it.”

Exhibiting God’s compassion to people living in misery of poverty and persecution is not instant or “microwaveable”. As effective as highly publicized and quick responses are to those in need, there remains the long term work. God’s love is not “here today and gone tomorrow.” It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. “Love Never Fails” highlights Mission Without Borders’ expression of God’s enduring love of people beyond short term secular humanitarian aid. Available to churches, small groups or individuals, interested parties may Contact Us to learn more or schedule.
 

30,000 Operational Christmas Love parcels have been assembled.  The packing was done at various  warehouses in Moldova, Ukraine and Romania.  Distribution to people has started.  To see video of OCL Parcel distribution click HERE.

To learn what MWBI accomplished in 2006 click on this link: 2006-annual-report.pdf      (This is a large file.  It will take some time for it to download.)