From the rising of the sun...Most

...to the going down of the same. The name of the Lord is to be praised. Praise ye, the Lord!
Praise ye, the Lord!

Caleb is having rest time on his bed right now and that is what he is singing. I am constantly in awe of how Jesus speaks to Him, uses Him and grows Himself in him.

It's a beautiful, fairly warm and sunny day here in Marghita. Today is Friday - that means market day. The streets crowd themselves with a mixture of horse-drawn wagons, Communism era Dacias and newly imported European cars. It's an interesting mix for sure.

My goal for market day today? Yes, there's usually a goal for me when I head to that insanely crowded outdoor market each Friday. Today. Strawberries.

See, here in Marghita, we get strawberries only 1X/year when they are in season. You can't get them otherwise. So for about 2-3 weeks now we'll all eat strawberries as if our lives depended on them. I'm not joking when I say that Caleb and I downed almost 2 Kilos just for breakfast this morning. They are so good. And today, I wanted the best strawberries for the cheapest price.

The strawberry sellers are a little sneaky here. They'll show up early and sell at 7 RON/Kilo and then 3 hours later go down to 4 RON/Kilo. Usually early bird gets the worm but here it's a little opposite. They just trick you into thinking you got the worm. I know, I know - very tricky!

Because of a meeting I had this morning I actually couldn't get to the market until almost Noon. I started asking the strawberry vendors "Capsunii - cat dati?" Strawberries, how much are you giving them for? Most of the vendors said 4 RON/Kilo. Then, then I found the 3.5 RON/Kilo vendors.

SUCCESS! Then it was decision time. Which 3.5RON/Kilo vendor has the best strawberries?
I walked from one to the other a couple of times before deciding on the guy who had the least dirt all over his. I picked up 4 Kilos. I dropped 2 Kilos off at Casa Alba for the kids to eat as snack this afternoon and took 2 Kilos home for Caleb and myself.
I've been buying strawberries for the kids at Casa Alba each day this week now. I have no idea why the staff aren't buying them for the kids - hello, 3.5RON/Kilo!! (It's 2.4 RON to $1 ).
So I've taken matters into my own hands concerning the kids and strawberries and have just been buying for them. A lot easier than going through all of the 'powers above' to get money to buy them out of the Casa Alba budget.

Mihai had a hard time today...they got out of school early so he was outside playing. Another boy was bothering him and wouldn't stop so Mihai pulled out every swear word he knew.
Yup, that means he was in trouble. I asked him if I could sit next to him (his punishment was to sit at a picnic table and not be able to play) and we talked some. We talked through what happened, why it happened and how he could choose better next time. Then we talked a lot about how his heart was feeling. It didn't feel good, he said. We prayed and asked Jesus to clean his heart up from the swear words and to make him feel better. Then, he decided he was strong enough to go and apologize! I was pretty proud of him!