God is good! Romanian drivers, not so much . . .

We're wrapping up our first week in Romania. I have to admit that when we left, I was most worried about the flights, but they went fine. It was the Romanian roads I should have been worried about! If you know someone who wants to have a more active prayer life, we'll bring them along next time and let them drive. They'll be praying in languages they don't even know! I know some of you have the prayer beads hanging from the mirror in your car; that may have helped us, but I'm pretty sure I would've had them ground into a fine powder by the time we got to our motel the first day!

All that aside, things have been going great. God has a way of putting together the exact team He needs, and we've always had someone who knows exactly how to do what we need to get done. We've got some who are great with the kids, and some who are great with construction. We've got everyone from Ashley, who is everyone's little sister, to Pearl, who is like everyone's grandmother.

We've also had a tremendous amount of help from the people here, though! Many of you met Danial and Mariana when they visited the states. There's Corina, who is shy, but loves to be very helpful for us. She's a little shy about her English, which is actually very good! Alexia is from France and has been in Romania since the beginning of this month. You never see her without a smile on her face. Jeoron and Meireke (I probably spelled those wrong; they're pronounced "yoo-ROON" and "mah-REE-kah") are from Holland and have been living in Timisoara to learn the language, but are planning on ministering in this area. Their two kids, Stan and Micah, have also been around the job site. Radu (say, "rah-DOO") is the one Pastor Danial refers to as his "little bear", but that's not true. He's definitely more of an ursa major! He's very large and very talented with our construction projects. Gabi is the missionary here, and his brother, Beni has also been helping us. Beni is in university now and wants to minister to children at one of his other brothers' church in Austria. Lili (Lilly) is also from Timisoara and volunteers at Mariana's Esther Foundation ministry. She's very quiet and shy at first, but very kind and friendly. She also took on big responsibilities with the VBS team, since she is the most fluent speaker of Romanian on that team.

I am, once again, in awe of God's ability to put the right people in the right places at the right time!

Napte buna (Good night),

David

(P.S.: Wish Tom a happy birthday today, however you are able!)