Being about His Love

and He said to them, 'Why did you seek me? Did you knot know that I must be about my Father's business?" Luke 2:49

Other loves are like a summer flower

They blossom for awhile, then they are not there

But His love lingers as the ages roll on

His love continues long after the others are gone

Upon arriving in Oradea, there was so much to see and do. Lots to figure out and get situated. As a team we explored the city together. Even just simple explorations brought us closer in relationship with people, allowing us to shine love and light wherever we go... 

                        This is the view of our backyard from my window. God blessed us with such a beautiful place to stay! And our neighbors are great too, although we can hardly talk, we still attempt to have conversations. 

I already have spotted out a few coffee and tea shops that I like the best. Number one is Kakoon. Namely because of the owner, Adrina, she is so open. Her heart is prepared soil. Whenever we go into that part of town, we stop by her shop and give her a call. She comes almost every time to chat. I know God has a beautiful plan for His redemption to be experienced.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Here is our first day doing yard work! This is us plowing ground.  Every friday we attend to our yard. Today we dug up a huge square to start our garden! Yum veggies!

This is my romanian VW!!                                                        Isn't the paint the coolest?! It's actually ours, but anyways, we bought this car from Norbi and Mihaela. A very sweet couple who we get to see quite often. Mihae is our language teacher; we just started this week. I feel like I've learned so much already. Also, buying their car gave them the money to fix their roof. It's amazing how perfectly God plans things out!             

                                                                                                                                                                      The Opel, our second ministry car. We bought it from Dani, a guy Impact worked with last year, who recently moved State-side.  Thankfully we were able to purchase cars from friends, saving us and them a lot of hassle.      

                                                                                                   Prayer walks have become habitual, even if that just means in the fields surrounding our house. God has definitely been putting me in awe of the landscape and nature in a whole new way.  I also love walking around the city, seeking to Holy Spirit to lead our prayers for the people and places we are around. 

                                              

And then there is Sabolciu [pronounced sub-olch]

Sabolchiu is the name of the gypsy village we    spend most of our time at. The children are cute and crazy, usually at the same time. The parents can be very aggressive towards them, raising them in confusion and bad habits. You can't blame them, that's how they were taught. Even in the midst of all the darkness that lingers here, I know God is faithful. His power is mightier than the grip that Satan has on the hearts here. Nothing is hopeless, and I get conformation as I look in their eyes, behind all the pain and suffering, there is a master plan. A plan that God is working in them now, and has been working for generations. Our team is still in prayer on our roles here and how we can have the most impact. We go on Sundays and run a small church service for the village. We will be starting up a children's program for during the service s well. Pray that God grants us wisdom and patience as we begin and throughout the process.  Also please pray our Romanian lessons have divine help, and we take to the language supernaturally so we can further relationships. "To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified." Isaiah 61:3