“God is already there.”

Stefan and Jenny Bacioiu came to missions by very different roads, but God brought both of their stories together in Romania. In this episode, they share how God redirected their plans, shaped their calling, and taught them to trust Him through ministry, waiting, and loss.

Jenny reflects on children’s ministry, adoption, and the loss of Ezechiel, while Stefan shares how years of waiting in America became a season of preparation for returning home to serve his own people. Their story is a reminder that God is often doing His deepest work in the seasons we are most tempted to misunderstand.

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Stefan and Jenny Bacioiu serve in Romania with ABWE, helping strengthen local churches and pursue new church-planting opportunities. Jenny first served in Romania as a missionary teacher and later became involved in children’s ministry, orphan care, and adoption. Stefan, a native Romanian, came to Christ after years away from the church and now carries a strong burden to reach his own people with the gospel.

CONNECT WITH STEFAN & JENNY

• Ministry / Support: https://give.abwe.org/workers/jenny-okelley
• Facebook: The Bacioiu Family
• Sending Organization: ABWE

PRAY FOR STEFAN & JENNY

• Pray for Stefan, Jenny, and their family as they continue readjusting to life in Romania after several years in the United States. Ask God to give their children security, joy, and a growing sense that Romania is home.
• Pray for wisdom as they step back into ministry relationships and determine where God would have them invest most deeply. They have a particular burden to strengthen churches and pursue new church-planting opportunities.
• Pray for gospel fruit among the Romanian people, especially in places where religious tradition can make people assume they already understand Christianity. Ask God to open hearts to Scripture and to salvation in Christ.
• Pray for continued opportunities to invest in children, families, and local believers. Their ministry has shown them that God often uses seemingly small acts of faithfulness to produce lasting fruit.
• Thank God for bringing the Bacioiu family safely back to Romania, providing a place for them to live, and supplying a vehicle beyond what they expected. Pray that these answered needs would strengthen their confidence in God’s faithfulness in the days ahead.

CONNECT WITH US
Website: KingdomWithoutBorders.org
Email: mark@kingdomwithoutborders.org

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