BAM in Romania 
Here is another interesting and motivating BAM story from Romania.
A businessman from California visited Romania in the late 80s on a church trip and was moved by the desperate conditions there. In 1989, he went back to Romania with thousands of dollars worth of medicine and supplies.
Finally, this man moved to Romania, wanting to do something more than just a quick fix. "I realized that we needed to not just send them money and create another banana republic dependent on our aid," he said. "We needed people to create business." The question was what kind.
He began by opening a secondhand clothing store in Iasi, Romania's second-largest city. "Good used clothing from America at good prices," he recalled. "And we introduced a number of new measures, like smiling." Soon there were three stores. The profits were put into local mission projects.
Next came a restaurant. "The most popular TV there at the time was 'Dallas' ". They gave the restaurant a Texas theme.
They later built a hotel with 32 rooms above the restaurant for Romanian business travelers. Some of the restaurant's profit go back into expanding the business, but the rest will go to local aid and ministry projects. This family has, for example, opened a kindergarten and day-care center in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
They are now planning for a dental clinic in another town.
Isn't it great to see how God is blessing this Business as Mission work, allowing it to grow and spread. It is serving people in a variety of ways and providing resources for the ministry work.
We applaud the vision and follow through.
We continue looking for examples of interest and that contain lessons and evidence of business being used to serve the Kingdom.
Blessings,
Larry
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