Tomorrow is D Day (departure day)

Tomorrow a team of 14 of us will set out from Pearce Free Methodist Church in Rochester, NY, USA on our way to Sighisoara, Romania.   Six of us have been there before and are so excited to be going back to see our Romanian "families".   The others are eagerly if not a little nervously looking forward to this opportunity that God has called each one of us to.  We are all being moved out of our comfort zones, moving out of our task oriented -rush everywhere- technology obsessed society and into a very different culture.  A culture where relationships and time for people matter more than being on-time.   A place where you can still see a horse pulling a wagon down the street.   A place where communism has only been out of power for a little over 20 years.   A place that makes our own economy look fantastic.

For the next two weeks we are going to be honoring the elderly by treating them to special times of music, desserts, massages, but most of all just being present with them so that they know they are valued.   Some of us will be helping with construction on the Church of the Nazarene in Sighisoara.  Maybe the most exciting yet scary part is that we are hosting a whole week of Veritas Kid's Camp for Romanian kids 8-12 years old.   We will be playing Wiffle Ball, American Football, Karate, and spending time learning to work with digital photography.   There are 28 kids signed up for camp.  

God has really beem amazing in this whole process.  In order to host this camp we needed 13 digital cameras, 28 SD cards, 28 karate white belts, 30 football, 30 Wiffle ball bats, photo matting supplies, a photo printer, 5 laptops, lots of colored duct tape and sponsorship for some of kids coming to camp.  God  has provided everything we need as we prepare to leave tomorrow.   He even provided extras before we knew we had extra kids sign up for camp.   We have been trying to find a small space of land in Sighisoara to play american football and wiffle ball and just today we were able to locate perfect grassy spot at the Children's Club that they are allowing us to use.   How awesome!

Please pray for us as we depart on our journey, for patience with each other, peace while flying, and trust as we move in with host families.   Blog with you soon.- Karen