2011 Romania

It’s sunny and warm on our third day of missions work in Romania. We are starting to find some pattern and flow to our days as we become more used to what we are doing, but there are still [...]

Monday was the fourth of July, and our celebration consisted of one firework in the middle of a cake, and us singing the National Anthem in a key that was too high. 🙂 The kids arrived around [...]

We have to send our internet stick back to Deva tonight, so here’s a quick run-down on what’s going on. After a whirlwind tour of old Europe (super cool, by the way), we arrived back [...]

Saturday – After a great night’s sleep our team went out to the clock tower in Sighisoara and took our team pictures. I must say they turned out pretty good considering we had to dodge [...]

Friday – Castle day! We have seen a total of three castles the past two weeks and they are very different from each other. On the list for today were Peles and Bran Castle. Peles was the [...]

We’re going to miss these kids. When they first arrived we really had no idea what to expect. Street kids? Umm… yikes! But now, we love them. Let me tell you about a couple of them. [...]

Wednesday – Today was the final full day of the first kids camp here in Hateg, and it was so AWESOME!! It is so wonderful to see the changes in the kids. From mean words to helping hands, [...]

Tuesday – Mix cold weather, rain, 25 energetic kids, muddy feet, loud voices, fun crafts, wild games, crazy skits, and Bible lessons together and you get the picture of what our wonderful [...]

Today was the first complete day of the kids camp. The language barrier is frustrating for our team, because more than anything we want to talk to these kids, and get to know them. They really [...]

Wow! Day one of camp is over and it went really well. We had 27 children today, 80% of them are from very poor families. Most of them have only one parent or are orphans and most Christians here [...]