Saturday, July 5, 2008

Day 2: Pizza for breakfast & rush hour traffic!

We've had a pretty good day so far. We had a nice relaxing morning, not getting out of the training center until about 10:00am. And of course, by then, we were all hungry for some authentic Romanian food...so we went out for pizza!


Lanny of course had no hesitation about diving into 'breakfast'!

The team and little Meihi at the "breakfast" shop.

We then got a tour of Rany & Teresa's home, a tour of the small church, met up with Bogdon, went shopping, did some more shopping, and finally came back to the training center for lunch (around 4:00pm). Oh, and we did take a small trip to Praktiker, the Home Depot of Romania...I drooled a little.
This is the map in the small church. Each pink arrow represents a Bible study that is currently taking place in a home. The blue arrows represent homes where people have been baptized. And the yellow arrow (which you really can't see) shows where the church is. In a place where the general midset is orthodoxy, to see this many Bible studies taking place is a true witness to the power of our King!


That rush hour traffic consisted of various vehicles all over the road, multitudes of people "sprinting" across the street, and these horse drawn carriages not quite exceeding the speed limit.

Lunch was actually pretty awesome! We had some great sandwiches, yummy chips, the drink of our choice, and to finish it off....(dum dum dum dum dum ~ dessert theme music) CHOCOLATE!!!!

For all those that are praying, I just want to say a special thank you! Today I think we've had such an amazing prep day to get settled, have some fun, and get our feet under us! Tonight, we've been invited to go speak at the youth meeting at the church and to share what we're here for and how the students can help. Please continue to pray for our work here and that we stay hydrated and aware of our own physical fatigue. As a young & vibrant team, Troy has asked us to prayer walk every zone in Galati! A large task, but one that we are pumped to step up to! So again, thank you for all your prayer! Keep it up, we'll need it!

And to my Wifey: Know I love you, and am thinking about you! I hope you're having fun in Texas! I miss you and can't wait to see you! Talk to you later, baby! Love, Hubby!

4 comments:

Nancy said...

The wagons are carutza's. Troy can hook you up with a ride I'm sure. Sounds like you are off to a great start, keep up the Good Work! See God knows me and heat and I would have slowed down progress. What you are seeing is the product of much prayer and I can do that from here just as well. Look out next time though, there is a baby on the way and I have a date with it!

Polly said...

thanks for letting us know your prayer needs...we are praying!

Polly said...

i want to hold bogdon and paula's baby too!!!!! maybe we can go in the spring nancy!???

Nancy said...

I'm there! Just name it.