Zeph. 3:17<3
July 10,2010
Today was our last day in Romania:(.We saw this park with colonial Romanian homes and ate michi.Which is kinda like sausage. Michele, Melissa and Me worked on our poems that we were gonna give the teens later that night.We went to this church in Sag and did our songs, skits and testimonies. Tibeta and Marius gave us all gifts in front of the curch. It was so sweet and sad. I really was ready to cry when I saw that Tabita was crying.I teared up but never full out cried. I dont really cry in front of people that much.
The people of Sag prepared us dinner afterwards. The hospitality here is incredible.It amazes me the love and genorosity these people have.The people here are probably the most loving, sweetest people you'll ever meet. They'll steal your heart. It amazes me how much they value each other. It's like they grasp the concept that we can't grasp in other churches over here that were all brothers and sisters in Christ so we should all love on each other and treat each other like brothers and sisters.
After Sag, we drove back to Ciacova to hang out all night. On our way back some of the little boys from VBS saw us driving and legit started running after our car. It was the funniest thing-it was really touching too. So they ran after our car and followed us all the way to the church. They were really in love with Melissa;).We played some "football" and handed out glow sticks (which they seemed to really enjoy). Then Rosa, a little gypsy girl from the VBS came out and gave me this giant hug and said, "I love you". It touched my heart. We took some pictures with the kids then later with the teens. The kids then left. We played ninja, the human knot, jungle jam, and the sign game.Then some of the teens left. We shared our poems with Lavina, Dori, Danny, Flavius and Luda.
After we read them our poems we said our goodbyes to Luda and Lavina (they were sleeping at the church)the rest of us walked back. Dori, Melissa and me walked alllll the way from Ciacova to Obed. It was so neat with all the stars but I kept getting paranoid about cars lol. It was REALLY dark and neverending. But at the same time it was kinda cool cause it was like we just had this moment to soak up our last minutes in Romania.We got in around 4:30 am, ended up only sleeping an hour but thats okay cause thats what planes are for:). I think I 've gotten some sleep on the drive to Budapest and on the plane.
I am SO excited to see everyone but I REALLY miss everyone from Romania-Ciacova
SO much. The experience was SO much better than I was expecting it to be. I absolutely LOVED it there. Its sad- really sad:(. God's done some awesome things though, He's definitely opened my mind to what it means to truly be brothers and sisters in Christ. It was only 11 days but I feel SO close and love the the people in Ciacova SO much. SIGH. I REALLY miss everyone.
I feel like I should just be more loving and compassionate towards anyone and everyone. Share Jesus more. We need to come together as one body in Christ more than we do. My eyes were also opened to the amount of faith some people have in God. I'll never forget this elderly couple who had a son with the brain of a 1 year old. The house was a mess, it was small and carried this awful stench.The lady had health problems,shed make the meals right in bed.I was complaining to myself about how I wanted to leave cause it smelled so bad. BUT i was there for 10 minutes and this family lives there everyday of their lives. And yet she was praising God for the life He had given her. It was amazing. We were praying and every sentence she was like ,"amen". I can be so ungrateful for so many things and complain about petty and stupid stuff at times. But that lady reminded me that theres so much more to life. Life is about living for God. Though she lived in such awful conditions she was praising God because she was alive in Him and could live on this earth to serve her Jesus. It blows me away. Also her strong faith reminded me of that constant reminder that I am learning: I'm in His hands so there is no need to be in fear or worry.
Crazy awesome stuff
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TODAY:
I'm missing it like crazy and my heart is still totally over there
Praying for you guys!!
Romania, you'll forever leave a handprint on my heart
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Trying to be quiet
Gal. 6:9: "let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up" <3
-I found this verse veryyy encouraging the next day especially since at this point I was sooo worn out.
back to my title....
July 9, 2010-3:30 am
Soo when we got back it was 3:40 in the morning sooo we wanted to be as quiet as possible.However....
I went to the bathroom to wash my hands but when i took the towel from the towel rack, the whole towel rack just slipped off and made this LOUD clanging sound. Part of it landed in the tiolet. I went back to our room and was like "uhhh Melissa...."
We she saw it we both couldnt stop laughing. So we were trying to be as quiet as we could while putting back together this towel rack. We dropped one of the poles twice and it made this clanging sound. it was hysterical.These kinda of things happen too easily to me lol
-I found this verse veryyy encouraging the next day especially since at this point I was sooo worn out.
back to my title....
July 9, 2010-3:30 am
Soo when we got back it was 3:40 in the morning sooo we wanted to be as quiet as possible.However....
I went to the bathroom to wash my hands but when i took the towel from the towel rack, the whole towel rack just slipped off and made this LOUD clanging sound. Part of it landed in the tiolet. I went back to our room and was like "uhhh Melissa...."
We she saw it we both couldnt stop laughing. So we were trying to be as quiet as we could while putting back together this towel rack. We dropped one of the poles twice and it made this clanging sound. it was hysterical.These kinda of things happen too easily to me lol
Paduren VBS
Nahum 1:7 "The Lord is good a refuge in times of trouble.He cares for those who trust in Him. <3
July 8,2010
I miss Ciacova!!! Today we started our VBS at Paduren. Earlier this morning we had the BEST breakfast EVER!!
Our breakfast:
homefries sprinkled with cheese
red and white peppers
salamni
fried sunny side eggs
hot chocolate
it was AMAZING!
Paduren was different the kids were more various ages and didnt get as attached to you. We played games with them and then ate lunch. Followed by a couple of rounds of Jungle Jam and ninja. Then the kids came back for crafts and stories and then they left. We ate dinner then headed to Petromon. Petromon was one of the less developed churches. We left clothes and some gifts for the kids. By then I was sooo sick of singing the same songs and doing the broken heart skit. UGH. lol. Then of course we went back to Ciacova and played games at the church with the teens till like 3 am. We played spoons, ninja, jungle jam and taught them the human knot. Then they taught us this game with hang signals, called signs. You would all have a sign and then youd go back and forth doing each others signs and the person in the middle would have to catch the person doing the sign. (it was kinda confusing at first but then I got it). Then we went home and got to sleep till 12 am. HALLEJUAH!
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July 8,2010
I miss Ciacova!!! Today we started our VBS at Paduren. Earlier this morning we had the BEST breakfast EVER!!
Our breakfast:
homefries sprinkled with cheese
red and white peppers
salamni
fried sunny side eggs
hot chocolate
it was AMAZING!
Paduren was different the kids were more various ages and didnt get as attached to you. We played games with them and then ate lunch. Followed by a couple of rounds of Jungle Jam and ninja. Then the kids came back for crafts and stories and then they left. We ate dinner then headed to Petromon. Petromon was one of the less developed churches. We left clothes and some gifts for the kids. By then I was sooo sick of singing the same songs and doing the broken heart skit. UGH. lol. Then of course we went back to Ciacova and played games at the church with the teens till like 3 am. We played spoons, ninja, jungle jam and taught them the human knot. Then they taught us this game with hang signals, called signs. You would all have a sign and then youd go back and forth doing each others signs and the person in the middle would have to catch the person doing the sign. (it was kinda confusing at first but then I got it). Then we went home and got to sleep till 12 am. HALLEJUAH!
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last VBS in Ciacova:(
Fast forward a bit...
July 7,2010
Deuteronomy 10:21 "He is your praise; He is your God, who preformed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes" <3
Today was our last day at VBS in Ciacova:(. I'm gonna miss the kids here soo much. They're so sweet and loving.After we wrapped up VBS we ate this amazinggg soup for lunch.Seriously,it was sooo good if I ever mention the food in this blog i will probably use the words : "SO" "amazingggg" or "i fell in love". Man! I'm gonna really love it when I go home and my lunches consist of pizza bread, easy mac, and microwavable veggies lol.After lunch we sorted through the clothes. There was this puppy that followed Marius' worker home- so it stayed at Marius' house and they brought it to the church. The puppy was laying on Melissas lap and I serenaded it. It worked! I put the puppy to sleep AND Melissa! Apparently "mommas gonna by you a chewy toy" works on Melissa too!!:P thennn we taught the teens how to play jungle jam and they LOVED it! Michele ended up leaving all her games for them.
Later that night we had a night service for the kids and their parents and the rest of the church.Skits, songs and testimonies ran pretty smoothly. After some goodbyes
:( we hung out with the teens late into the night and chilled and played jungle jam and ninja. YESSS! games in the US are spreading!
July 7,2010
Deuteronomy 10:21 "He is your praise; He is your God, who preformed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes" <3
Today was our last day at VBS in Ciacova:(. I'm gonna miss the kids here soo much. They're so sweet and loving.After we wrapped up VBS we ate this amazinggg soup for lunch.Seriously,it was sooo good if I ever mention the food in this blog i will probably use the words : "SO" "amazingggg" or "i fell in love". Man! I'm gonna really love it when I go home and my lunches consist of pizza bread, easy mac, and microwavable veggies lol.After lunch we sorted through the clothes. There was this puppy that followed Marius' worker home- so it stayed at Marius' house and they brought it to the church. The puppy was laying on Melissas lap and I serenaded it. It worked! I put the puppy to sleep AND Melissa! Apparently "mommas gonna by you a chewy toy" works on Melissa too!!:P thennn we taught the teens how to play jungle jam and they LOVED it! Michele ended up leaving all her games for them.
Later that night we had a night service for the kids and their parents and the rest of the church.Skits, songs and testimonies ran pretty smoothly. After some goodbyes
:( we hung out with the teens late into the night and chilled and played jungle jam and ninja. YESSS! games in the US are spreading!
VBS July 5,2010
Phillipians 4:4-9<3
Today for breakfast we had jam with toast and sunny-side eggs that were kinda fried. it was SO good. i dont think ive ever eaten as much as i did this week in my life. (hahah). then we got to the church and the kids came. They were SO adorable! They got so easily attached to you. Later on, when Melissa and me did the "little man" skit I could NOT find her face at all. Flavius was speaking Romanian so I couldnt understand what I was supposed to do. I kept grabbing the shaving cream unsure of when to squirt it and then i couldnt tell how much to put on her face. it was hysterical- I was laughing so hard i had tears welling up in my eyes. After the skits the kids were given a task to put a verse together. They were split up into teams and tied together by a ribbon and had to work together to get the verse. then they did crafts and then went home.
we had lunch and for lunch we had goolash-it was pretty good. after lunch the kids came back. They were SO sweet!Some of the little girls loved me and kept hugging me and telling me they loved me.They taugh me some hand-games.I taught them miss mary mac. Brought back some childhood memories.Remember when all you used to do in elementary school was play hand games like "double double this this and that" and the one about sodas?? oo memories:). When we went to play the parachute game with the little kids they just wanted to shake it but the older kids understood the concept and came out of no where and started running under it.after the kids left we played some card games and then ate dinner.
After dinner, Michele, Flavius, Melissa and I walked to Peter and Annas where the Ed and Cheri were staying. Peter and Anna are probably the cutest most sweetest old couple youd ever meet. It was VERY helpful to have Flavius translate though. lol Peter was probably the most animated, talkative little old man ive ever met and he would just talk and talk and talk even if you had now idea what he was saying :). Anna gave us these amazingggg chocolates. Peter had said something really sweet about how even though we dont understand eachother we love each other soo much because we are brothers and sisters in Christ and Christ is our connection. <3
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Today for breakfast we had jam with toast and sunny-side eggs that were kinda fried. it was SO good. i dont think ive ever eaten as much as i did this week in my life. (hahah). then we got to the church and the kids came. They were SO adorable! They got so easily attached to you. Later on, when Melissa and me did the "little man" skit I could NOT find her face at all. Flavius was speaking Romanian so I couldnt understand what I was supposed to do. I kept grabbing the shaving cream unsure of when to squirt it and then i couldnt tell how much to put on her face. it was hysterical- I was laughing so hard i had tears welling up in my eyes. After the skits the kids were given a task to put a verse together. They were split up into teams and tied together by a ribbon and had to work together to get the verse. then they did crafts and then went home.
we had lunch and for lunch we had goolash-it was pretty good. after lunch the kids came back. They were SO sweet!Some of the little girls loved me and kept hugging me and telling me they loved me.They taugh me some hand-games.I taught them miss mary mac. Brought back some childhood memories.Remember when all you used to do in elementary school was play hand games like "double double this this and that" and the one about sodas?? oo memories:). When we went to play the parachute game with the little kids they just wanted to shake it but the older kids understood the concept and came out of no where and started running under it.after the kids left we played some card games and then ate dinner.
After dinner, Michele, Flavius, Melissa and I walked to Peter and Annas where the Ed and Cheri were staying. Peter and Anna are probably the cutest most sweetest old couple youd ever meet. It was VERY helpful to have Flavius translate though. lol Peter was probably the most animated, talkative little old man ive ever met and he would just talk and talk and talk even if you had now idea what he was saying :). Anna gave us these amazingggg chocolates. Peter had said something really sweet about how even though we dont understand eachother we love each other soo much because we are brothers and sisters in Christ and Christ is our connection. <3
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hospitality here is amazing
July 4,2010
Col. 1:9-12 <3
Today was awesomeee!It was such a cool experience to see our sister churches. To see how much these people LOVE the Lord and how much they care for the church. We went to 3 chruches. The first was Jebel? (I will probs. end up spelling alot of stuff wrong). When we did the skit for Jebel I went out the right door were I was supposed to exit but when I went to try the door it was locked! I broke character and couldnt contain my laughter. Melissa broke character too. There were a row of guys beside me and they all started laughing. It was soo funny but not too embarrassing.:)Then the people from the church invited us back to their house for lunch. We ate on this nice patio and were served a 4 course meal complete with soup,appetizers,chicken and dessert. i have a new love and its name is samola?(wrong spelling probs.)Its this cabbage roll wrapped up with meat and stuff and then you eat it with sour cream. it kinda reminded me of mexican tasting almost like when you eat quesdillas with sour cream. it was SO good.
Then we went to Panduren. I did my testimony, skits and song ran pretty smoothly. After Panduren we went to Ciacova. it was funny because when we first arrived there we had no idea how close we'd become to the people there. They had a BEAUTIFUL sounding choir. After hearing them sing we apologized ahead of time for how bad we sounded (lol). After the service we were fed dinner. We ate chicken, potatoes and homemade icecream. it was SO good. then we played four square with the teens at the time we had no idea how close we'd all be and how much we'd all grow to love each other.
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Col. 1:9-12 <3
Today was awesomeee!It was such a cool experience to see our sister churches. To see how much these people LOVE the Lord and how much they care for the church. We went to 3 chruches. The first was Jebel? (I will probs. end up spelling alot of stuff wrong). When we did the skit for Jebel I went out the right door were I was supposed to exit but when I went to try the door it was locked! I broke character and couldnt contain my laughter. Melissa broke character too. There were a row of guys beside me and they all started laughing. It was soo funny but not too embarrassing.:)Then the people from the church invited us back to their house for lunch. We ate on this nice patio and were served a 4 course meal complete with soup,appetizers,chicken and dessert. i have a new love and its name is samola?(wrong spelling probs.)Its this cabbage roll wrapped up with meat and stuff and then you eat it with sour cream. it kinda reminded me of mexican tasting almost like when you eat quesdillas with sour cream. it was SO good.
Then we went to Panduren. I did my testimony, skits and song ran pretty smoothly. After Panduren we went to Ciacova. it was funny because when we first arrived there we had no idea how close we'd become to the people there. They had a BEAUTIFUL sounding choir. After hearing them sing we apologized ahead of time for how bad we sounded (lol). After the service we were fed dinner. We ate chicken, potatoes and homemade icecream. it was SO good. then we played four square with the teens at the time we had no idea how close we'd all be and how much we'd all grow to love each other.
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"Toto were not in Kansas anymore"
June 30 to July 1 consisted of flying and settling in the country so I don't have much to write on them. I combined July 2 and 3 because I just started the whole journaling thing.
2 Tim. 1:7 "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and a sound mind"<3
Its SUCH a contrast between visting and bringing food to the homes of some of the people in Ciacova who were barely making it with homes that were messy, poor lit and people who were so maulnourished, living 19 in one house, and a stench that you will never forget to going to see a mall just like KOP that was maybe only 40 minutes away.Its so sad. After the mall we went to the dreaded hot springs. it was pretty much a green pool that was blackish and it was warm becuase of the sulfur. It wasn't that bad minus that suma wrestler grandpas in speedos and old ladies in string bikinnis. (EWWWWWWWW!) Of course cute romanian boys trying to flirt with you are always fun;) (hahah). After we left the pool we returned to to our homes. Melissa and I attemped to take showers but the power kept going out. Eventually, we did get our showers though.
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2 Tim. 1:7 "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and a sound mind"<3
Its SUCH a contrast between visting and bringing food to the homes of some of the people in Ciacova who were barely making it with homes that were messy, poor lit and people who were so maulnourished, living 19 in one house, and a stench that you will never forget to going to see a mall just like KOP that was maybe only 40 minutes away.Its so sad. After the mall we went to the dreaded hot springs. it was pretty much a green pool that was blackish and it was warm becuase of the sulfur. It wasn't that bad minus that suma wrestler grandpas in speedos and old ladies in string bikinnis. (EWWWWWWWW!) Of course cute romanian boys trying to flirt with you are always fun;) (hahah). After we left the pool we returned to to our homes. Melissa and I attemped to take showers but the power kept going out. Eventually, we did get our showers though.
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