Today Dean's eyes are puffy and swollen and he is dizzy.  He was not able to join us for church today, but Didi and I went with Brother Gigel, Daniel, Magda and Mother Olariu to a small village name Ohaba-Lunga.  There I gave a greeting (Daniel translated), Didi sang a song, Brother Gigel preached on the act of baptism and why we do what we do.  Pastor Ovidiu from Margina also spoke on the ceremony of baptism and baptized three women.  We were told that there were maybe 12 or 13 believers in ...
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I now know when the music stops blaring over the speakers at the Beer Festival.  Traditional Romanian music until 10:00pm and then Techno-Pop until 12:45am.

Today Dean and I attended a marriage confernece and our very own pastor was the speaker.  It was good to be reminded of some of the many Biblical principles that we must follow in order to have a healthy marital relationship.  There were approximately 70 people in attendance.  The Grace Baptist Church youth set up the dining hall and provi...
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We reported to Grace Christian School (GCS) and after breakfast once again participated in several English Class.  After the 4 and 5 year old class ended, we were asked to class sit for a spell again, but this time we didn't even have a video.  It looked and sounded like they were all simultaneously saying, "He took that from me" "I had it first" "He pushed me" "She poked me in the eye"... Now don't get me wrong I love children of any and every age and work well with them under most any circu...
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Up bright and early and off to Grace Christian School (GCS).  Every morning we eat breakfast and at the school and every afternoon we eat lunch there as well.  We helped clean the lunch room and then participated in a few English Classes.  We were then called upon to watch a class for a teacher that had to leave.  She was showing them a video when we entered the romm and as she was leaving she said to me in Romanian when it's over just hit "Replay".  We thought that sounded simple enough exce...
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Today Didi and I observed a 3 year old class as they rehearsed for their program.  We also measured children (height, waist and pant length) in the aforementioned 3 year old class, a four year old and five year old class.  This was done so that the Ladies of One Heart would have a good range of sizes in order to sew more school uniforms for Grace Christian School.

After lunch, Didi and I helped the children change into their pajamas for a two hour nap.  I wish this was something that we did in...
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Today we left Lugoj and headed into Timisoara for a very big day!  We were to experience ministry to adult orphans who were being integrated into mainstream society as viable contributing members of the community.  Through the ministry of Academia Vietii (Life Academy) adults that have grown up in the orphanages/placement centers are taught life skills such as money managment (budgeting and saving), cooking, goal setting, prioritizing, parenting...

On the way to Timisoara we stopped and purcha...
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Rise and shine.  Didi and I reported to Grace Christian School at 9:00am.  We helped out in a class of 3-4 year olds for a period of time.  I knew and remembered about 90% of the class from Mar/Apr 2010.  The children were quite active and excited to have new and different faces, but our time was cut short as Didi started going down hill fast.

We paid a visit to nurse in the school clinic where w were able to observe the ministry that the Nurse, Tamara Nelson, has with the children attending G...
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Today we left Grace Baptist Church at 9:00am and attended service in the village of Costieu de Sus, approximately 50 minutes away.  This particular church was recently rebuilt, as late last year a wall caved in and there was a fatality.  We learned about loving your neighbor... even when you don't want to.  The believers in the village always say that they are very encouraged when we come to visit them.  They are so happy that brothers and sisters in America think of them and pray for them.  ...
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