Last week was another action packed time as we continued to celebrate the birth of our savior. That is what Christmas is all about, isn't it? We went downtown Bucharest with some of our friends and ate out at a nice place called Chocolat. After a great meal we walked to a nearby park to see the lights and sights. We love spending time with our friends so it was a really fun night.
Our housemates in Snagov: Krysten, Dorothy, Mariana, and Shannon.
And our friends from church Amy and Cristi.
The next morning we went to the Christmas celebration at one of the orphanages close by. We enjoyed all the singing and dancing acts and the newest act, the band.
Rebecca snuggles with Alina.
Mark became the impromptu Mos Craciun, or Santa Claus as we know him. It was so fun handing out presents to all the kids and seeing their faces as they got their toys. Thanks so much to everyone who donated money and toys this holiday season so that we could do this.
At our staff Christmas party we sang songs, ate great food, and unwrapped our presents from our secret person. That night Rebecca checked our flight status and found out that our flight from Bucharest to London on Thursday was canceled already. We scrambled to find out what to do, thankfully Jodi at H2H was able to find out that there was a flight scheduled on Wednesday. So we went to the airport early in the morning to try to get on that flight, and by God's grace there were some seats for us! So we flew to London a day early. We met up with our friend Jenny who had been stranded in London more than half a week already, and she helped us find a reasonable place to stay and a taxi out there. She was so glad to have some company after standing in line by herself for days on end at the airport. In case you hadn't heard, there was some "bad" weather in London which caused thousands of people to be stranded there for days.
We decided that since we had a whole day in London that we should see some sights, and our cab driver recommended Windsor Castle, where the queen usually stays on weekends. We had a wonderful time there, it is huge and beautiful and was really worth seeing. The town of Windsor was really nice too, with lots of restaurants and neat little shops.
The cathedral inside the castle walls was particularly impressive with its massive size and many stained glass windows.
Here we are with Jenny standing in front of the castle, which was outlined in neon. Oh wait, that's just a cool effect I found in my new photoshop program.
All of our travels from London went really well, thank you all so much for your prayers! Now that we're home we've been spending the weekend with Rebecca's family for Christmas. It has been nice to see everyone again. We are looking forward to seeing more friends and family as our time goes on here, we'll be here for about a month. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we travel a lot in the coming weeks.
Our housemates in Snagov: Krysten, Dorothy, Mariana, and Shannon.
And our friends from church Amy and Cristi.
The next morning we went to the Christmas celebration at one of the orphanages close by. We enjoyed all the singing and dancing acts and the newest act, the band.
Rebecca snuggles with Alina.
Mark became the impromptu Mos Craciun, or Santa Claus as we know him. It was so fun handing out presents to all the kids and seeing their faces as they got their toys. Thanks so much to everyone who donated money and toys this holiday season so that we could do this.
At our staff Christmas party we sang songs, ate great food, and unwrapped our presents from our secret person. That night Rebecca checked our flight status and found out that our flight from Bucharest to London on Thursday was canceled already. We scrambled to find out what to do, thankfully Jodi at H2H was able to find out that there was a flight scheduled on Wednesday. So we went to the airport early in the morning to try to get on that flight, and by God's grace there were some seats for us! So we flew to London a day early. We met up with our friend Jenny who had been stranded in London more than half a week already, and she helped us find a reasonable place to stay and a taxi out there. She was so glad to have some company after standing in line by herself for days on end at the airport. In case you hadn't heard, there was some "bad" weather in London which caused thousands of people to be stranded there for days.
We decided that since we had a whole day in London that we should see some sights, and our cab driver recommended Windsor Castle, where the queen usually stays on weekends. We had a wonderful time there, it is huge and beautiful and was really worth seeing. The town of Windsor was really nice too, with lots of restaurants and neat little shops.
The cathedral inside the castle walls was particularly impressive with its massive size and many stained glass windows.
Here we are with Jenny standing in front of the castle, which was outlined in neon. Oh wait, that's just a cool effect I found in my new photoshop program.
All of our travels from London went really well, thank you all so much for your prayers! Now that we're home we've been spending the weekend with Rebecca's family for Christmas. It has been nice to see everyone again. We are looking forward to seeing more friends and family as our time goes on here, we'll be here for about a month. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we travel a lot in the coming weeks. 
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Thanking God that you made it home and that we all get to enjoy spending time with you both!!
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