We woke up early in the morning around 7 o'clock to clean the house in preparation to leave for Moldova around 9. There was word floating around that it may not be till around 11 before our bus picks us up, but we still wanted to be prepared and rumors spread like wildfire. So we sat, and sat, and sat around waiting on this bus. To be honest I was not at all surprised when the bus showed up at about 5 pm. It is all good because that is how most of the places we've been to has worked. They say, "we will be there at such and such a time," but we have learned to hear something a bit different. "I'll be there when I feel like getting there."
We grabbed our luggage as fast as we could and got on the road because we had just 4 short hours to make it to the connecting bus and to get pizza. So we had a great driving force to stuff all 25 bags on in record time. Luckily we had just enough time to eat and hop on the next bus where we drove 12 hours through the night with very little sleep. I laid on the floor of the bus and tried to get a little shut eye but didn't get much. I mainly just got dirty.
Finally we made it to Chisinau Moldova around 9 am. So we waited another hour or so for our next bus to get to our final destination Floresti. Now at this point I say thanks for staying with me so far because I now get to my point. As we were on our final bus ride a man sitting next to my friend Kevin leaned over and asked him one question, "why do you guys smell so good?" Such an odd question I know and Kevin was able to tell him our story and what we were doing.
15For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, 16to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things? 17For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
Let me just put your thoughts to rest, we didn't smell good. I believe most would have said we stunk. But thankfully we walk in Jesus Christ who works through us.
