Another favorite day of mine is Sunday and it was definitely an interesting day. The Faber’s, Cami and I went to the church that we have been normally going to while Renee, McKenna, Pratt and a whole bunch of others went to another church. That church was having four baptisms!!!! So they had an outside service and had four baptisms that day.
At our church we had the Associate Minister (Adii) preach and even though the sermon wasn’t as touching to me, I know that I really did appreciate him because of honest he was. He didn’t mind being truthful and sharing his downfalls and even using them as an illustration for us to learn from. He was/is even thankful that there are people in his life that are there and can rebuke him in love and just want to see him strive more and more after Christ.
Also at church I sat next to a really nice girl named Alexandra and she knew that I couldn’t speak Romanian so when Romanian verses came on the screen as well as the songs, she would pronounce all of it for me so I could learn. She was extremely sweet and I definitely appreciated her help. Reading here is much easier then it is actually learning the language because it is a phonetic language so all of the letters make a sound.
After church we went to McDonald’s like usual and when we left they gave us balloons. Cami mentioned how this McDonald’s really likes them because they are there almost every Sunday. The balloons went on these sticks and we gave the kids balloons but decided to keep the sticks and we are going to use them for an activity at camp like a relay or something as such.
On our way back from the orphanage we dropped the Faber’s off and wanted them to take a while to rest. Although this is what we wanted them to do, they stayed at their hotel for about 20 minutes and then walked about three minutes to the Mather’s apartment. When they were there they couldn’t really decide on what they wanted to do so we all talked for a bit and then McKenna and I decided to watch “A Series of Unfortunate Events” with them there.
When we were talking with the Faber’s they mentioned their favorite part of church. It was being able to sit next to the kids for part of the service, because they left for Sunday school after a bit, and also being able to pray with a few of them in a circle. Janice said that even though she couldn’t understand their prayers, it was still like a child’s prayer and you just can tell parts of what they mean.
I was really glad to hear that they had such a good time with the kids at church and later that night they went and saw a movie with some of the older girls from the orphanage. And as another surprise, part of their luggage had come in I was so glad that everyone was having such a good time and learning so much.
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