Romania

Very soon I will go back to where it all started. It’s hard to believe that a little more than five years ago, I embarked on a journey that would dramatically change my life and the world as I knew it. It was here I experienced Christ in a way I hadn’t ever before. It was here the Lord met me where I was and gave me a second touch as if I were that blind man from Bethesda. It was here that I learned that loving the “least of these” will change your life forever. Now I go back to where it started. I go back to Romania.

I remember packing my bags to come home after my first trip had come to an end. I was in the hotel and couldn’t seem to get my things into the bag. After a long effort in silence that had resulted in nothing being put in the bag, I spoke. “If I am supposed to go back home, way does it feel so wrong to leave?” I knew I would be back one day. That was true. In fact, I went back twice more the two years following that trip. I haven’t been there since 2007. It seems like a lifetime.

Although my trip isn’t a mission trip to work in the orphanages, I’m still excited to be going. I’m accompanying my husband on business this time around. However, I hope to see many in Romania that I have come to love and pray for over the years. I can’t wait! Please keep us in prayer as we travel abroad. We will take your love for the children of Romania with us and give thanks for you coming along for the ride in our travels.