Viaţă în România --------- Life in Romania

some happy, sad, funny, frustrating, incredible, discouraging, wow, joyful and "what the heck is going on?" moments from the lives of kelsey (mama) and caleb (son) serving Jesus in romania. TOATE SUNT POSSIBLE CU ISUS! (all things are possible with Jesus!)

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter!


My camera battery died in the middle of me trying to take a nice picture of Caleb and I for Easter. So, you're left with the one from the park the other day instead : )
Romanians don't celebrate Easter for another few weeks; they follow the Orthodox calendar. But, Hungarians did celebrate today. Which, meant, that my neighbor stood at her window watching for my car to pull into the parking area in front of our apartment so that she could serve Easter dinner to Caleb and I. I was a bit confused because we had confirmed that this would happen tomorrow, not today. So, when I went to drop off the bouquet of flowers I had bought for her she opened the door and said "You're right on time! Come on in, the dinner is ready!"
I ended up missing my team's Easter celebration because of the unexpected dinner but I really felt that God wanted me with her and her husband today. I just wish I hadn't been confused about the day because I had eaten a lunch of pasta salad in the car on the way home from church, and Caleb and ham and cheese sandwich. Then, spread in front of me were 4 different kinds of ham, 2 types of roasted lamb, chicken snitzel, homemade crackers, goulash soup with lamb, meatballs, spicy hot dogs, bread, cabbage rolls...the list could keep going. I tried to stop eating at least 4 different times and she was so offended that I finally stopped trying to eat. Instead, I began praying (and no, I'm not joking) that God would somehow help me eat all that she wanted me to without throwing up. My stomach still hurts now...and we ate some hours ago.
Ha!
It was wonderful though to be taken into their home and be shown such incredible hospitality.
I prayed for a year for an open door in this building and they were the ones who responded after a year of praying. I will not complain about my stomach - I will praise God for what He did during that meal today!
Happy Easter all!