Staff Members

My wife and I have been involved with the Reformed Rescue Mission from the beginning which has been a great privilege for us. When we set up the mission (1993) and then launched Bonus Pastor Foundation (1996) I could not have imagined that this work and the founding and operation of the Therapy Center could have grown into such a beautiful story. We have been witnessing the breathtaking recovery of our many dependent friends over the years which has been a great honor for me and more beneficial than all my theoretical research and studying.

I believe it’s no coincidence that after 20 years of working in the financial world, I joined the team of a foundation which works with socially excluded people. The deeper I get into the life of the Foundation, the more I consider it a miracle of God that this foundation still exists and has been working for so many years for the physical and mental healing of so many. I am happy that I can contribute to this as a team member.

I have worked as a social worker at the Foundation since 2000, and I have been the Ozd Therapy Center Director since 2014. I am privileged to do a job I like, to be surrounded by me colleagues and to have the opportunity to help people seeking rescue from their addictions. As I help facilitate change I find that I personally change and for this I am very grateful.

I have been working for over two decades (since 1996) at the Bonus Pastor Foundation. I began work as an office manager initially, then a program coordinator. Currently I work as the Staff Training and Development Coordinator, the Prevention Programs Coordinator, and conduct individual counseling and therapy. I am searching, together with those who allow me to do this, the way, with the hope that this will transform us on the image of God.

I have been involved with the Bonus Pastor Foundation’s mission for addicts since the very beginning, as I was working as a religion teacher and educator in Odorheiu Secuiesc when the local support group was established in 1993. I remember standing on the sidewalk one day, talking with Gizike Antalfi, one of the group’s founders. Suddenly, she crossed the street and embraced a woman on the other side who was staggering from drunkenness, trying to strike up a conversation with her. This image has remained vivid in my memory to this day and faithfully reflects the calling we were summoned to fulfill. In the autumn of 2013, I began participating in the daily work of the Bonus Pastor Foundation. I served as a project manager and then as executive director for seven and a half years. Since February 2024, I have been an employee of the Reformed Diocese of Transylvania, serving within the Reformed Rescue Mission as the institutional chaplain of the Therapy Center in Ozd.

Encounter, Relationship, Trust, Chance, Change… these keywords determine my work at Bonus Pastor Foundation. Since 1998 I have been working as a psychologist, first in Cluj-Napoca and later in the Székelyudvarhely office. Apart from ambulatory programs (individual counseling and therapy), I am also involved in the annual programs of the Foundation: short therapy programs, aftercare, and prevention work.

Originally I was a chemistry and physics teacher, but after beginning working with addicts I went back to school for a Social Worker degree in order to transfer into full time work with addicts. I currently work as a staff member in the Ozd Therapy Center and feel honored to be able to walk alongside a person during their struggle on the road to change.

I have worked as an accountant in the Bonus Pastor Foundation since November 2005. I handle various financial and administrative tasks. I am happy to work with an organization where the focus is not on profit, but on human values, relationships and God.

I became a staff member at the Bonus Pastor Foundation in July 2011, but before that I worked as a volunteer since 1998 organizing the summer camps for the Foundation. I graduated university with a degree in psycho-pedagogy in 1996 and later specialized in psychodrama. I currently work as a psychologist in the Ozd Therapy Center. I consider a privilege to be a part of this organization.

Human destinies and struggles have always interested me, somehow I always wanted to make the world better. I met Bonus Pastor Foundation as a volunteer and since 2017 I work as an employed social worker. I mainly deal with short-term therapy programs and the Târgu Secuiesc support group.

In September 2009 I left the Ozd Therapy Center after nine months of therapy as an addict. With great gratitude in my heart I set out from a place where the presence of God was almost tangible at almost every moment. After my return to my home I set up a support group in my home town of Sepsiszentgyörgy. I have had the opportunity to participate in torturing and training that helps me greatly in my current role. I consider that everyday is a gift from God and I am grateful that my family accepted me back.

After completing the French Hungarian school at Babes-Bolyai University I worked for a Christian magazine until the end of 2009. As a journalist and an editor, I have been regularly reporting on the activities of Bonus Pastor Foundation since I first entered the field. In this way I began to be part of the struggles and joys of the Foundation. After six years of maternity leave it has been an honor for me to return to work as the Bonus Pastor Foundation Office Manager.

I am a social worker and a mental health professional. I have been working for the Bonus Pastor Foundation since January 2021, primarily in the Therapy Center from Ozd. I have been following the Foundation’s missionary work for years, and it is a real privilege for me to be part of the Foundation as a staff member now. I feel like I’ve arrived “home”. I’ve realized that working with addicts is only difficult as long as I am not confronted with my own addictions. This work has given me the opportunity to do so, and my heart is grateful for that.

I am Merza Imola. I work at the finance department of the Foundation, and help the administrative staff. It is a privilege for me to work for the Bonus Pastor Foundation. My time is precious here and I keep learning new things on daily basis.

Given that I come from a dysfunctional family and that addiction was present in my life, I consider my work at the foundation as a calling. I currently run different prevention programs for young people and I am one of the leaders of the support group for addicts in Târgu Mureș

My time as a resident at the Therapy Centre in 2022 changed my life. This experience inspires me to be an example for the community at the Centre. In my role as a team member, I am responsible for maintenance and acquisitions. Meeting with the residents and fellow colleagues energises me to carry out my duties with joy and responsibility!

I first started volunteering for Bonus Pastor in 2019. In January 2023, a Bonus Pastor colleague called and asked if I would consider working at the Therapy Centre. I am delighted to have this opportunity to join the team!

During a six-month process as a resident of the therapy center, I realized that my path is to help others. I reached this conclusion as early as the third month, and I have remained faithful to this decision ever since. After completing therapy, I began to consciously train myself. I got involved in support groups, first as a participant and later as a group leader, and I took part in school prevention programs to help young people. I completed professional training as an addiction counselor, and I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work at Babeș-Bolyai University.

As a dentist, my vocation has always been to help people, and this remains a defining element of my life today. Since January 2026, I have been working as a staff member at the same therapy center, which for me is not just a workplace but a kind of second home—a place I always return to and where I can offer authentic support to others.