Hi, This is Chris (Catag) and now on to blog (write) about a whole day of activities.
What a day! And what a way to spend the day of our Lord! Just so you know, the team is very busy making Nutella sandwiches and preparing lanyards (sp?) for the activities of tomorrow.
Activities of the Day:
We started out with a wonderful breakfast served by our hosts, Victor and his family. We then hopped on the bus with Big Serge and made our way to Calarasi, a small town 1.5 hours from Chisnau, where Dorel & Olga pastor a church. It's a small church but we joined the Moldovans in a wonderful service of singing, a sermon by Jeff and Communion. The experience was wonderful and the idea of spending Sunday worship with people from a small town 1/2 the way around the world seems unreal.
They were kind hosts, sang with us and eagerly shook our hands. I should add that with the first hymn they sang of their blessings from Christ, something we all took notice of. Also interesting to note that Jana sat next to a Moldovan lady who led prayers and sang with a deep voice. She was obviously a leader in this small town church and she shared her hymnal with Jana...text in Romanian, but it didn't matter. They both sang and enjoyed the fellowship, then said goodbye with hug. We may not speak the same language, but communicated in worshiping Christ.
We headed back to Chisnau, enjoyed a pizza lunch together and walked to an art-park of sorts. I think we all enjoyed walking part of the city and in case you are wondering, Moldovan currency is called the lei, trading at 9.5 to $1. There were a number of paintings for sale along the sidewalks as wells as other curious pieces of art.
Straseni team made its way to the orphanage and we checked things out as well as dropped our supplies. The Lord is leading us along an unknown path as we found children playing nearby, and there is no certain idea about how many kids will be awaiting us tomorrow. No matter, our faith will have us ready for any and all comers and we look forward to meeting these kids and working with them.
So, we've gathered this late evening after some devotional time with all of the teams: Construction, Internat & Straseni. We are praying for each other and asking for all sorts of things, such as strength, spirit, logistics, safety, accuracy, courage, charisma, time management and bonding with our translators. Please think of us and consider these items in your prayers.
Finally, the theme of the day is Building the Legacy! The transitional living team met with 20 girls today and found friends with ambitions and dreams. These girls want the opportunity to learn, grow and build confidence in their abilities. As they grow into adults and have had the opportunity to be part of our programs in past years, we now pray that God watches them and transitional living affords them the opportunity to learn and grow. It is wonderful thing to see their hopes and dreams and we know God is with them.
Time to sign off; more to come and may God bless us all. We have already witnessed abundant evidence of that.
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Hello Moldova Teams! We are praying over you guys every day - collectively for the team, and individually. Glad to know you made it safely and that your first day was already productive. Jeff preaching halfway around the world had to be a treat! I am sure his Romanian is way better than mine, but I know the message wasn't in the words so much as the emotion of the day. We'll be praying hard while you are away and have your list of requests nearby to insure we cover you well. We missed you in church this morning, but there was a lot of buzz about you and your trip. Parents were comparing notes and adding up one full story from the student team! God Bless all of you and do great work.
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