walking next to you...

It is now Friday and we will be leaving for the airport tomorrow morning at 5 am. I can't believe our three weeks here have gone by so quickly and that in just a few hours we will be sitting on a plane that will be heading to the States.  his past week has been great. Monday we experienced something special her in Bucharest... the Hard Rock Cafe. It was a really great time getting to see the Family that went up to camp with us before they left. And the place was amazing! On Tuesday we were able to go back to the same orphanage we have been going to. The kids were so excited to see us and we were excited to see them as well! We made beaded bracelets that day and that was an adventure but in the end, they all had neat bracelets to call their own. The boys told the story of Jonah and the big fish and believe it or not, they actually acted the story out... it was wonderful!

After the orphanage, we went to the lake. When we got there we were greeting by bathing gypsies and seriously it was the funniest thing. We all looked into the water and saw that it looked terribly green... very green. Shareen, Jeni, and Dave did what the rest of us decided not to do... they went in! And had a really
great time... and no, they did not get sick:) This same day Michelle discovered that maybe what I have been saying all along had some truth to it. I told her she had an accent, perhaps an Arkansas one and well,
she found her accent:) We had dinner at Noemi and Scott's house that night and it was a really wonderful treat... they are the couple that helped us get into the orphanage because that is their ministry here. Wednesday we all woke up bright and early for a day of travels. We left at around 7:30 and went to Pelis, Sinaia, and Brasov. We went to castles and to a fortress and took ultra amazing photos with the CBU
banner:) We got home at around 1:30 in the am so it did not take long for us to enter dream land:)
Yesterday, we went to the orphanage for the last time. We made photo frames with the kids, had snacks, and spent the rest of our time there  playing and chatting with them. It was a difficult day for us because
we have been able to built relationships with the kids and to have to leave and say goodbye was not necessarily the easiest thing. Ashley and I were able to meet this really neat girl. Her name in Ana and she
is 15 years old. She has the one of the most beautiful spirits. Saying goodbye to her was a difficult task for both of us. We loved on her the best we were able and she received it with all her might. She said
she would write letters and I told her I would be waiting:) I don't think Ashley and I will ever forget her. This is only one example of the relationships we were able to build in the orphanage. We went to a
Bible Study last night and Freda and Floyd's house... they are two of  the greatest people I have ever known... I met them a few years ago and I was looking forward to getting to spend time with them this
year. Anywho, the study was amazing. We sand songs, listened to  testimonies, Alyssa, Aura, and Dave shared, and prayed. We even met a man from Norway, Inge is his name, who cam to Romania a couple years ago and has been serving in an orphanage since! How amazing is our God and how he moves in the hearts of His people.

Today we will be playing the clean up game for most of the day and packing, of course. We are going to have dinner with all those we met during our time her and old friends as well and I know it will be
delightful. We will probably go to bed at a decent hour considering we will be waking up at 5 and from there, everything will probably go one million miles per hour! We have had a beautiful experience here and will remember it always but we are looking forward to seeing all your faces:)