Emily!

 When I first moved to Romania in 1999 Emily came around the same time.  We were so vastly different, Emily a super sweet, emotionally sensitive, touchy feelly girl, and me a logically driven, tomboy.  God must have laughed when he put us in the same apartment together!  But over the 3 years that we both served in Romania, we became very close.  The kind of closeness that only comes from  being alone in a foreign country and walking through some very difficult times together.  In June, Emily came back for her first visit in over 5 years.  So many things have changed in Romania, in H2H and not to mention Emily is now married with 3 small boys, but in most ways it felt like we hadn't been apart! 

We had one special evening in which some of the original staff and some of the kids we worked with at the time that are now adults went to coffee together.  Great memories!

 Emily introduced her family to the orphanages.

 It was fun to see them make their own connections to the orphans here.  Samuel and Marian became good friends!