To get a better understanding of how my new job will work and what I'm getting myself into, check out my supervisor, Troy's blog: http://seekandsave1.blogspot.com/ .
I'm in Warsaw, Poland with my friend and it has been a beautiful day. I have officially decided that the Munich airport (in Germany), where I had a 3 hour layover, is one of my favorites so far. So calm and clean and easy to navigate. I have always been a proponent of "if you haven't left the airport, you haven't been there" and I stuck to my guns today. I didn't leave the Munich airport, but I was tempted to be a fake and buy a souveneir from the airport that I didn't leave. I abstained, and I'm proud of myself.
Kaylin took me to the pottery shop today where I indulged probably more than I should have. Fortunately, I was able to have what I bought shipped straight to the States, so I don't have to worry about getting it to Romania and then from Romania back to the States in a while.
Warsaw is much cleaner than Bucharest and I like what I've seen so far. I am glad, though, that I'm not trying to learn Polish. For example "drzwi" is pronounced "dgvee" and means doors. Who'da thunk? I'm just trying to figure out how on earth you pronounce a word that has four consonants and one vowell AT THE END OF THE WORD. I think I'll stick with Romanian for now....
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
I'm kicking myself.....again
for not taking any pictures on my trip to Galati last week. I should have taken pictures in my new city. But I have over a year to take pictures of my new city, so you should all forgive me please.
I had a very successful trip to Galati last week. The Lord provided for me to be with the girls to help look for an apartment for all of us to move into and He proved Faithful again. We found a great apartment for a good price. I won't have my own room, but that's ok. I prefer to share space than to have a whole apartment all to myself!
Tomorrow I'm off to Poland for a ladies' retreat and to visit a friend that I was in training with. I'm excited for a new stamp in my passport, going shopping for Polish pottery, and to see a new place. But I'm most excited for the fellowship that I will get to have with my sweet friend and others who work with us.
Ok, so to make up for not taking any pictures in Galati, here are some pictures of my last trip to the mountains.....
a village house
the mountain that still has snow on top of it in April
I tried to be creative
And again, I tried to be creative
the view from "Dracula's Castle" really he only stayed at this one for one night...
Where babies come from. That's right, ever seen a Stork's nest?
The walk up to Dracula's Castle
A pretty creek
Just a view of the countryside
I took this one from a moving car. I like it.
The gorge.
The lake that was still frozen in April.
Entering the gorge.
I had a very successful trip to Galati last week. The Lord provided for me to be with the girls to help look for an apartment for all of us to move into and He proved Faithful again. We found a great apartment for a good price. I won't have my own room, but that's ok. I prefer to share space than to have a whole apartment all to myself!
Tomorrow I'm off to Poland for a ladies' retreat and to visit a friend that I was in training with. I'm excited for a new stamp in my passport, going shopping for Polish pottery, and to see a new place. But I'm most excited for the fellowship that I will get to have with my sweet friend and others who work with us.
Ok, so to make up for not taking any pictures in Galati, here are some pictures of my last trip to the mountains.....
a village house
the mountain that still has snow on top of it in April
I tried to be creative
And again, I tried to be creative
the view from "Dracula's Castle" really he only stayed at this one for one night...
Where babies come from. That's right, ever seen a Stork's nest?
The walk up to Dracula's Castle
A pretty creek
Just a view of the countryside
I took this one from a moving car. I like it.
The gorge.
The lake that was still frozen in April.
Entering the gorge.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
My New Assignment
Well I've kept you waiting long enough.
I first want to thank all of you for your fervent prayers for me. The Lord has certainly had His hand in my life so strongly since I have been here in Romania. He brought me through the Winter and Holiday Season, and has now given me the gift of witnessing the "pop" of Spring. He has allowed me to see some really beautiful places in Romania, and I can't wait to see more.
But for now, He has opened the door wide and is directing me to move to the city of Galati in the Eastern part of the country. I went there in January and fell in love with the ministry that is taking place there. There is a very gifted team there that has been working for about four years at trying to get a Cell church started. Well, it's finally really taking off and starting to slowly snowball, and there is opportunity for me to fit in and serve there.
For more details about what's going on out there you can click here. Basically I will be involved in evangelism and discipleship and my goal will be to get one good group running and training and discipling of a leader out of that group to start another group that will all be part of the cell church.
Thank you again for your prayers in this. I know that the Lord has great things planned for me in Galati. I'm going out there tomorrow (Monday) morning for a couple of days. I will help the girls I'm moving in with to look for an apartment as well as to get some thing settled for a group that is coming for 3 weeks who will be working in a city close to Galati. I'll be back in Bucharest on Wednesday to pack up my things and get ready to move. I will then be leaving to attend a retreat in Poland for about a week and as soon as I get back I will move to Galati.
Once I'm moved, I will be living with four sisters who have had to learn to lean on eachother. This will be a welcome change from living alone for the last six months. I know that there will be challenging days, but I also know that I will learn a lot. Click here to read about one of these sisters. I am humbled that the Lord has given me the opportunity to provide a little bit extra support to them.
Thank you again for your prayers and for keeping up with me. I appreciate all of you so much and want you to know that your prayers have meant the world to me. It seems my adventure is just beginning.
I first want to thank all of you for your fervent prayers for me. The Lord has certainly had His hand in my life so strongly since I have been here in Romania. He brought me through the Winter and Holiday Season, and has now given me the gift of witnessing the "pop" of Spring. He has allowed me to see some really beautiful places in Romania, and I can't wait to see more.
But for now, He has opened the door wide and is directing me to move to the city of Galati in the Eastern part of the country. I went there in January and fell in love with the ministry that is taking place there. There is a very gifted team there that has been working for about four years at trying to get a Cell church started. Well, it's finally really taking off and starting to slowly snowball, and there is opportunity for me to fit in and serve there.
For more details about what's going on out there you can click here. Basically I will be involved in evangelism and discipleship and my goal will be to get one good group running and training and discipling of a leader out of that group to start another group that will all be part of the cell church.
Thank you again for your prayers in this. I know that the Lord has great things planned for me in Galati. I'm going out there tomorrow (Monday) morning for a couple of days. I will help the girls I'm moving in with to look for an apartment as well as to get some thing settled for a group that is coming for 3 weeks who will be working in a city close to Galati. I'll be back in Bucharest on Wednesday to pack up my things and get ready to move. I will then be leaving to attend a retreat in Poland for about a week and as soon as I get back I will move to Galati.
Once I'm moved, I will be living with four sisters who have had to learn to lean on eachother. This will be a welcome change from living alone for the last six months. I know that there will be challenging days, but I also know that I will learn a lot. Click here to read about one of these sisters. I am humbled that the Lord has given me the opportunity to provide a little bit extra support to them.
Thank you again for your prayers and for keeping up with me. I appreciate all of you so much and want you to know that your prayers have meant the world to me. It seems my adventure is just beginning.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Snippets
I apologize in advance for the potential length of this post....I have several random snippets to share with you and I just haven't sat down to type in quite a while. I don't know why....
Snippet #1: A few weeks ago, I got in a taxi at 7:30 in the morning to go to the post office and pick something up that required identification. The taxi driver was quite chipper. He showed me a picture of his dog and told me how he loves to play. He told me jokes and made up songs and was singing the whole way. He was very nice and very happy for that time in the morning. Then he told me he had not yet had his first cup of coffee and I thought, "If he's like this without his first cup of coffee, I wonder what he's like once he's had his first cup of coffee..."
Snippet #2: A couple of weeks after that, I had the opportunity to go to the Opera. Someone had bought tickets and couldn't go, so I got a free ticket and went with a sweet lady that also works here. When we got there, there were several nice cars and bodyguards and media everywhere. We didn't know what was going on or who was there. Turns out it was the 60th birthday of the Crown Princess of Romania and that evening was a special opera performance just for her. The whole Royal Family of Romania were there. They do not hold any political power, they are social Royals, like the British Royal family, but clearly not as famous. However, the performance made it clear that Romanians love their Royalty. They were in exile somewhere (Sweden maybe?) during Communism, and I don't think they have moved back to Romania after that. I think they just come for major holidays and occasions. Who knows, though. Now I can say that I went to the opera with the Royal Family of Romania. It was quite an experience.
Snippet #3: Since I last wrote, we put the veteran family that was here in Romania for 14 years on the plane. They don't plan to come back for various reasons. Please pray for their health, their family, and the unknown as they don't know where they will end up settling once their stateside assignment time is over.
Snippet #4: I know I left you all on a cliffhanger at my last post about what my new assignment will be. I will update you as soon as all of the details are worked out. That will be by this weekend hopefully. Please pray that as we sit down with supervisors this week that we would be of one mind and be able to make purposeful plans for this ministry that I will be involved in.
Snippet #5: This week I have been in the city of Bacau with a sweet family that has lived here 5 years. They have 2 kids, a 7 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. The parents went to a pastors' and wives' conference one night so I got to stay with their kids. Their son is just a constant ball of energy. He is so much fun. Their daughter is a sweet girl who is so helpful and is so caring. I have had so much fun getting to know their family and just spending time with them. Yesterday they took me up into the mountains to a place called Lacul Rosu (The Red Lake). There is a small lake there and several little shops where you can buy souveneirs. The little lake is still frozen, but there are sections where the ice is real thin and cracking. We drove through a gorge in the mountain alongside of a river to get there. It was so beautiful. I will post pictures in another post soon. This trip reminded me again that I serve the most amazing Artist who is the Creator of the Universe...He can carve rocks with water and glorify Himself with our enjoyment of them.
Snippet #6: Please pray for the next few days. All of my colleagues are getting together in the mountains for a few days of retreat and fellowship. We will have a speaker and a worship leader from the States who are coming to minister to us. Please pray that this would be a wonderful time of renewal and fellowship for everyone.
Snippet #7: As everyone in the Western World celebrated Holy Week and Easter last week, in the Orthodox world Palm Sunday was this past Sunday. We are now in Holy Week as to the Orthodox calendar. The Evangelicals here also celebrate this week. It has come to my mind that regardless of when we celebrate Christ's death and Resurrection, the greatest Sacrifice of all time, it happened. Truly truly He is Risen!
Snippet #1: A few weeks ago, I got in a taxi at 7:30 in the morning to go to the post office and pick something up that required identification. The taxi driver was quite chipper. He showed me a picture of his dog and told me how he loves to play. He told me jokes and made up songs and was singing the whole way. He was very nice and very happy for that time in the morning. Then he told me he had not yet had his first cup of coffee and I thought, "If he's like this without his first cup of coffee, I wonder what he's like once he's had his first cup of coffee..."
Snippet #2: A couple of weeks after that, I had the opportunity to go to the Opera. Someone had bought tickets and couldn't go, so I got a free ticket and went with a sweet lady that also works here. When we got there, there were several nice cars and bodyguards and media everywhere. We didn't know what was going on or who was there. Turns out it was the 60th birthday of the Crown Princess of Romania and that evening was a special opera performance just for her. The whole Royal Family of Romania were there. They do not hold any political power, they are social Royals, like the British Royal family, but clearly not as famous. However, the performance made it clear that Romanians love their Royalty. They were in exile somewhere (Sweden maybe?) during Communism, and I don't think they have moved back to Romania after that. I think they just come for major holidays and occasions. Who knows, though. Now I can say that I went to the opera with the Royal Family of Romania. It was quite an experience.
Snippet #3: Since I last wrote, we put the veteran family that was here in Romania for 14 years on the plane. They don't plan to come back for various reasons. Please pray for their health, their family, and the unknown as they don't know where they will end up settling once their stateside assignment time is over.
Snippet #4: I know I left you all on a cliffhanger at my last post about what my new assignment will be. I will update you as soon as all of the details are worked out. That will be by this weekend hopefully. Please pray that as we sit down with supervisors this week that we would be of one mind and be able to make purposeful plans for this ministry that I will be involved in.
Snippet #5: This week I have been in the city of Bacau with a sweet family that has lived here 5 years. They have 2 kids, a 7 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. The parents went to a pastors' and wives' conference one night so I got to stay with their kids. Their son is just a constant ball of energy. He is so much fun. Their daughter is a sweet girl who is so helpful and is so caring. I have had so much fun getting to know their family and just spending time with them. Yesterday they took me up into the mountains to a place called Lacul Rosu (The Red Lake). There is a small lake there and several little shops where you can buy souveneirs. The little lake is still frozen, but there are sections where the ice is real thin and cracking. We drove through a gorge in the mountain alongside of a river to get there. It was so beautiful. I will post pictures in another post soon. This trip reminded me again that I serve the most amazing Artist who is the Creator of the Universe...He can carve rocks with water and glorify Himself with our enjoyment of them.
Snippet #6: Please pray for the next few days. All of my colleagues are getting together in the mountains for a few days of retreat and fellowship. We will have a speaker and a worship leader from the States who are coming to minister to us. Please pray that this would be a wonderful time of renewal and fellowship for everyone.
Snippet #7: As everyone in the Western World celebrated Holy Week and Easter last week, in the Orthodox world Palm Sunday was this past Sunday. We are now in Holy Week as to the Orthodox calendar. The Evangelicals here also celebrate this week. It has come to my mind that regardless of when we celebrate Christ's death and Resurrection, the greatest Sacrifice of all time, it happened. Truly truly He is Risen!
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