Fall Happenings

This fall has been flying by and it is hard to believe that all of our programs and classes have been going on for a month already.  We've been keeping busy with lots of extra things too. 

We took the boys from the Alternate Transition House to play soccer with some of the guys from church.  It was chilly but they all had a great time, along with Steven who played with them.  The boys are doing well but some are struggling trying to get jobs so please pray for them.  Also pray that they have the resolve to continue with the program and for them to be open to a relationship with God.

Youth group continues to go well and we are enjoying going through the book of 1 John.  We took a break this week to watch David Murphy's Testimony, he is a baseball player who does what he does for God's glory.  We wanted to encourage the kids to do well in all they do, including school, which most don't take seriously.

We always play fun games in youth group, a lot from the show Minute to Win It.  The kids love these challenge games and it is usually pretty funny watching them do it.

We have an intern, Audrey who stayed with us for a week and got to see what we do here.  We enjoyed having her with us and we worked on learning some Romanian at the same time.  She is staying here for three months and will have had a chance to work in all areas of our ministry.

Our classes continue to go well with the kids, we enjoy all of the hugs and kisses that we get every time we see the younger ones.  Many of them live near us so we often see them when we're out and about.  Sometimes we feel like celebrities because we get mobbed by lots of kids! 

Here is a class of kids that are working on the color wheel lesson that we taught.

Here are their finished products, very nice! 

The boys at the transition program are doing well too, here they are showing off some new soccer jerseys that were donated.  They have started a building/carpentry class that will last for four months.

The boys enjoyed helping to put our new winter tires on the car.  The tires on the car originally were summer tires and Romania has a winter tire law.  Also the plowing isn't always the greatest and sometimes doesn't happen for a long time after it snows so these tires should be a great help this winter.

Thanks so much to our friends John and Karen who made it possible to get these tires!

Please continue to pray for all of the kids we work with.  They need protection from the evil one as sometimes we feel like he is really working overtime to keep them believing lies so that they won't come to God.  Please continue to pray for us, for health, energy, and guidance.  Thanks so much!