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A family in need
Tuesday, 25 May 2010

Last week one of the families that we serve at the YWAM Day Center was evicted from the house where they have been staying illegally for many years. The mom with 5 children (the father is in jail for the next 7 years) refused the room that YWAM found for her and is now staying together with her sister and her 6 children in abandoned buildings moving as the owners kicked them out. We'll keep on trying to look for a place for them. Two of the children have been coming to the Day Center and we really hope they can attend the classes for the next 3 years so they won't lose this school year.

A family in need

A family in need

 
Thank you very much, Anita & Poul!
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Thank you Anita & Poul
 
US visa interview
Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Monday at 5:15 am we left to Bucharest. We arrive 3.5 hours later, find a parking lot near the embassy and we go to wait in line to get in the embassy. About 20 minutes later we get inside, go through the security check, give our papers and pasport, answer "why do you want to go to the States?" and "have you been there before?" and take a seat waiting to be called into another room to have our fingerprints taken.


US visa interview
30 minutes later we finish the fingerprints and wait in a short line to be called for the interview. About 10 minutes we hear our names called by officer number 3. Here come the many questions: why do you

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It's been 3 years
Wednesday, 05 May 2010

It's been 3 years

 It's been 3 years since we said "I do" :-) On one hand the time has gone by so quickly while on the other hand there are so many family memories already!
We are very grateful and excited for the way has blessed us as a family in missions! Alex is excited to use his giftings with computers, internet, books layout in missions and Alina loves working at the Day Center for needy children. Since we joined YWAM Constanta has poured his blessings over us by providing free housing, good friends and more.

It's been 3 years

 
Christ is risen!/Hristos a inviat!
Saturday, 10 April 2010

We celerated Easter twice this year. Once with the childran and the staff at the Day Center and once with our family in Bucharest :-) . We left Constanta last Saturday and 3 hours later we arrived in Bucharest where we spent Easter with family and friends. We eat delicious traditional food: cabbage rolls with ground beef and home-made cozonac (sponge cake with nuts and poppy seeds) One day together with some frends we went out of hte city for a picnic and we enjoyed visiting friends and cathcing up with them. Thursday we picked up 2 colleagues from the bus station and drove up to Timisoara (Alina's home city) where we'll attend a training seminar organized by YWAM Europe and the 50 years celebration of YWAM International.

 
Happy New Year 2010
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Happy New Year 2010
 
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Christmas gifts
Wednesday, 23 December 2009

The gifts are here! The gifts are here!  This is what two children said jumping and running around the room as soon as their mom opened the door and they saw the gifts in our arms! :-) It felt wonderful to deliver gifts to the children that come to the YWAM Day Center and to their brothers and sisters (around 50 children)! On a cold December day together with 2 Day Center staff Alina visited the children's homes to bring the gifts provided my Ecce Home organization. We are grafetul to those who worked hard to make this possible! Also their hearts were sad because for most of them these boxes are the only Christmas gifts they get this year.

Christmas gifts

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34 hours on the road for 5 excellent days on Adobe
Sunday, 04 October 2009

Alex was more than excited for  the chance to attend a 5 day seminar on programs like Indesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Even if it meant travelling for 17 hours by train, across the country one way.
Being part of a group of 25 people and having excellent speakers made this seminar a great learning enviroment!

Alex will use the new information he's learnt to edit future books for the YWAM Romania Publishing House and for other advertising materials for the ministry.Adobe Training

 Adobe Training

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Trading homes for vacation
Thursday, 03 September 2009
One day I watched a movie with two girls trading homes (was one from England and one from US) for vacation and I couldn't believe the idea itself :-)

Brasov 2009

A couple of weeks later Alex got an email from a friend from Brasov, a city in the Romanian mountains, asking if we wanted to trade homes. We were excited for the idea! That's how we spent the vacation in Brasov :-) After 8 hours on the train we arrived there in the morning and we started a journey of discovering this beautiful city. The mornings were put aside for sleeping and again sleeping and in the evenings we played Ticket to Ride for hours....

Brasov 2009

In between we visited the Hunters' Tower, the Rope's Street (one of the narrowest streets in Europe), the Zoo Park, the Rose Park. I very much enjoyed the visit at the Black Church and the beautiful organ concert. One day we admired the city from up the mountain after we went up with the funicular. Alex was very excited for the Avdventure Park where after we rented the equipment he tried as many level as he could (climbing, walking on rope, stepping on moving pieces of wood, etc).

Brasov 2009

We very much enjoyed our vacation had only one regret .....We wish the vacation were longer :-)

Brasov 2009

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YWAM Romania Publishing House
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
YWAM Constanta sells books on the internet and sometimes we go to our church, YWAM National conference...

YWAM Romania Publishing House

YWAM Romania Publishing House

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Kids Art
Saturday, 11 July 2009

Michelle from the States came to Constanta for 2 weeks and organized many creative activities for the children. They loved to paint, draw what they want to do when they grow up (chef, fire fighter, etc), diobracellets, make boxes, paint their names, take pictures and make photo albums …

In the last day the kids and the staff came to the YWAM Coffee House to have desert and to hear the kids talk about their paintings! THANK YOU SO MUCH MICHELLE for your generosity and for all your work!!!

Kids Art

 

Kids Art

 
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