First of all, I have a confession…. I have tried to write
this blog multiple times over the past two months but for one reason or another
it kept not happening… Here is a brief rundown of how things have been:
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| Goodbye hugs during Celia's last chapel |
Celia headed back to the States after 3 months of ministry
at Project Ruth. She was actively involved in the chapel programs. And by “actively
involved” I mean taught the lesson each week and managed to captive the
attention of the older and younger students alike each week. Celia, also, did
what she does best: paint. Our class zero now has a mural of the four seasons
on what was just a huge boring wall, each classroom has room signs and
Providence Baptist Church has huge painted candles to use during the advent
season. In addition to being awesome with the kids and painting, Celia did
whatever else needed to be done which was a lot random stuff. I miss her
greatly….
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| My kitchen helper for New Year's Day lunch at our grandmother's | . |
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| This little guy's box is almost as big as he is! |
As an early Christmas present to me and a birthday gift to
my dad- my mother booked me a plane ticket using her air miles to be in
Virginia for my dad’s birthday and Christmas. This was a huge blessing! It is
fantastic to celebrate Christmas here in Bucharest with my brothers and sisters
in Christ and see the children with their Christmas parcels but nothing is the
same as Christmas breakfast with my parents and grandmother and then a huge
lunch at my grandparents’. The Ruth School children had a wonderful Christmas
and enjoyed celebrating with a large Christmas program during which each class
sang a Christmas carol and several students shared memorized Christmas
scripture.
Since arriving back in Bucharest, things have been settling
back into normal. The students are busy with a new semester. Our eighth graders
have a practice exam tomorrow which will simulate the exam they will take in
June which will determine their high school paths for them. Please remember
these students in your prayers as they continue to prepare for the exam which
could greatly affect their future academic careers. We, in the office, are busy preparing for
ministry teams that are coming this spring and summer to serve in various ways
at Project Ruth.
