All seven of us and our packs that are as big as us squeezed into an 8 seat compartment. There was a young girl named Monica in there with us and I felt so sorry for her because we were so crowded with all of us and our stuff. We had 12 hour trip ahead of us through the night. This might not have been so bad if we had not been up all day and traveling already. We had a 3 hour bus ride and 3 ½ hour plane ride earlier that day. We did not get much sleep but it was a good experience for us all. The main thing is that we arrived safely. When we arrived in Arad, Romania and Scott and Spencer who are from the states picked us up and took us to where we would be staying. Scott and his family have been here almost 4 years and Spencer and his family have been here 6 months or so. The house we are staying in is a group house which houses kids from the ages of birth to 18 years old. We will be here for the month doing different types of ministry. We have painted and spent time with the kids so far and next week we will be doing construction, painting, organizing, and whatever else is needed on their other property.
We have really enjoyed getting to know the kids and spend some time with them either in groups or one on one. Yesterday we actually got to go to the football (soccer) field and hang out. We played games, arm wrestled, tossed the ball around, Aaron (squad leader) Don, and Anthony started a football (soccer) game up with the older boys. I have always loved kids and teenagers and being here is such a blessing. I really hope to just let these kids know their heavenly father will never leave them or hurt them. I think being here was really good because the kids know English so we are able to communicate with them and they are able to teach us to speak Romanian. I have learned several words and phrases so that has been lots of fun. The kids really love teaching us too. Yesterday Brandy and I decided to get a couple of the girls and cook brownies. We had a blast and the girls felt so special because they had to read the directions to us because they didn’t have any English on the box. I have also spent time upstairs watching different cartoons in Romanian and some of them are ones I have watched back home in English so I know what is going on.
This month is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to see and experience all the things God has in store for us. I will have lots of videos and pictures soon. If you would like to know more about the house we are in go to www.oaza.com! Please pray for me and my team for God to really move in and through us this month. Pray for God to touch Arad in a mighty way and for God to touch these kids we are staying with.
