Romania, you'll always be in my heart

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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