Hello from Romania!!
I’ve made it to the last month of this 11 month journey. It’s hard
to believe. I always thought of Romania as this far away
destination…this place that I was never going to get to because
this ‘trip’ was never going to end.
But, believe it or not, we’re here. We’ve made it to the end.
The end is hard, filled with mixed emotions and extremely
bitter-sweet, but it’s here.
This month my team and I are working with a church plant kind of in
the middle of nowhere. The church here is full of prayer warriors
and take us out on prayer walks through the gypsy community every
afternoon and are evenings are full of evangelism.
Our mornings start bright and early and involve a very random variety
of work through-out the community. We’ve done everything from
cleaning out a barn (complete with a cow) to cleaning out an office
space.
My favorite, however, was helping a family make bricks out of mud in
order to add an extra room to their house.
This
may come as a surprise to some, but I have this thing
with getting gross stuff on my feet and between my toes…so getting
me to step in the mud took some coaxing, but you’ve gotta do what
you’ve gotta do. And that day, I had to dance around in the in order
to mix in the water.
It was freezing…but we ended up having a lot of fun and helping the
family make 100 bricks.
They’re keeping us busy this month. Working us harder than we’ve
been worked in a couple months, but it’s good. It’s a good way to go
out.
On
the 10th,
we’ll be leaving this town and going to a youth camp on the Black
Sea. We’ll be spending a week there working along side the leaders
of the church and pouring into the youth. After that, who knows…
but I’m sure I’ll keep you all updated.
See you soon!
