Canadians And Boys

This week we have had a great time working with the Canadian team! Last year some of them helped paint the team house and they are back again for a full program, this time the week before Easter. The timing is perfect because we have more time to work with them this week since the kids are on vacation. It is a real pleasure to work with them again and we are having lots of fun!

Sunday we had a boys day with our transition house graduates where we started off playing volleyball at Tineretului Park in Bucharest.

Then we played some soccer and went to the team house for dinner and some talks about jobs and how to be a good worker.

The next morning we went to our normal down south place and worked with some of the kids there, teaching special lessons about Easter. Most people in Romania celebrate Easter because it is a Orthodox holiday but most of them don't know what it is about at all. I asked one of my students why we celebrate and his answer was "because that's what people do."

We played fun Easter games with eggs but the focus was on Jesus - just like Christmas, Jesus is also the reason why we celebrate Easter. We celebrate because he took our sins on himself when he was crucified so that we can be saved. He was raised from the dead so that he could conquer death and give us the gift of salvation. What better reason to celebrate?

When we came back to Bucharest we took the boys who are in the transition program with us, and they are staying with us the whole week. We have a special project that they are working on which I'll talk about more in another post. They are great, we love spending time with them and pouring into their lives. They need lots of guidance and support, would you pray for them?

We took a day trip to Sinaia where the beautiful Peles Castle is and had great weather. It is always a treat to go to the mountains.

These are our friends Dan and Luella who we got to know last year.

The boys in our program, they enjoyed the day and were glad to get home and eat some homemade pizza.

Everything is blooming here and we are really enjoying the colors and beauty all around us.

Does anyone know what this is? I don't have a clue but there were lots of them growing in the woods on the mountain and they were pretty interesting.

Wishing everyone a happy Easter from Romania. Isus a inviat - adevarat a inviat! (Jesus is risen - He is risen indeed!)