How is everyone doing?  We are all doing well.  I did not get an update off yesterday, so I will update the last two days.  Monday, we had a great day.  We spent the day touring the city of Oradea.  The group was able to do some shopping.  The boys had to get cool sunglasses.  Some the teens even got a chance to eat lunch at McDonalds.  We got to ride on a tram.  We also walked through a fort that was first built in 1100's.  It was also used during communism.  It was fun to see.  During the evening hours, we did preparation for VBS, which included lots of cutting, stapling, and hole punching.

Today (Tuesday) was our first day of VBS.  We started off in the morning at Orshorei.  There were about 65 kids in attendance.  The teens did a great job in everything they did.  The boys were wonderful in game time, and they did not want to leave.  Some of the group got a chance to go into a couple of the homes (if you can call them that).  It was exciting to see the love that they had for the kids (Some of boys wanted to take a kid home). 

We had lunch, then we headed to the next village, Cherui.  The group there was a little smaller (45), but they were much more active and hard to control.  The teens saw first hand the difficulty of working with kids that have no structure or love in their lives.  The game time was rough, but i was proud of how well our teens did.  We need your prays that the kids will listen to the Gospel.  An added request is the weather.  It rained much of the day.  The buildings are not big enough for games to be indoor, so it is difficult when it rains. 

Thank you for your continued prayers.

Pastor Pete