Yesterday morning, we went to church. We actually just got ready and walked out of our room and were in the sancuary. We are living at the church this month and it's fantastic. The church has hot showers and wifi and a kitchen where we can cook. We had a chance to explore the city of Pitesti (which I absolutely love!!!!) but we hadn't had a chance to see what church was like yet. I was so excited for the service.
Of course, the service was in Romanian. We did have a sweet lady named Michelle (who spoke perfect English) translate for us. The songs, however were in Romanian, so I didn't know what was being sung. That was okay with me. I am used to praising God in a language I don't speak since that is what we did in South America.
But this was different.
I'm determined to learn as much Romanian as I possibly can. I don't know how to describe it, but I absolutely love it here. It's weird how my heart has fallen in love with this country. The physical place is insanely gorgeous. I think I was made to be in Europe (whether that is to live or to travel). But mostly I am in love with the people in Romania. The serious ones on the bus, the laughing teenagers in the square, the energetic children we minister to and mostly the beautiful members of Living Hope Church. I know that I will come back here someday. I don't know when or what that will look like, but I know that this isn't my last time in Romania. And when I do come back, I will say hi to this family of mine in Pitesti.
So Sunday morning, I was attempting to sing the words on the screen… in Romanian. I don't think I sounded too terrible. It's weird to read though, because there are letters in the English alphabet that are the same in the Romanian alphabet, but make completely different sounds. (example: "ce" makes a "chay" sound) Aside from some small differences, I caught on and joined them in song.
Then suddenly, the praise band started singing in English, the translation of what we were singing in Romanian! And the weirdest part, that almost brought tears to my eyes is that the words we were singing have been my prayer the past few days. It's amazing that I was singing them out to God, in Romanian!
I can't describe how mind blown and emotional my heart was in that moment. I wanted to fall to my knees and cry and sing in Romanian some more. I wanted to just speak anything that would come out, because God would understand it. He knew my heart, as I sang it to Him, not even knowing what I was saying.
My prayer that I lifted up to Him (in both English and Romanian) He understood because it is my heart's prayer.
My heart's song.
I had no idea that my heart spoke Romanian so well 🙂
The chorus in Romanian is this:
En rununt la tot
En rununt la tot
su te cunosc mai mult
su te cunosc mai mult
This is the song below. I tried to find it online in Romanian, but I couldn't, so here is the English version.
