A Little Photo Tour Of My 2nd Month In
"When in Moldova, do as the
Moldovans do"
MOLDOVA!!
We Live In The Village of Naslavcea
What has Caroline been doing in
Moldova ???
GREAT QUESTION!!!
Such a GREAT Question, I thought I would write a blog about it
^Play-break from laying rocks on our newly built road
2 teams from Ocnita visited for a workday
We moved rocks, sifted sand, made concrete, gathered firewood,
broke down a stone wall, made a driveway
When living in a small village in Moldova
How do you get groceries?
- Hike 2 miles to the bus stop
- take the MaxiTaxi 30+ minutes to Ocnita
- Shop in the market
- Try and split 2 weeks worth of food between Emily and Myself
- Reverse process
- Pray for strength and play the "I'm Thankful For…" game while hiking back
Awesome Race Moment
Field Trip TO Naslavcea School / Museum
^^AJ-Our FIERCE leader, I ADORE Her
^^Climbing with the CUTEST translator EVER
^ "tennis" in the school gym
^ Playing Dressup in the museum
^ Learning about the rug loom
^ war memorabilia from 1948
^Hand-made pottery & furniture
How Do We Travel???
BY TRAIN, LOTS OF TRAINS
13 hrs from Bucharest – Moldova
7 hrs from Chisinau, Moldova – Ocnita, Moldova
7 hrs back to Ocnita, Moldova – Chisinau, Moldova
7 hrs Chisinau, Moldova – Ocnita, Moldova
Moldovan Moments:
Our Sunday Trek
On Sunday mornings we start our trek to church at 6:30 AM
7:00 AM we load into the maxitaxi
What is a MaxiTaxi ???? 15 passenger van converted into a mini bus
Last Sunday there were 33 people and their bags in the maxitaxi
7:30AM We arrive in Occnita
Once in Ocnita we might shop for groceries or visit one of the two teams stationed in Ocnita
Story Time: The first Sunday we were in Moldova, we had no idea that we had a 3 hr wait between arriving in Ocnita and church starting, so we sat in the cold church anticipating church to begin any minute for THREE HOURS
Classic WR moment
10:30 Church starts
Each Sunday we are invited to sing a few songs, share a message and tell a testimony
Our Sunday walk comes with many beautiful skyscapes
Awesome to see the many moods the sky experiences before settling in for the day
WE MET ANOTHER SQUAD!!!
After our first week in Moldova we were sent to Chisinau, Moldova (capital) to welcome U-Squad into their FINAL MONTH!
Team FIERCE (my team) & team Radiant (another A-squad all girls team) were able to go out to
lunch with U-squad's all girl team
It was AMAZING
team Radiant & team Apexers
SUCH A BLESSING
They are SPECTACULAR men and women
They are BEAUTIFUL men and women
Spirit moved worship
It was so amazing to hear their stories, glean off their experience, and hear of how they have grown and been challenged during their race
Soooooooooooooooo
IF
You are ready for me to come home
GET OVER IT!!
I have 9 more months and this IS the time of my life
My time with Jesus and community
Time of rediscovering my Heart
