Buna ziua de la Mark si Rebecca in Romania! (Good day from Mark & Rebecca in Romania!) These last two months have been great and so many things have gone on that they have really flown by. December was all about Christmas, we had parties with the kids at the orphanages, handed out gifts to them and watched their Christmas programs. We had lots of fun playing games and spending time with the kids and they were so excited to share in the joy of Christ's birth with us.
A holiday team came to help us with all of the festivities and activities with the kids and one of our friends from home, Amanda, was on the team. It was great having Amanda and the team here because it allowed us to go to orphanages that we don't go to the rest of the year because we don't have enough staff. We finally got to meet up with Elena, our special girl from camp the last time we were here. We have kept in touch with e-mails and letters and it was great to be able to reconnect with her. She was very touched to spend time with us and was very sad when we had to leave again.
Here we are with Elena.
We met Mihaela for the first time and she instantly knew that we were married and clung to us, she's a very sweet girl who had just been dropped off at the orphanage a few days earlier.
We spent lots of time with the kids at the orphanage we normally go to, they were on break so we were free to play games and be at there longer than normal.
We made lots of crafts as we handed out clothes and gifts.
In January things returned to normal except that we are staying at the team house instead of our apartment. Jen our team coordinator is back home in the states visiting so we are taking care of the intern couple that we have here. We have now had four months of language classes and can understand a lot of what people say. We are still going at quite a fast pace thanks to God's help. We only have two more months of classes and by then we should have a great foundation for becoming fluent in Romanian. Prayer Requests:
-For our language learning to continue to go well and for courage to use it with people even though we'll be making mistakes.
-For the kids to accept Christ in their lives and to be transformed.
-For energy and health, we've been battling colds on and off.
-For God to fight against Satan here, he has been waging war on us by breaking down vans, causing problems with orphanage directors, and keeping the baby hospital closed. Please pray that God remedies all of these situations.
-For our family and friends who miss us and for us to continue to stay strong here even though we're so far away.
-Praise for our abundance of faithful supporters and for the ability to keep in touch easily.
We hope you have been keeping track of what we're doing here on our blog, we try to keep it updated every week, and there's so much that we can't share in these newsletters because of space. The address iswww.weloveorphans.blogspot.com . Thank you for your prayer support and thanks to our financial supporters for their faithfulness. Let us know if you have any questions about what we're doing here or just to talk, we'd love to hear from you.
In Christ,
Mark & Rebecca
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