Gypsy Love

 

There’s so much I have to catch you up on from these last 2 months, but until then, I want to introduce you to my life in Romania with the gypsy kids I’ve been spending lots of time with lately.  My team is living in a small village called Arcalia, Romania. The village is made up of Romanians and Gypsies. We have no running water, no heat, but we are so grateful for God’s provisions.  A very loving family generously let us take over their house while they’re staying with their in-laws just so we’d have a place to live while serving in this village. Gabby and her husband Naylo and 3 children radiate God’s generous love.

 

The streets and Gabby’s yard are always full of the neighborhood kids. These kids have so much love to give, but don’t often receive a lot – from their families.  Few have both parents raising them, but most have single parents at best. Mostly their caretakers are alcoholic Fathers, Mothers who have left, grandmothers, or single parents who don’t invest in them. So its no wonder to see the kids hang out at our house because they receive love and attention from Gabby that they don’t often get elsewhere. She’s become the mom they don’t have and their spiritual mom that they desperately need.

 

I get to play soccer (football) with the boys – they drag me out everyday wanting to play – so my high school soccer skills are all coming back 🙂 I take walks with all 10-15 of them in the park. We dance, we laugh, we sing songs and share stories with them.

 

These kids have nothing. They are so poor and yet are so full of life and love.

 

God has loved me so much through these kids this last week so I wanted to introduce you to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Hanging out in the park

 

 

Gabriella

 

 

 Isabella

 

 

 Gabby with the kids in her yard after we did a kids program.