The setting sun puts a glow on an icon stand outside of one of the Orthodox churches in Tipova, Moldova. The government and churches put these icon stands up outside of churches and in the entrances to villages.

An IMB worker talks with an Orthodox priest in the village of Tipova, Moldova. The Orthodox religion makes up 78% of the population in Moldova and is the official government religion.

Two girls swing on a swing set at the Christian Community Center. The center reaches out to children whose parents have left the country to find work. Many children in Moldova grow up without at least one of their parents.

Children pose for a photo at the Christian Community Center in Chisinau, Moldova. The center reaches out to children whose parents have left the country to find work, leaving the kids behind with friends or relatives, or some of them, alone with their siblings in the house.

Children listen to a lesson at the Christian Community Center in Chisinau, Moldova. The center reaches out to children whose parents have left the country to find work, leaving the kids behind with friends or relatives, or some of them, alone with their siblings in the house.

A Moldovan Christian, left, practices Tae kwon do. She became a Christian when she was eight years old after a Baptist church began offering Tae kwan do classes. She later earned her black belt and won a country champion title.

An icon stands over the road into Alexăndreni village. The government and churches erects these icons of saints stands outside of churches and entrances to villages. The saint is usually who the church was named after. However, many of the icons are Jesus on the cross.

A Moldovan woman clutches a Bible that was given to her by IMB missionaries and youth from Holy Trinity Church in Chisinau, Moldova. The group was in the village of Alexăndreni to visit homes and families and hand out Bibles in the local languages of Romanian or Russian.

Steam rises from the large piles of sugar beets as a man shovels them from the road into his yard in Alexăndreni, Moldova. The sugar beets are given to the people in the village from the nearby sugar factory and are used to feed their cattle throughout the winter.

Children in Alexăndreni, Moldova, hop a free ride on a horse cart carrying sugar beets. The sugar beets are given to the people in the village from the nearby sugar factory and are used to feed their cattle throughout the winter.

Portrait of a Moldovan woman.

Southern Baptists from Texas and Moldovan Christians pray during a service at the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. The Texans came to teach during the conference as part of a partnership with the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU). Around 1,000 women attended the conference.

Portrait of a woman crying and praying during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Many of the Moldovan women told stories of the years when their church services were forced underground and they had no Bibles. Others told stories of their newfound faith and asked the volunteers to pray for unbelieving family members.

A woman prays during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Many of the Moldovan women told stories of the years when their church services were forced underground and they had no Bibles. Others told stories of their newfound faith and asked the volunteers to pray for unbelieving family members.

A woman prays during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Many of the Moldovan women told stories of the years when their church services were forced underground and they had no Bibles. Others told stories of their newfound faith and asked the volunteers to pray for unbelieving family members.

Moldovan women cry and pray during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Many of the Moldovan women told stories of the years when their church services were forced underground and they had no Bibles. Others told stories of their newfound faith and asked the volunteers to pray for unbelieving family members.

A woman reads her Bible during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Many of the Moldovan women told stories of the years when their church services were forced underground and they had no Bibles. Others told stories of their newfound faith and asked the volunteers to pray for unbelieving family members.

A woman prays during the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Close to 1,000 women from across Moldova attended the conference.

Women read their Bibles and take notes at the national Women’s Ministry Conference at Bethany Baptist Church in Chisinau, Moldova. Volunteers from Texas came and taught during the conference as part of a partnership with the Women’s Missionary Union (WMU).