Borumlaca Day 2 - Through Kristen's Eyes

So today, I went to the gypsy village, so here it is... through the eyes of me. =)

It was quite a bit bigger than what I expected, and man, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! I absoultely love the country, but this was way more beautiful than what I've ever seen...it just seemed more, I dunno, real or something because people LIVE there. There were chickens and geese running about everywhere, and of course horses and carriages (which is what they use to travel).

Yesterday, we did a skit in which Jon had to squirt hershey's syrup all over me, so you can probably imagine how sticky I was afterwards (oh, and it was pretty toasty out, which didn't help the ickiness I felt as it was drying on my skin!) One of the women there pitied me and invited me to wash off at her house...the little wet wipes just weren't doing the trick. I followed her, and she brought me to her simple, little shack-like house. That's another thing I love- life is just so simple there it seems. Maybe it's really not, but at least it's more slow-paced. Anyway, she led me to this huge bail of water and then she went inside...and well, I assumed I could just stick my hands in the bail and wash them, but when I saw the look on her face when she came back out w/a cup as I had half my body in it, scrubbin away, she looked quite alarmed...apparently, I was in their drinking water! WOOPS! I felt pretty bad, and pretty dumb too...but you live you learn, right? =)

So about the kids...I just loved them! They were so excited to see us and anticipated all that we had planned for them. Though I couldn't respond very well to most of what they were saying to me (I know so little Romanian), that didn't stop them from talking away and asking me questions...luckily, I had this guy Raymon w/me today, who translated everything for me. Today, we talked about the "helmet of salvation" and why we need it. Jon and Kelsey did the puppet show, and Raymon and I did the craft, which was a helmet. Both crafts, today's and yesterdays, and our snacks have been so simple, yet the kids just loved them and acted so excited to do/eat them! Maybe crayons and soda are kind of a treat for them I imagine.

I was thinking earlier about how little they have and how much God has blessed me back home...but then I thought, maybe THEY are the ones that are blessed! They don't have all the "stuff" that we have back home to distract them from what's important in life, ya know? I remember when I was here last year, I actually felt sorry for the teenagers living here in Marghita because it seemed that there was so little to do...I mean, they mostly hung out and talked it appeared to me...but isn't that so much better than "doing doing doing" all the time? It just seems that friends "do" a lot of things together back home more than we talk, like really really talk, ya know? Okay, so I could go on and on about this, but I won't. =)

Anway, today was GREAT. We "booed" to satan and his tactics to take over our mind and lead us to making bad decisions (hence why we need the helmet of salvation...we decided not to go too deep with them for many reasons)...and we enthusiastically screamed the name of "Isus", which is Jesus! I'm excited about going back tomorrow...we're doing the "shield of faith."

Okay, so now that I took of 8 hours of your life as you read this...=)
That's it for now... Jesus is AWESOME!!! Praise be to God!!!

Kristen