Romany believers from Bethlehem Baptist Church in Moldova have been going abroad to work for many years.
Isn’t it possible, someone asked pastor Petru Ciochina earlier this month, for believers to earn a living in Moldova and build up their church there? No, Petru replied. He gave the example of two women who wanted to work in a sewing factory. Oh, they were told, this work is too hard for you; you wouldn’t like the hours; the pay wouldn’t be enough for you . . ..”
Really, they didn’t get the job because they were Roma. (Note that it was different in the Soviet days when these two Roma women did work in a sewing factory--a factory which subsequently closed.)