Thursday, August 11, 2011

The Wedding!

Fanel and Andreea were married on August 6th. Fanel is a graduate from our Boys Transition House. He has been living independently working and living in Bucuresti since then. I'm very proud of him and think that Andreea is a wonderful match for him!In Romania there are usually two ceremonies. The first is a civil ceremony that takes place at the mayor's house. Usually the bride and groom each have a member from their family stand up with them as witnesses. I was honored when Fanel asked me to stand up with him.
At the civil ceremony.
The traditional flower exit after the ceremony.

Jenny, Kirsteen and I with the happy couple!

The Wedding Day! Staff before the wedding.

Making sure he looks perfect!

Ruthie, in her wedding finery!

A Romanian ceremony is usually long. This one was 2 hours. So the bride and groom sit down!

The Heart to Heart Staff with the couple at the reception.

Monday, August 1, 2011

So Much Summer Fun


The end of June and the month of July were super summer fun. We had a tenderfoot team, Day Camps with kids from 6 orphanages, 4 girls camps, 4 boys camps, a music camp, and a boys backpacking trip. It is impossible to show you everything from the summer, but I wanted to show you some of my favorite moments!The July TF brought a parachutte. It was fun, and.....

It doubled as a superman camp. Once one of the kids figured this out, I had to give them a time limit so they all got turns to be a super hero!

I got alot of hug time!

The boys camp did some kayaking on a local river.

Peris got a new playground! The kids were thrilled and so were we because it took the place of the large trash heap. A much prettier use of space!

You never know what kids are going to copy you doing. My "assistant" helping me teach a lesson!

No, I didn't make them cry. We are doing a taste test. Our theme was God's Amazing Creation--You! We talked about the 5 senses. I taught about the sense of taste. I had different things for them to taste and identify. Their faces were priceless!


The 5 sense self-portrait.
Sabrina was our youngest team member this summer at 11. As you can see she did great and made some great friends!

The final summer team. We had a great summer full of teams. We needed each of you to make it work! Thanks!