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| So we have been in Sighisoara for a week and a half now. We have had a good time here with the interns from Paisley and the staff that work here on the YWAM base. Last week we helped sort their attic here as well. And we have been taking inventory of everything they have here at the base. They run a kindergarten here and have been assisting the teachers with their school program. And we have run their kids clubs as well which happens twice a week. Laura is painting a wall mural in the dining room and it is already looking way cool. We have to keep the fire going for the base heating in the furnace and Michelle and Jake have had fun keeping watch over that. It snowed here last week and it is still on the ground but it makes the valley here look very beautiful. Its a winter wonderland!
Now we are in our last week of outreach and are continuing the work here at Sighisoara. We have been doing a wide range of practical work for the base: cleaning, sorting, painting, repairing. Plus we are doing a 24 hour prayer which started at midnight Sunday night and are continuing until midnight this Friday. At least one person is praying in the prayer room every hour of the day. It has been fun and exciting and we know that God is moving mightily in the Spirit even though we may not see the results of our prayers.
Continue to pray for us as we finish out our time here in Romania. Pray that we can finish well with strength and energy and come back refreshed to Paisley.
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| We just finished a week in Timisoara. We stayed at a Catholic Monastery in the attic. It was nice. We worked mostly with church groups. We shared in the youth/young adults on Monday. Led a adult cell group Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday we led the youth and children's programs for a church in a nearby village. We also did some prayer walks.
Overall we enjoyed Timisoara. It is a very different city than Bucharest or Costanta. Our host lived there during the revolution and we got to hear about what it was like durring that time from her.
We are now in Cluj and will be here for a week.
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Here we are in Costanta. That is the Black Sea behind us.
This week we have gone back to visit the elderly people we saw last week. It is excellent to play games with them and share. Unlike most groups who you share with these people like to ask questions to really grasp what you were trying to tell them. It is very encouraging.
We also helped sort through clothes donated to the base to distribute. Here is an example of what Jake looked like when we decked him out.
Pretty scary. Don't worry we didn't send him out to evangelize dressed like that.
We led the kids at the day center with some crafts, making maracas and paper crowns. We prayer walked at a couple of the city's universities. We also visited homeless people on the street and the abandoned building where they live. We also served food and helped at the bible study home group the base runs for the homeless they have relationships with.
Jeremiah and Rachael have done an excellent job leading worship for the base community and we have shared devotionals here.
Last Friday we led Scottish night at the cafe here on the base (a ministry to students) and tonight we are leading Mexican night. (thank goodness Sandra is part mexican) So we have made a couple of pinatas and some confetti filled eggs and are about to have a good time.
Sunday we leave Constanta for Timisoara. So we will be traveling for 14 hours going as far across the country as possible.
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| Hey, we are doing quite well in Constanta now. We finished our time in Bucharest sunday morning. We had a great deal of fun with the kids club there playing games and leading silly songs. (thankyou Frans for the Duck song - it is a big hit in Romania except for "foot" sounds like a bad word in Romanian so we had to change it to "leg") We went on a tour of the Palace and old city. On Sunday we attanded church and then caught the train for Costanta.
Here in Costanta we have been working with the base here. The staff here are wonderful. Yesterday we went to a Romanian Orthodox church and chatted with the priest for a good half hour and learned much about orthodoxy. It was very interesting to learn from him and hear about his desire for church unity. He explained the meaning of the symbolism for much of what they do. Very cool.
We have also worked in the kid's day center here. We have taught them about Zachhaeus and the Prodigal Son and of course the Duck song. Yesterday we visited some of the families that the base ministers to. We got to see where they live and pray for them. Two of the families we prayed for each have one room houses and many children.
The YWAM base here also has a cafe and tonight we are hosting a Scottish night to give the people a little taste of Scottish culture with Celtic music and short bread. And Rachael is playing on her flute and penny whistle.
The base also has a girl's home and we went over there to clean potatoes and hang out with the girl they have living there now. This base in Constanta has lots of cool ministries they are involved in.
We are all doing well. Continue to pray for our health especially. Michelle has a cold but is feeling a bit better this evening.
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