1:00am and I am wide awake.  Didi says I woke her up at 3:05am by staring at her.  Dean heard us whispering and was awakened around 3:30am.  I finally fell back to sleep around 4:30 but was up early as I wanted to walk to the high school and see if we could catch any of the teens before school started at 8:00am.  They must not have the same type of attendance and truancy policies as we do stateside, because Didi and I saw a good 70+ young people hanging out in front of the school well after it had started.  If you’re going to ditch, uh… why ditch at school?  Duh!?!

At 8:30am we walked to Grace Christian School (GCS) to volunteer our services.  It was scheduled to be a short day as they were preparing for the 10 year anniversary celebration since the opening of the kindergarten.  It was really hectic and the kids were all wound up so we were asked to come back a little after dismissal at 1:00pm for lunch and to help set up.   We left the school and went to the bank across the piaţa from the Dacia Hotel.  FYI:  The current exchange rate there was approximately 280 Lei for $100 dollars US.  Then we went grocery shopping we found Disney Princess non-alcoholic wine and chicken flavored Lay’s potato chips.  We went back to GCS for lunch, but they still weren’t ready for us yet and were told to come back at 3:00pm.  We tooled around the city some more, went to some second-hand shops, waited for the teens to get out of school at 2:00pm and hoped to see some that we knew…  Bettina was in town from Timişoara and she gave us a tour of the high school.  There are posters advertising the circus is in town this weekend.  What do Captain Jack Sparrow and Indiana Jones have to do with a circus and zoo and/or each other???

The anniversary event at GCS was awesome.  There were teens that had attended the first kindergarten class through current students, parents, grandparents, local dignitaries and the media.  It was beautiful to see and know that One Heart Church (OHC) has partnered with them over the years.

One of our former translators, Gaby, told me that I might be able to find WIFI in the parks that are located near city hall or other businesses.  Hmh?

Please continue to pray for our health Didi’s ear ache has migrated to her throat and Dean’s sore throat has moved into his ear.  Hailey is spending a lot of time on her feet and limps sporadically throughout the day.