Summer 2021 Begins!

We were able to start summer minstry on June 28th. This year we are doing day camps, or a VBS type program, at most of our ministry locations. Our first group was at a boys center that has boys with diverse special needs about 2.5 hours from Bucuresti. We had a great time with them! They enjoyed the activities and games, but the number one question that we heard was "what are we going to eat?!" I led the craft time and did the snack and meal prep with a few helpers. Since we are unuable to have teams of volunteers come in this year from countries outside of Romania we enlisted the help of some of the more active youth in one of our youth groups in the area (youth from a different orphanage). It was one of the highlights of my week watching them step up and help lead. It was very hot, so the water games were also a big hit!

One of the boys, Marius, deciding that my name, Jen, was too close to the Romania word "gem" that means jam. He affectionately called me Gem all week!