First and foremost, I am the worst (or best, depending how you look at it) procrastinator in the world. Nearly every day, for the last two weeks, I’ve told myself that I’m going to blog, but it just never happens. It’s not that I don’t have stuff to talk about or share with all of you; it’s just part of my nature to not do today what can be put off until tomorrow. As part of our self-development, each of us declares a challenge and celebration each week; a challenge being something we want to work on over the next week. This past week I declared that I need to be more intentional about blogging, thus here I am, writing this blog. I tell you all of that mainly to apologize for my lack of communication/sharing with all of you. I am here thanks to God and thanks to many of you who have and are supporting me. I wouldn’t be here without the financial support I’ve received, and it’s only right that I allow you to live vicariously through me and that’s impossible if I don’t blog.
Okay, now that I’ve got that tangent out of the way, on to more important and fun stuff. What’s been going on here in Oradea, Romania, you ask. So much! Last time I wrote, I mentioned the lack of stuff to do to keep us busy. Since then, we’ve worked on several different projects. There’s still plenty of down time, but it seems more balanced out now.
Before I go into what we’ve been doing here, let me tell you about Caminul Felix, the ministry we’ve partnered with this month. Caminul Felix is part of the Felix Family Villages Ministry, an organization whose mission is to to meet the physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs of the orphaned and abandoned children of the world, in a loving environment. Here at Caminul Felix, families consist of a father and mother and, on average, 10 children, aging from toddler to teenager. Can you imagine being a parent to 10 children, all in one home, all at the same time?! It’s crazy, and it obviously takes special people to agree to take on that much. Here in Oradea, the children come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are orphaned or abandoned children, some have been rescued from abusive homes, and others are taken by request of the parents from gypsy villages. Each “village” becomes a community for these families, and as the children become adults, many choose to stay within the same community. Currently, here in this village, the construction of 80 homes is in process. About 4 homes are completely done and being lived in, and these homes are inhabited by children who grew up here and are now married, with or without children.
Now that you know a little bit about the ministry, let me tell you about some of the work we’ve been doing.
TO BE CONTINUED (SEE PART 2)
