What's up Party People! This isn't a phrase I would normally choose but for some reason the Livada staff (our bosses) really enjoy saying it haha.
Today was the second day of WEEK 2.
Someone mentioned that the 4th of July is this week and I couldn’t
believe it. July? Already? Time is flying by.
This
week I have a group of 8-9 year old kids! They are super cute but also huge
stinkers. We are the Albastru (Blue) team. Last week all
of the kids who came to camp were teenagers but this week we have kids as young
as 7 and as old as 14-15. The overall feel of camp is very different because
they are SO excited to be there. No “too cool for school” business is going on
this week. The American team that is helping out this week is from Allen Bible
church-hooray for fellow Texans! This is Bruce’s (The Livada founder) home
church.
Last
Friday we were able to end week 1 of camp with a day trip to Vetca. I explained
in a previous blog that Vetca is a village where Livada owns some land. It is
about an hour away from where we are staying. At Vetca we took the kids on a
“treasure hunt”. There are several stations where each group must go and
complete a certain task. They are then given a clue that leads them to the next
station. The treasure hunt is really just a means of wearing the kids out haha.
They run and run and run. At the end of the day we gather with our groups, give
them “gift-bags” and pray for them.
It
was a challenging week because the kids at camp were older. They were less
willing to open up about their lives and they didn’t have as high of respect
for authority. I can’t blame them though. If I were in their shoes I would
probably act the same if not worse. Despite the challenges of working with that
age group, it was a great weak! In retrospect I can only pray that the Lord
stirs in their hearts and that if they remember nothing else, they remember
that someone loved them...even if it was only for one week out of the whole
year.
My
weekend was VERY restful! I had a chance to call and catch up with family and
several friends, which was refreshing. Friday night a group of interns went
into town for dinner and desert. It was nice to relax and spend time with
community. That same night, when we were all hanging out at the house, we had a little visitor. I guess someone left the front door open because we found this little guy hanging out on the stairs! Our neighborhood is never lacking in stray dogs.
I thought he was sick or going to die or something because even after we bribed him with food he WOULD NOT MOVE. After a while I guess he just got tired of taunting us and sauntered out of the house.
(Weekend fun with the interns)
Saturday I was able to visit the Ludus baby hospital again! Ahh I
love those babies. It was good to see them and play with them. The best thing
about this particular visit is that several of the LOC kids came with us. Each
Saturday we will be doing service projects with them-this was the first. It was
encouraging to see the LOC kids love on babies and toddlers who will probably
grow up to have stories similar to their own. It was a cool thing to witness.
(Daniela, a LOC kid, holding Pia)
(Sergiu, a LOC kid, holding Ramos)
(Janos, an older LOC boy, holding Tanya)
AHH so cute.
I
have been thinking a lot lately about the sovereignty of God and how important it
is to trust him, even with things that I don’t understand. To know the God of
the Universe is something so sweet. It is a simple joy to know that I am his.
Daniel put it perfectly when he said,
“Praise be to the name of God for
ever and ever; wisdom and power are his; He changes times and seasons; he sets
up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the
discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things’ he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him" Daniel
2:20-22
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