Comedy of Errors

I have made it through several great adventures since I blogged last. Before I go into depth let me give you a summary. I can now say that I have been chased by a flock of sheep, attended a Medieval Festival, been stranded in an elevator that was built during communism, and have been lost in a city that's an hour away from where we live. Oh, and all of this happened in a 24 hour time period.


The madness all started with a simple picnic. Saturday afternoon a group of interns went on a walk with the LOC kids to a nearby forested area. We brought card games, snacks, frisbees, soccer balls, drinks, and blankets. After about an hour or so of thorough enjoyment, the card game I happened to be in the middle of was interrupted by a mix of barking, growling, and yelling. I looked up and saw a few dogs charging at us from the top of the hill(the forest was at the top of a hill). My first reaction was to run to the nearest tree and escape the imminent death, I thought, I would face from wild dogs. Then I heard someone yell-SHEEEEEEP!! Lo and behold, a herd of sheep (That would explain the sheep dogs), came running towards us. In a combination of panic and hilarity we quickly grabbed all of our belongings and ran the other direction. The sheep just kept coming! we had to hurry the whole way down the hill. Did that really just happen? I couldn't stop laughing. I can now relate to Simba when he was in the middle of the stampede in the canyon..Well, kind of. Anyways, it definitely was not the ending I had pictured for our lovely afternoon picnic.




My second adventure was attending the Medieval Festival in Sighisoara. A group of us wanted to go but we had no idea how to get there since it wasn't a planned event for us to attend. (Transportation is usually included when we have official plans). After being denied at the first bus station, yes I actually mean denied, we had to walk about half a mile to a different bus station. We then waited an hour and a half for the bus to come. Eventually we made it to the festival! It was incredible. There were people walking the streets in costumes, vendors were set up everywhere, and the FOOD was delicious. It was a great day of shopping and community with friends. A kink in our great day came when we had to get home. How do we find the bus station in an unfamiliar city with inhabitants who don't speak English? After searching, and walking, long and hard we found the bus station! JOY JOY JOY! We were not stranded in Sighisoara.


Pictures from our trip:

After making it back home we went to dinner at Rebecca (Bex) Rasmussen's apartment. She is from the U.S. and is one of Livada's full time missionaries. Every Sunday night the interns go to her house for fellowship and dinner. Since it had been a long day a few of us decided to head home early. The apartment where Bex lives is old as all get out. None of us use the elevator because it is so sketchy..as in probably built DECADES ago during communism. The door of it opens and closes manually. Since our legs were so tired, the 4 of us decided to suck it up and try the elevator. 30 seconds later, and 7 floors above ground, we were stuck. I have never experienced panic like that before! If it had been any other elevator I would have been A-OK, but it was THAT elevator. We yelled and yelled for about 10 minutes to see if anyone would hear us but eventually we had to call Bex using one of our phones ($$).  She had to call a guy to come and open the elevator shaft door and pull us out. It was definitely an experience like no other. Never ride in sketchy elevators!-Lesson learned.

In a fix..

(The ceiling)

As you can tell, there is never a dull moment here. I have been blessed beyond measure by the experiences, both good and bad, that I have had. This week the LOC kids are at camp along with children from another (state) group home. I am on the Alb (White) team. The American group that is here this week is a high school from Florida. It's the "youngest" team we've had this far but their energy is contagious, and very needed!


PRAYER requests for the week:
*Pray for the kids on my team. Pray that they would hear the gospel in a fresh and new way and that they would not be proud.
*Pray that the interns would feel rejuvenated and energized 
*Pray that we would have selfless attitudes. It's easy to have an attitude of entitlement since we've been here for so long.
*Pray for the babies at the hospital who are not getting loved on. Pray that the Lord's presence is with them.
*Pray for the American team members (high school students) who don't know the Lord, there are several.