Hey, I'm Sebi, and today I'm going to share with you a story I recently experienced about how God turned a simple thought into a blessing for many children in the village of Dimăcheni.
While discussing the association’s projects, we realized that we need to—and want to—organize something wonderful and meaningful for the children on their special day, June 1.
From a single idea to 100 T-shirts
Not long ago, our association started offering our own merchandise. People were excited to see that they could support the association’s projects by buying one or more T-shirts.
While I was handling the printing process for these T-shirts, I noticed that on some days it seemed like I didn't have time to do anything else but take care of printing them.
That’s how I came to the conclusion that merchandise is a real blessing for the association’s projects, but also a source of joy for those who choose to buy it.
Măcinându-mă cu ce putem face pentru copii de 1 IUNIE, mi-a venit un gând: „Cum am putea implica mai multe persoane ce ne urmăresc pe Instagram sau știu despre proiectele asociației E DAR-ul lui Natty în acest proiect? Toți oamenii, nu doar noi, voluntarii.”
At first, it was just this question that kept running through my mind. Then I voiced it as an idea that seemed to have popped into my head on the spot, without analyzing it too much: “What if, on June 1, we gave 100 personalized T-shirts to children in need? But how can we get the resources?” However, after asking that question, there was still one more thing to do: get as many people as possible to join us in this project, because that was the original idea.
The answers to these questions came immediately. We will be asking people to support this project through donations, and we, as an association, are committed to delivering a MEANINGFUL message to children on June 1.
No sooner said than done 😅
A few days later, we filmed a reel to showcase this project. The fact that people were already supporting us, felt like they were part of this project, and donated the equivalent of one or more T-shirts was a huge source of encouragement and joy for me!
Day after day, the LITTLE became a LOT.
When the press gave in
With the Lord’s help and the community’s support, we raised the money for the T-shirts. Now it was time to take care of printing them. Although it was difficult—with only two days to print them—I saw that here, too, the Lord had arranged things in a beautiful way so that we could praise Him. On the last day of printing, I was in Iași, working on the T-shirts, and just as I was nearing 70 finished T-shirts, the printing press broke down… For a moment, my spirits sank; I wasn’t sure what to do or how to proceed.
Together with Nao, my wife—my biggest supporter in this project as well—we started calling print shops that also do T-shirt printing. It was in the afternoon, around 4–5 p.m. I thought it was already too late to print the full order of 100 T-shirts. But I told myself, “That can’t be… people donated for 100 T-shirts.”
We have to hand out 100 T-shirts tomorrow—not one less! What are we going to do, for heaven’s sake?
I started calling all the numbers I found on OLX and Google until, finally, I found a customization shop located in Palas. I spoke with the lady on the phone and tried to give her as many details as possible about the idea behind this project. I had a specific request: to print on our T-shirts, since we already had the print design and the stock of T-shirts, but our printer had stopped working. The lady replied, “I need to talk to the manager and get back to you; but we don’t do that.” Within two minutes, she called back and told us to come to their location right away, and that they would print them for us.
God worked in an extraordinarily wonderful way there!
When we went to pay for the T-shirt printing, we were in for another surprise. The staff at the printing center told us it wouldn’t cost us a thing. They wanted to be part of this community project and help ensure that the 100 personalized T-shirts would reach the children. So we left there feeling joyful, amazed at the way God works.
The people at the print shop told us it wouldn't cost us anything—they wanted to be part of this project, too.
Day of Giving
The next morning was the highlight of this project: meeting again with the children from the village of Dimăcheni, in Botoșani County. We were going to see the joy on their faces and hand out the 100 T-shirts. We were going to see how God works in wonderful ways through all of us, together.
The impact of this project is amazing. Ordinary people choose to give of themselves and become a blessing to those around them. Every show of support from those who follow us online, every donation, every kind thought, and every act of involvement has contributed to the children’s joy on June 1, 2026. It is such a joy to see the community grow and the little ones learn that they are valuable and that they are priceless in His eyes. And this is a lesson for all of us!
We were and are so special to God that He left the 99 sheep to search for and find us—you and me!
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