David Wilkerson, Missions
Rebecca Dan Walsh is the founder and director of Casa Shalom. She is originally from Hampstead, Maryland where she was raised on a large farm with her seven brothers and sisters. Becky is used to working hard and not giving up even in the midst of great trials.
She tells her story like this: I was very interested in politics as a young person. My uncle was county commissioner and I was always interested in the issues that concerned our future. This was back during the cold war days and it always interested me how the Communist could work together to achieve their goals and the religious world couldn't. It was my desire to get into the FBI and do research on Communism.
God had other plans. I had a life changing encounter with God in 1974. My mission in life changed as God put his love in my heart for the people in Eastern Europe. My desire was to go and share God's love with those suffering in Communist countries. I wanted to help bring some joy and relief from the oppression and pain thousands of East Europeans were going through in the 80's. During those days I made many trips into Eastern Europe and did bring much joy to a lot of people.
I heard that thousands of people in those countries didn't even own a Bible and I was off on a mission to see that they received one. This was the beginning of the ministry into Eastern Europe. In 1980 I moved to Germany and worked with a well known Mission, now called Nehemiah which is one of the largest Humanitarian organizations in western Europe. I was so busy traveling to so many countries and knew it was impossible to really bring about positive change in every country so I decided to concentrate on working in one East European Country and the nation I choose was Romania. Eleven years have passed and we are thankful for all the changes that have taken place here in Romania and in the lives of the children here at Casa Shalom.
