Sorry for the delay in updates--this is the first time I've been able to get to good internet since I've been in Romania. We've been here since Tuesday, settling in, meeting people, getting to know our little village, and gearing up for ministry.

My team is staying with an older couple named Luis and Gina. We already love them so much! Gina has been taking good care of us with wonderful food and helping us figure out showering and all that good stuff, and Luis is a great papa. He's already taught us 2 hymns in Romanian, that we sang at church on Saturday night. I think everyone was pretty impressed with that. Our house has no running water, but we do have electricity! It's been an adventure so far with bucket showers and our outhouse.  We're loving life.

As far as ministry goes, we have this week pretty well planned out. We're going to do sports camp/VBS for the kids in the village a few days, and then one day we're going to do a soccer tournament for the men, while holding a "spa day" for the women. We hope to wash hair and paint nails. We want to show love in any way that we can. The kids go back to school next week, so we'll get a chance to be in the schools to do English classes and maybe some other stuff. We've been walking around the village talking to people and praying for people. We have Bible study every night, so we've been getting up and sharing testimonies, singing songs, and the boys have been preaching. I will try to get a blog posted, but internet is scarce! 

Thanks for your continued prayers. One big request is for our translator, Roxy. Her husband forbade her from associating with us, so that means we are now translator-less. The other team in the village has a translator, but it's alot of work for just one person. Please pray that Roxy would be able to translate for us, because it's kind of tough at the moment! We also want to be able to minister to her, as she has told us that she believes in God, but she's not a Christian. We want to spend time with her and allow God to use that in her life!

To close out the blog, I'm posting a video that Hope and I made our last day in Ireland. I hope you enjoy it!