Summer Fun!

Whew! Another summer of ministry is in the books! It was a great summer with lots of fun, laughter, and work! We had two teams here. The first was a small team with our previous staff Jenny, 3 of her nieces and nephew, and a couple of other guests. We had two rounds of VBS day camps with them with children and youth from the Bucharest area. We also had a fun time showing Jenny's family parts of Romania and doing some fun activites with Jenny's family from the US and Jenny's family from Romania. It is always an amazing time when people from different worlds meet.

This time was followed by a large team of 24 people from EFCC Church from Escondito. This was the second year that this youth group has brought a team of youth plus their sponsors to help us run summer camps. We spent two weeks at the Boys Transition House and had kids from the Rosiori and Alexandria orphanages. It was an amazing time!

The Theme of camp was Standing through the Fire and we were transported to Babalonia to study the life of Daniel.

As Director my job requires that I wear a lot of hats. I fill in wherever needed and take care of problems that arise. This summer I was in charge of the meals. I had lots of helpers which was great because we had lots of mouths to feed!

It wouldn't be summer ministry without a vehicle breaking down!

We also had a fractured wrist that required a trip to the emergency room and lots of follow up appointments!

The newly renovated pool was a huge success and was enjoyed by kids and volunteers since this was the hottest summer on record for Romania!

We are so blessed to have been part of this amazing summer and so Thankful to God and all of our faithful supporters for helping to make it happen!

A Full Life

Hello Everyone! Its been a little while since I've written an update. Hopefully you're connected into my facebook or Instagram and have been seeing pictures and updates of a very busy past couple of months. With so many kids and graduates that make up the H2H family I feel as if I've become an event planner! I'm either planning an event, having an event, or cleaning up from one and sometimes all three at the same time!! I love the fullness of life and am so deeply grateful that God has placed me in Romania with these kids and young adults. It is a priviledge to live life with them! Thank you for all that you do to help make that happen! Here are some of the hightlights! Ruthie turned 13! I can't believe that she's a teenager, but am so proud of the young woman that she is becomming!

We hosted a fall party at the Nenciulesti house for the Rosiori teens. All the fall favorites were present: Apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, plus dressing up in funny costumes!

The 25th annual H2H Thanksgiving feast was celebrated. We had about 50 people here and enjoyed all the great food, but also had a very special time observing what we have to be thanksful for and to Whom we give thanks!

In between events, we had our "normal" schedules: going into the different ministry locations and teaching lessons. We are focusing on different character traits and also teaching cooking lessons!

We were blessed to have Cassie intern with us for 6 months. She did an amazing job and was a great addtion to our staff. It was had to say goodbye, but our prayer is that it was just a see you soon!

The first snow of the season, the Bucharest Christmas market, and decorating for Christmas!

I am one of the teachers in the kids program at our church and we had a very special kids program that everyone worked really hard on!

We were able to host Christmas parties and hand out around 400 gifts.

We had Christmas and New Years gatherings at the team house, where I live. A revolving door of people and fun.

I will be in the US during the next month. I'll be in California for a week and then be based in Kansas with several other small trips planned. I'm excited for this coming year and seeing what God has in store! I hope I'll see many of you over the next few weeks to personally wish you a Happy New Year and heartful thanks for partnering with me in this full life! In Him! Jen