Whew! There's a lot to talk about the last two months!
Part of the month of September found me in the US. I had a week of vacation time, in which my friend Val and I visited part of New England. Then I spent some time in Kansas for my younger brother's wedding.
When I returned to Romania I hit the ground running. Fall programming was beginning and there are always many, many details to work out with the staff and coordinate with the orphanages directors and bosses. I always feel like the fall is a bit of a waiting game. The orphanages don't know what they are doing, so we have to wait for them to get their programs into place, while at the same time trying to guess what we'll be able to do, so that the second we get the go ahead we can get started. Fortunately I have a good staff and we are seasoned in being FAT (Flexible, adaptable, and Teachable)!
The beginning of October we also began this year's Transition Group. We have two boys, Dragosi and George in the Boys House, and twos girls, Tatiana and Angi in the Girls' Apt. We had to rent a new apartment and get it set up for this group.
Ruthie turned 8! We had a small gathering at the mall for pizza and bowling. She's growing up too fast!
Jim and Jodi were also here for a visit. They visited ministry locations plus we had a two day staff training time together.
A few other fun shots of the past Two months:
When I returned to Romania I hit the ground running. Fall programming was beginning and there are always many, many details to work out with the staff and coordinate with the orphanages directors and bosses. I always feel like the fall is a bit of a waiting game. The orphanages don't know what they are doing, so we have to wait for them to get their programs into place, while at the same time trying to guess what we'll be able to do, so that the second we get the go ahead we can get started. Fortunately I have a good staff and we are seasoned in being FAT (Flexible, adaptable, and Teachable)!
The beginning of October we also began this year's Transition Group. We have two boys, Dragosi and George in the Boys House, and twos girls, Tatiana and Angi in the Girls' Apt. We had to rent a new apartment and get it set up for this group.
Ruthie turned 8! We had a small gathering at the mall for pizza and bowling. She's growing up too fast!
Jim and Jodi were also here for a visit. They visited ministry locations plus we had a two day staff training time together.
A few other fun shots of the past Two months:
