So, I have not blogged much about our month in Romania so I will share a bulleted list of my memory notes to give you a brief overview of the highlights.
Every month I keep a quotes list. Here‘s a few of those:
Quotes:
- “When I see God, I see an excellent God. He has high standards, but grace to work with a person like me.” -Raul
- I’ve thought of having a podcast. -Kati. Like a comedy?-Taylor. No where we just talk!- Kati
- Comfort, the enemy of progress. P. T. Barnahm
- Dying is easy, living is harder. -George Washington, in Hamilton
- The measure of life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. – Erasmus team
- When my teachable attitude is ending, my lukewarm is starting. And when we said, that’s good, he says, I only copy and paste. It’s in revelation 3:16- Raul
- You don’t need to be sorry for what you know is God’s will-Raul
- Trust me, if I had the power, I would kill in one second all of them. -Alex, talking about the dogs after I got bitten.
- God gives them more than they needed, not only bread and water but milk and honey. -Cristy, a young boy at church bible study discussing Exodus 3
- Men suffer more from imagining too little than too much. -the greatest showman
- You’d be risking everything. But that’s when you find a free man. PT Barhnam
- What language is viti viti kamba?-Dennis
Highlights/Moments to remember:
- Finding jack sparrow on the roof while picking up trash. A gift from the Lord for Tay.
- Dennis lost odds to dumping the dirty dish water over himself
- Happening upon a group of kids in the park and playing soccer with them!
- Becoming friends with the ice cream place owner, good reasons to continue stopping by there!
- Watching the greatest showman for the first time, and the second and the third. Fav of all time!
- Interview with Raul- I want to be his Bible student!
- Ministry in the Roma neighborhood, it was legit one of my favorite times on the race
- Thermal baths and touring castles, Black Sea
- Walk with Alyssa, getting bit by a large dog and hugged by a little boy.
- At the hospital, two dogs at the entrance as I walked in. Never paid a cent for any of the services from the hospital
- Making up songs about swans on sunny days
- Meeting Aslan
- Going to three hospitals, including the plastic surgery place and finally getting my five minute “shot”
- Teaching the Roma kids the Bible story about David and Goliath
- Rachies camp themed birthday party
- Dennis and Lucians songs
- Art morning with Sarah, eating fresh baked bread, learning about Greek mythology
- Afternoon with Roma with Dennis in the church and later with PVT group, teaching the lost sheep story, singing the baa baa, and playing games for hours on end!
- Discovering the best restraunts at the end of the month
- Introducing Dennis to the greatest showman, and the next day the whole house was echoing the playlist
- Buying kazoos and practicing our skills
We are now in our first week in Bulgaria. We are staying in the outskirts of the capital city, Sofia.
Our ministry this month is ATL (ask the Lord), which basically means we ask the Lord to direct our course of ministry for the month. Stay tuned for stories of what God is saying and where he is taking us.
Blessings!!
Edna
