August, a time for more camp!

Our faithful readers may have started to wonder why we have not posted for some time.  We were deciding how to proceed because we had an issue about the privacy of our kids.  One director has taken the law to mean that we can not publicly post pictures of the kids.  No pictures?  What kind of blog is that?  One way around that is to put a password and make it a private blog.  But since we are leaving at the end of September and want to continue this blog, we decided against that.  So for right now, we have made this blog to not be searchable from the internet.  So if you are here, good job, you already know our address  ;)

At the end of July we had our last summer camp with the girls from Alexandria.  Instead of just focusing on the fruit of the spirit, we decided to teach using personal testimonies.  It was an effective and personal way to show the kids God's power and love.

The girls love to sing!

Craft time

Continued friendships

We met Miki in 2008!

The sisters (plus one), they have grown so much

First group of girls

The second group

We had some time in between this and the next and last event of the summer.  During that time we spent time playing at the orphanages and catching our breath.  Then we did a week of VBS at the church in Rosiori.  There were around 50 kids that came, with 80% of them being our kids from the orphanages.  CBC church in CA came with the VBS already prepared and we jumped in alongside of them.

Part of the kids

Everyone who helped in some way for the VBS

Prizes for memory verses with the youngest group of kids

Stefan

Puiu

Cristina

Mihaela, Mihai (and Antonio)

Andreea, Vasi, Dani

We enjoyed working with some of these younger kids from Rosiori again.  We didn't see them much during the school year because of our schedule, so it was great to spend an extra week with them.  It was the hottest week of the summer, so the team made use of the public pool again.

Chillin' with the interns

Mark jumping off the 5 meter diving board.

So you may ask what is next for us for this remaining month.  Well, lots of packing and moving out, one last weekend trip to the mountains, hanging out at Peris, Finland (for two weeks) and in a flash we will be saying goodbye.  Pray for this time of transition.  It is equally hard on us and the kids.  But God has promised He will never leave or abandon them, and that is the hope we cling to!