New Blog for team Moldova at teamoldova2009.blogspot.com

Hello everyone! We have created a new blogspot for team Moldva. We will be using this blog for the remainder of our time here so be sure stay updated at teamoldova2009.blogspot.com

Finishing up in Romania...moving on to Moldova

This was the family that we stayed with while in Turda. They were very hospitible and we took hot showers!

We visited a fortress/cave while in Turda with the youth group on Sunday

Enjoying day off in Cluj

A new drain that we dug today!

This is where the old bakaza used to be

This is the new bakaza that we built in the back...it ended up being alot bigger than the one in the front that we torn down and it looks awesome!

Its been a while now since the team from ORU left us (Jon and Brian) in Romania. With the majority of the Americans gone it was definately diffrent around the base for us and took about a week to adjust to the "new" environment. We have gotten to know alot of the people at the base at a deeper level and are learning more of the language. After the team was gone we were left with finishing up the "bakaza" or shed. This is what we have been doing for the past week and a half and it is finally finished! This past weekend we went to a town called Turda (about 2 hrs by train from Medias...near Cluj) with the rest of the students and staff from the base. While there we had the pleausre of visiting one of the student's home church on Saturday night. This night was for the youth and the students from the base presented what they had done on their outreaches to Africa, Inda, and Brazil. The point of this was to mobilize and invite others do get involved in mission. Since Monday was our day off we decided to just stay in Cluj with a friend of one of the girls from the base and explore the city. Too make a long story short, we had a blast and made some new friends. We are now back in Medias getting ready to leave to Molvova on Friday. Why are we going to Moldova?? Glad you asked! We are going there hosting a "mini DTS" (dicipleship trianing) Its basically a short version of what they do and teach at the base in Medias. This will be the first mini DTS ever hosted in Moldova and has small beginings. So far there are 4 students that signed up to be there for a month. Please be praying that God would use our team to speak into the lives of these youth and that this time would be a fruitfull experience for them. Hopefully this will be the start of something great for the glory of God in Cahul, Moldova! Will will be continuing this blog in Moldova so stayed tuned.

Last night in Medias!

Our last night in Medias! What a trip it has been... at 2:00 AM tuesday morning we will take a train to Constanta, Romania on the black sea coast for a day for debriefing... then spend one night in Bucharest for debriefing...

Our plane leaves at 6AM on Thursday morning and we have a 6PM arrival in Tulsa... will be a long next couple of days! Please be praying for safety for all of us as we travel... also that the next two days would be a refreshing time to reflect on the last few weeks!

If we get a chance we will post more pictures when we return.... Jon and Brian will be continuing the blog as they will be here for another 10 weeks~

Last dance... ha ha. emily saying goodbye to the kids...

playing w/ kids at the orphanage before we said goodbye...

Kevin playing with Sergu, our contacts son on our last night together

cakes they made us today to say goodbye... not the best pic of me, I know ;)

who's full of crap?

This is what we've been up to the last few days... yep.

Sterns, Key, and Helm... + climbing a castle

Hey Everyone! We are on the home stretch! Only 5 more days here in the city of Medias! Then we will begin our debriefing here in Romania and then begin traveling home! Please keep us in your prayers... the weather has been bad here so we have not been able to do much the last few days... Also a couple of people are a little under the weather. 

Kevin will get on hopefully tomorrow and post a more extensive written update~ For now I wanted to put a few pics and videos up so that you can see what we have been up to...!

~Brandon

We were visited for a few days by our RC Tyler Sterns and friends...

MOG for life...

We have taken over 100 taxis since our arrival in Medias!

At first we couldn't find a way into the castle, so Brian tried to climb the castle wall...

Castle (church) we were trying to get into...

We decided climbing in wasn't a good idea~ found someone that could let us in... will tell about it in another post.

A look around the top of the medieval church... that has not been restored... was awesome!

looking out one of the archer's windows... the turkish are coming!

climbing down the castle...

the men of team Romania... after conquering the castle...

Jon and Brian living a missional life.... (waiting for the taxi after conquering the castle)

Moving part of the city library..... yep. :)

View from mountain near Bran Castle