Hello again from Romania!
Hailey and I are getting settled here in Romania and we’ve enjoyed some ministry opportunities that past few days.

Tuesday was spent washing clothes and getting ready for Vacation Bible School. We were also able to rest from our travels the day before.

The first night of VBS went incredibly well! We had around 40 children show up. I thought they were all really well behaved. Through our broken Romanian, we went around asking the children their names. When they told us their names we would try to repeat them back. They thought this was the best thing ever. Some of their names are really hard to pronounce! When we said it wrong they would laugh and laugh and repeat it again. We had a great time!

Wednesday morning we traveled to Timisoura to visit a Crisis Pregnancy Center. We talked with the director for over an hour. She knew English so we were all able to communicate with her. The statistics for abortions in Romania is staggering. Romania has the 2nd highest abortion rate in the world. Three out of four women have an abortion. We asked Christina (the director) about her work and she explained that she is able to go into the hospital where the women come for abortions. She told us that she has seen about 7,000 women and out of those, 300 have chosen not to have an abortion. We were shocked! She explained however that the women she sees have already made up their mind to have an abortion. Even though the number seemed so small to us, we were happy that there were 300 who decided to keep their babies. Those 300 are so special and Jesus cares for each one of them. In Christina’s office she has a huge heart with all the pictures of the babies who have not been aborted. Written across the top in Romanian are these words: “Every Life is Special.” I really enjoyed seeing Christina’s ministry and I’m so excited about how God is using her in the lives of these women and young girls whom she comes in contact with.
The second night of VBS was great! We had maybe ten more children show up. The church is pretty small, but the kids don’t mind sharing chairs. Hailey started a game where she would draw a picture on the white board and the kids would tell her how to say it in Romanian. If she would mispronounce the word, the kids would laugh and laugh! They played this game for about half an hour. The kids had a great time, and so did Hailey!

Today we are going to a Gypsy village where there is a day center for street children. We’re not exactly sure what we will be doing, but we’re excited about the opportunity.

Thank you so much for your continued prayers, we really appreciate them!