Hey there everyone!  I know it has been an extremely  long time since I have written and I am sorry, but summer vacation for me is not much of a break ……..with the kids and teens being off from school, that just means that activities with them increase.  It seems like the days just fly by.

Since the TLC team has left, besides all the “normal” activities, I have taken the orphans to the city several times  taken Neli to Cluj see the ENT specialist been with the teens to 2 special youth gathering in another village.  The youth and I are also very busy this week trying to help get the last things in order for the local church inauguration that will take place this Sunday.   I can’t even remember all that has gone on .  What I do remember is that I haven’t had time to sit down and write.  So I decided this morning  to drop a quick line.

Please pray for Neli, her surgery is supposed to be on Tuesday.  She will be having a tonsillectomy and one of her eardrums has to be repaired.  With Neli being 12, the surgeries may have a few more complications, so please pray that God would keep His hand on her.

Also please help us pray that everything will be in order and ready to go for the church inauguration and that God would meet with us in a special way.

Thank you for all your prayers…..I will try to get some pictures up next week sometime

The team brought a few bottles of bubbles with them and Joyce thought it would be fun for the kids to chase after them.  Well Alexandra just went crazy….she loved it….I’m not sure if she had ever seen bubbles like these.  Her reaction was so precious and just so cute.

Alexandra chasing the bubbles

More bubbles, YEAH!

As most of you know I was blessed to have a TLC team here for about 2 weeks.  The kids absolutely loved having them here, they fit right in with the youth and they did a great job holding V.B.S. and other Bible studies.  I finally got a chance to go through the pictures they took, so I promised in my last posts I would share more pictures so here they are…..Thanks again TLC team for all your hard work.  It really was a joy to have you here.

Cristi and Ionel wanted a new member for their army…Bryan arrived just in time

Marius won’t say no to a piggy back ride from Angela.

A language barrier didn’t stop any of the team members…..hand signals worked great.  Elise and Audrey enjoyed playing Sorry with the kids.

Some more pictures of the TLC activities.

  Another fun day at the Fellowship Center

Working on crafts at VBS

A nice size group during VBS

It has been a very busy 11 days with the TLC team here.  They have been such a blessing. The children have enjoyed their visit and in just a few days they will be on their way back home.  They held a 5 day VBS with the Romanian children and a 2 day with the gypsy children.  Along with these special services, they spent hours hanging out with the orphans and the teens.  The next few posts will be with pictures from their visit.  Thanks TLC for all your hard work!  God bless you!

The kids attacking Bryan…they all had a blast

Aly and Alexandra enjoying each others company

The TLC group in Oradea

More pictures to come…….