Building the House of Grace

Casa Harului is the fullfillment of the vision that God gave to Ben & Maria Medrea while they lived in London during the early nineties.  They had moved there for a better life after the collapse of Communism, but inspite of their desire to stay in the UK they were obedient to what they felt called to and returned to Romania to start building what is now the camp site, on land gifted to them by Maria's mother.  The camp began in 1995 with tents on the hillside which is now the sports field and has grown steadily over the last fifteen years to include the Owner's chalet, Dining Hall and Leaders Chalet, A Male chalet and a Female chalet both including meeting spaces on the ground level, extensive grounds with accessible ramps for wheelchair users, sports fields, two residential chalets just off the camp for private rental and leaders accommodation, and even an outdoor Baptistry overlooking the beautiful foothills of the Carpathian Mountains for those who wish to be Baptised in this special place.

Ben is the brother of Corneliu Medrea who I was working with in Hunedoara at the Bethlehem Christian Centre.  Whilst engaged in separate ministries, they have worked together to found a single charity to umbrella all their activities called the Bethel Humanitarian Foundation.  Gary Torbet, my supervisor and team leader met Ben & Maria the night before his first ever aid trip to Romania and that kick started his work with them and the setting up of Carpathian Aid.  The rest as they say is history. 

Everyone who's been before told me that Casa Harului was a special place and that the feeling of being there cannot be described, but only experienced, and they were right.  I can show you the pictures and try to describe my experiences, but it simply doesn't do the place justice.  The best I can do is to agree with Gary as he says it is a place of God's Annointing and as I say, a point where God's Kingdom touches earth, it really is that special.