Hey everyone! Sorry we haven’t had a chance to make posts this week. We will try to keep it up from now through the rest of the trip!
The wooden shed (a.k.a. bakaza) is coming along nicely. We’ve built the frame and put up most of the walls. Today we put the roof on (picts to come soon, this one is from last week). It’s a very time-consuming project! We still have half of the shed still to move and hope to have time to do it next week.
We had the opportunity last Saturday to go to an all-boy orphanage in a nearby village. It was the first time that our contacts were allowed in because it is a state orphanage and they are reluctant to let Christian organizations in. Our goal was to go in, have a good day with the kids and leave with an invitation to return for other teams from the base. We played a game of soccer and just sat around and talked to them. During the soccer game, they divided everyone between Americans and Romanians. It was an intense game. Unfortunately, the Americans lost…horribly. I won’t post the final score because it was quite embarrassing… Something like 15-1? When it was time for us to leave, the boys were sad to see us go. The people who run the orphanage said they would allow us to come back! We are so thankful that we have had the opportunity to open up this door for the YWAM base.
Also on Saturday we spent more time with they neighborhood children. We played games including “duck, duck, goose” and, of course, another game of soccer.
Later in the evening we went back to the youth group at the church in Medias. Katelyn preached a very awesome message. Afterwards we sang a very uplifting Romanian song that we believe is called “Evangelia.”
On Monday we had a free day. One of our contacts, Dora, took us to a city called Brasov with a really cool castle called Bran castle. The castle was situated in a very pretty area. It was on top of a hill overlooking several small towns. We climbed up a small mountain where you could see for several miles away.
This week we have continued our normal outreach ministries and had the opportunity to begin a few new ones. We will be posting soon about this weeks events. On Tuesday we were joined by our Regional Coordinator Tyler Sterns, Larry Key, and Austin Helm. It has been awesome getting to hang out with them… but with our busy days we have not got a chance to make posts on the blog! We will be keeping it up like we were before for the rest of the trip!
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Thanks for the update. What a great experience and opportunity. May God bless each you and the people you come into contact with.
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