Ianova

This is the barn at Caleb where Cerbu and Nadine are building the boys home. I spent yesterday with Andrea, Cerbu and Zoli doing work inside the partially finished house. It was really the first day that I felt a sense of accomplishment by the end of the day.

I spent the majority of my time in one hallway spackling and sanding door frames, but the time to myself was a welcome blessing. Every so often Cerbu would come to check up on me and see how I was doing but other than that the day was spent jamming to his tunes while getting work done.

The land is absolutely gorgeous and the tour I got helped me to visualize what this place will someday be for a group of young men and their host parents. Cerbu and Nadine have created an incredible place for some very lucky young people here in Romania.

I'm coming to see how different it is to spend an extended amount of time here on missions. The focus isn't primarily on children for all the missionaries here because there are so many people who need help - but what I've discovered is how much I would rather be spending my time with children. Even though I'm thrilled to help in any way that I can, at the end of it all, I feel my efforts are best spent with kids.

I'm praying that the upcoming weeks will bring with them new experiences and be as full of learning as these first two have been. Tomorrow it's off to Italy for me and then when I get back we're going camping with the Day Center on a lake in an unknown [to us] location.