The last few days have been a lot of work. We have been rising early and worked hard all day. Yesterday was especially tiring.
By 7am we had already eaten breakfast, left the house and were on our way to camp. The Beginning of Life is starting to have different celebrations for the end of the year for various schools. This Friday was the first one. We got to the camp close to 8 and began setting up and getting ready for kids to arrive. It was freezing that early in the morning. We all stood there huddled together trying to get warm, but it was so cold! The kids were supposed to arrive at 8:45, but we were working on Moldova time, so they ended up getting there at about 9:45. Once they got there they had a short Bible lesson and then they split up and did a scavenger hunt type of activity. (It was hard for us to ever really understand what was happening because it was all in Romanian. We just manned the stations.) Each of us had our own duties and games to man. It was so fun, but a whirlwind. The camp even had a rock wall, high ropes course and a low ropes course. For lunch we got to picnic as a team at a small table. Then we became the entertainment. They divided the kids into girls and boys and sent some of the older girls to us to craft. Needless to say, after this trip our team might be crafted out. We made some t-shirt bracelets and magazine necklaces for a little while. The girls really enjoyed it, and the girls were not near as crazy as we expected them to be. We were supposed to have a "concert" after crafts, but it ended up being a couple of games and one of the leaders of Beginning of Life doing some mind-blowing tricks and of course the Americans getting up on stage entertaining the crowd. Don't fret, Moldova has been introduced to the Wobble, compliments of Lipscomb University's Moldova mission team! After our fun day at the camp, we came back home and got to spend quality time with the Grace House Girls, doing yet again some more crafts. It is such a blessing to be surrounded by such amazing women.
Today was a more relaxing and rebuilding day. We have been working hard and today was a chance for us to let loose a little bit. We had a late breakfast and ventured to the most beautiful place in the world. We went to this cave monastery called Orhei, where an old monk lives and takes care of the place. You are able to go inside the cave that is in the side of a mountain and it brings you out onto this cliff that overlooks a river and the surrounding hills and valley. There is nothing but God's creation in this place. Several of us spent the majority of the day sitting on the side of the cliff reading and spending solo time with our creator. We encountered God in that place. Tonight we got the chance to spend some more time with some kids from the Beginning of Life who are at risk, but this was more relaxing. We shared some information about America and even sang the Star Spangled Banner, then we just got to play games and mingle with the group. After we finished there we went to a local coffee shop where we watched our friend, Nicoli play the guitar. He is an amazing musician and the coffee shop wasn't half bad either! Today was an amazing day and a Godsend for our tired team.
By 7am we had already eaten breakfast, left the house and were on our way to camp. The Beginning of Life is starting to have different celebrations for the end of the year for various schools. This Friday was the first one. We got to the camp close to 8 and began setting up and getting ready for kids to arrive. It was freezing that early in the morning. We all stood there huddled together trying to get warm, but it was so cold! The kids were supposed to arrive at 8:45, but we were working on Moldova time, so they ended up getting there at about 9:45. Once they got there they had a short Bible lesson and then they split up and did a scavenger hunt type of activity. (It was hard for us to ever really understand what was happening because it was all in Romanian. We just manned the stations.) Each of us had our own duties and games to man. It was so fun, but a whirlwind. The camp even had a rock wall, high ropes course and a low ropes course. For lunch we got to picnic as a team at a small table. Then we became the entertainment. They divided the kids into girls and boys and sent some of the older girls to us to craft. Needless to say, after this trip our team might be crafted out. We made some t-shirt bracelets and magazine necklaces for a little while. The girls really enjoyed it, and the girls were not near as crazy as we expected them to be. We were supposed to have a "concert" after crafts, but it ended up being a couple of games and one of the leaders of Beginning of Life doing some mind-blowing tricks and of course the Americans getting up on stage entertaining the crowd. Don't fret, Moldova has been introduced to the Wobble, compliments of Lipscomb University's Moldova mission team! After our fun day at the camp, we came back home and got to spend quality time with the Grace House Girls, doing yet again some more crafts. It is such a blessing to be surrounded by such amazing women.
Today was a more relaxing and rebuilding day. We have been working hard and today was a chance for us to let loose a little bit. We had a late breakfast and ventured to the most beautiful place in the world. We went to this cave monastery called Orhei, where an old monk lives and takes care of the place. You are able to go inside the cave that is in the side of a mountain and it brings you out onto this cliff that overlooks a river and the surrounding hills and valley. There is nothing but God's creation in this place. Several of us spent the majority of the day sitting on the side of the cliff reading and spending solo time with our creator. We encountered God in that place. Tonight we got the chance to spend some more time with some kids from the Beginning of Life who are at risk, but this was more relaxing. We shared some information about America and even sang the Star Spangled Banner, then we just got to play games and mingle with the group. After we finished there we went to a local coffee shop where we watched our friend, Nicoli play the guitar. He is an amazing musician and the coffee shop wasn't half bad either! Today was an amazing day and a Godsend for our tired team.
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