In October 2007 we brought together 22 worshipers and musicians from 12 nations to tour through Europe and fill cathedrals and churches with songs of grace and restoration.

Through the generosity of our Christian family in the benefit concerts and the matching funds of two Dutch organizations, Wilde Ganze and NCDO, we were able to give nearly $40,000 to widows, fatherless and orphans in Romania and Kosovo, There are lives being physically restored today because of Alabaster Ministries!

After our six-city tour in Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Belgium Germany and Czech Republic with our group of 22, five of us headed on to Romania and Kosovo. This was our first trip to Romania, and through a series of connections we met and worked with Pilu in Sighisoara.  What a huge heart of love and compassion this man has!  He not only pastors a growing church, but travels to surrounding villages to bring hope and encouragement to gypsies.  Many have become Christians and Pilu has started a number of churches for them.

He introduced us to Hadasa, a young woman whose passion is directed toward orphans. Through Crown Ministries Romania, she has received such favor in the way she cares for these often forgotten children, that the Romanian government has come to her to receive training! 

Her ministry is multi-faceted:

• There are a number of children who require special medical attention including surgeries.  She seeks out the specialists needed, oversees the fundraising, sees to it that these children receive constant love and support through their hospitalizations and recoveries.
• For the medically needy as well as others who are confined to life in the orphanage, she is finding and training Christian families to provide ongoing foster care so they can know the love of a family; 
• As the children approach adulthood, they need to know how to live “outside the system” – ethics and integrity, job skills and financial management and there is training in those areas.  But most of all, these children are learning of the love and care of their Heavenly Father who will never leave them nor forsake them!

Alabaster Ministries is committed to supporting Hadasa in her work.  For more information about her ministry, please visit http://crown-ro.org/.  You can donate to Crown Ministries Romania through Alabaster Ministries from the “Donate” button on this page.

On an especially happy note, when Pilu took us to visit Hadasa, it rekindled a long-standing friendship, and on New Year’s Eve, Pilu asked and Hadasa said YES.  They will be married in May!!

What a great blessing it was to be back in Kosovo again!  Bram, the Dutchman we first met in 2003 on our first trip to Kosovo joined us on the first part of the Restore Tour.  We then joined him in what has become his home in Djakova. In the four years since our last visit, there are so many more believers!  We had a time to worship with a full house of teens, and on another night in concert hall full of moms and their children.  What a gift these families have received in the love of Jesus shown them by Bram, Ingrid, Rrosarta and the rest of the De Brug team! 

The donation from Alabaster Ministries from the offerings received on the 2007 Europe Restore Tour was the last bit needed to complete the purchase of a Women’s Centre in Djakova.  From this Centre, the widows and their children receive prayer, counseling, food, clothing, legal help, medical referrals, and support groups.  As well, they are starting several “cottage industries” that will provide employment and an ongoing means of support for their families.

With the current political situation of Kosovo declaring their independence from Serbia, attention is once again on that part of the world.  We are confident in the love and protection of our merciful Jesus cover them in these changing times,

You can donate to the ongoing work in Kosovo through the “Donate” button on this page.

In October, we have an exciting opportunity in Badplaas, South Africa!  We are partnering with Emoyeni www.emoyeni.org to build a houses for families that have been affected by the AIDS epidemic.  So we’re planning an “Extreme Home Makeover, Alabaster Edition” and we are inviting you to join us!! For one home, we need just 10 people for two weeks! No skills beyond hard work and big heart are needed.  From the ground fees not only is your housing and food provided, but the complete construction cost is also covered!  And we’ll even throw in a safari at a nearby game park!  We would love to build two houses!!!  Please write us for more information on joining us on this incredible adventure.  If you’re not able to join us in South Africa, please join us through your donation toward this project.

DONATION OPPORTUNITIES:

If you are a U.S. taxpayer, we can issue you a tax deductible receipt for your donations to Alabaster Ministries, We take no administrative fees from any donations, but 100% goes to Alabaster Ministries projects.  Here are some opportunities if you’d like to designate your funds:

• Crown Ministries Romania
• Women’s Centre in Djakova, Kosovo
• Home Building in Badplaas, South Africa
• New website for Alabaster Ministries at www.alabastermin.org.  We’ve acquired the domain name and the IRS requires a separate site from the current page at www.bobfitts.com.

Donations can be made through the “Donate” button on this website (through paypal) or by mailing a check or money order in U.S. Dollars to

Alabaster Ministries
76-6318 Mahuahua Place
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740