Archita Video

Here is some video from Archita...

archita

Today we went into Archita and worked with the Roma (gypsy) kids. 75 kids came today! I can't even explain the love we already have for these precious children. In some ways they are similar to American kids, and in many ways, I like them alot better. They are energetic, but great at listening to adults and doing what is asked of them. They LOVE to sing. Many of them have so much responsibility because they have kids of their own. Most of them have tattered dirty clothes. They have no access to medicine if they get sick and there is no doctor in the entire village.

I met a 14 year old girl today who had 3 kids of her own. THREE! Most of the gypsy kids' parents marry them off by the time they are 12 or 13. And you all thought we got married young ;)

A monster storm came through shortly after we got there, and so we were all trapped inside with them. Water was coming in the windows and the light flickered several times.

They taught us some songs in Romanian, and they sang about Jesus at the top of their lungs. They were so excited to sing, music is a huge part of their culture here.

village of Archita

These girls were little camera hogs! I have almost learned how to say "please take my picture" in Romanian, because they all ran up to me saying it so many times!

Finally at the Hotel!

Our Broken Van

longest travel day

We're in Sighisoara (pronounced Shig-ee-swar-a)

We got in at 4:00 a.m. last night after nearly 44 hours straight of travel. Nathan is uploading video now of the adventure.

Today we're surprisingly awake and happy, for being so messed up with our schedules.
Last night was like something out of a horror movie. Our van broke down in a seedy area of town, right outside a place called "Hotel Draguila". We all of course assumed that was Romanian for Dracula. We later found out it was a rough translation of something like "love shack". So we were stranded on the side of the road for about 7 hours. Nathan and I actually got split up about 5 hours into it they decided to pile all the girls into the one working van and drive the rest of the 2 hour drive to our hotel.

Nathan is probably preaching on Sunday, and I just found out we will be ministering to women on Monday while the men teach a seminary course. Women's ministry with a Romanian twist.