Its been quite awhile since we've updated our blog and we are really sorry. However, we are having a blast here seeing God's work be done through others and even ourselves. We don't want to bore you with all the details of this past month, but we will update you on the major events.
Mainly we have been continuing with the same schedule that we filled you in on on last post. As some of you know we were able to skype Jalene's church quite awhile ago. It was awesome to be able to talk and see everyone. We hope we helped answer any questions that you may have had about what we are doing here. Since then, we went on a bit of an excursion with a few people here. We were able to see a bit more of Romania and realized just how different some of the country is from Timisoara. Dawn took both of us and another missionary couple that is living here in Timisoara, Cal and Karen. We were able to see a few of the castles, and yes, even Dracula's castle. But sorry to disappoint, it really has nothing to do with Dracula We were also able to go into a part of the mountains where there was still snow. It is amazingly beautiful up there. We had a great weekend exploring parts of Romania, but when we got home on Sunday we were ready to go back to our regular schedule.
A few days later we helped a girl we know write her testimony in english. It was a perfect example of how God works in everyones life differently and how he always provides for us even when we are young and have heard nothing about God.
Working at the refugee camp has been going really well. We love teaching them english and we love how enthusiastic they always are. A couple weeks ago, we were fortunate to learn some arabic!
Ana Omery Tamal Tesh Sunna
That means "I am 18 years old".
The last weekend in May we got together with a couple of Peace Corp workers. The original plan was to have us go to the refugee center and play games and have english lessons with the refugees because they can't go out of the centre. Things didn't go quite as planned. It's kind of a funny story, but what happened was the lady who was supposed to get us security clearance went on vacation with out doing so. The refugees, who we thought weren't able to leave the center, were able to meet us at another building. But again, instead of having the 200 refugees we had planned for, we had 10 kids the first day with 9 volunteers. On the second day, there were 10 adults, to again, 9 volunteers. It still worked out though! The kids and volunteers had a lot of fun playing games at the park. While the adults had a great time learning lots of english the second day! We learned that God can sometimes have completely different plans but things always end up working out better with His plan.
Having this be our last week here we are very busy as we prepare to say good bye to all the amazing people we have met. Please continue to pray for us as this is going to be a tough week! Please also pray for safe travels to Ireland and then back home.
Thank you so much for all of your support!! We could never have had this awesome experience without you!!!!
See you soon!
Jalene Nydam
Erin Muller
