What does the title have to do with the blog? Well I was on a dairy farm with the best milk I've ever had and that's about it so check out what I've been up to this past month.
Well to start it off we had a crazy travel weekend where we traveled from Honduras to Miami then to New York. In New York we had a 24 plus hour layover and I got to explore New York City. From there we flew to Istanbul then to Bucharest. Stayed one night at a hostel then took a twelve hour train ride to Oradea the next day. My team has been living here for the past month along with two other teams! First month with a bed and it's so good!
Our ministry… construction! We have been drilling, hammering, sawing, sanding, plastering, and installing insulation; working with awesome people here at Caminul Felix. This is such a beautiful place and God is blessing this ministry tremendously.
The house
Doing what I do best… looking good for photos, I mean working hard!
Working with Benjamin… He had legit skills and spoke some good english
"Praise God"
Caminal Felix is a Christian Organization that places rejected and abandoned children with a mother and father and a family. This is a part that I have taken from their website… "The suffering among the rejected children is our calling. We believe that their only hope for full life is to be given a new, real family, with a mother and a father, and with the security and caring love a family can provide. The environment they can be given at the Felix Family Village is this. And it can transform their lives." Living there for a month and meeting and getting to know these kids has shown me that this place is doing just that, transforming lives. These kids are joyful and love Jesus! There are two villages in Oradea, each has 16 families caring to over 200 children. These kids are given tremendous opportunities and it all started with hope!
We lived on a dairy farm and oh boy it was nice… I was the milk man and all it took was a short walk to the milk machine! Boy was it a nice walk!
The Milk Machine
The best thing about this month was being apart of Salem Church and the awesome people there. We went a number of times and got the privelage of attending a youth conference and we also got to perform a skit in front of over 500 youth! That was completely by surprise but I know God used it to touch lives. The Lord has brought me many new friends through this church. We went on an awesome cave adventure and had a multiple cookouts! I love these crazy Romanians!
Worship
Guest speaker, Lance Batiste out of Atlanta, Georgia! Yeah, Lance brought the heat and many people accepted Christ through his God-spoken word!
a few of the guys from the church
Kabobs on the grill
Some of the group with Benjamin and his family
My favorite Romanian Maria and I
My month was one that I never will forget. It was my first time in Europe and even though I spent many days sick with the flu it was still incredible! God keeps revealing things to me and I'm living life day by day trying to love the people around me but first loving God! My new team is just amazing and I'm excited for what God has up ahead!
Financial Update: I'm in need of $3500 before the next and final deadline July 1st. I can't believe that I have already raised $12000 and I will be FULLY FUNDED once I reach this deadline. Sounds so sweet! Don't do it for me, do it because God is changing lives and you are a part of it! Thank you more than you know it to those who have donated and are praying for me and my team. Love you guys and you don't even understand how much I miss everyone!
