As Miha and Ashley pick the lice out of my hair, I daydream about the beautiful day we had. Here is a typical day in Bucharest. I slowly arise from my bed to hear Miha screaming “wake up.” Miha is a beautiful 17 year old who grew up in the orphanage and has been our translator. I talk to God and read the Bible and then we get breakfast, made by Chinaka and his wife who are from Sri Lanka. We eat and have a lovely squad bonding time. We learn about sharing, community, and love by having to put all our snacks in a community pot and trying to make everyone “happy”. We break bread together and laugh about the day. We grab some food and head off in groups to love God. Patricia, AJ and I went to the yard to climb trees and pick apples and plums. We head off to the park with just a basket of fruit and a guitar. We take a bus then the tram to get there. We gave some fruit to this lady and she had the biggest smile. We prayed for her as she walked off. We walked around the park for awhile and gave out fruit to people and told them, “Dumnezeu te iubeste” (God loves you). We gave M&M’s and fruit to the construction workers and talked to a couple people in broken romanian. We sat with these ladies who knew a lot of English. We talked with them for like an hour and prayed with them. Patricia was handing out fruit to the old men playing games in the park, while AJ was singing worship songs and I was talking and laughing with the ladies. What a beautiful picture. All of us loving God in our own way. We prayed with the ladies and said good-bye. We came home to dinner (a beef schnitzel) made by the lovely German girls who are staying at the orphanage with us. A bunch of us girls left to go to church. We took the bus to the tram to the subway and walked a little bit. It was a great service called “The Encounter.” The second half was preached by a missionary from Canada. He talked about taking sin seriously because it always has consequences. We were crazy coming home:
Singing and laughing and dancing and eating and going in the maze. We came home to preparations for the dance competition. We have a dance off against another World Race squad when we go to the “Awakening” next week.. As I write this, Miha and Ashley are continuing to pick the lice out of my head. To shave my head or not shave my head? That is the question. Miha says yes. Oh lice, why do you love me so much?? Oh well, yesterday was worth it. We had a great day with the amazing children of a pretty poor village. I spent most of the day with Christina, a beautiful 5 year old who loves the slide and merry-go-round.
Thank you God for walking with me today, yesterday, tomorrow and the days ahead.
