Children In The Son

Dear Friends and Family, I wanted to share with you my journal entry from yesterday. This is tough work. At the moment, all we can do is pray. Journal entry from 6/17/98: Whatever you have done to the lest of my brethren, you have done unto me. I did something today that I have never done before….I prayed for children to die. I have very few words for what I am feeling right now, mostly tears. I witnessed the horrific [...]

Howdy, y’all! Today, I drove for the first time in Romania. For those of you who don’t know what a Dacia is, it is the car of Romania. It was the only car that the people were allowed to purchase until the revolution in 1989. It looks something like a cross between a 1979 Datsun B210 and a go-kart. It drives like a tractor except for that a tractor has a better shock absorption system. None of them have air [...]

Dear Family and Friends, God has provided in a mighty way here in Romania. As I wrote you before, the living conditions that I had when I arrived in Romania were akin to slums. However, yesterday, God provided a new apartment here far better than I could dream or imagine. The other social workers, Emilia and Dana, were told yesterday morning that they had to be out of their apartment last night. Emilia thought that she already had a wonderful, [...]

Dear Family and Friends, Many of you have responded with much love and compassion regarding the facility that I wrote about that had abandoned children. I wanted to give an update to everyone so you would know how to pray. Last week, I went back to that facility with a translator, a camera, and an attitude. My translator, Marius, is a young lad of seventeen years. He said to me as we were entering the facility, “They may not let [...]

Hey, y’all! Well, I have finally arrived in Oradea, Romania. I was picked up at the airport on Sunday morning by a very nice man that had body odor that would make a wino cry. And, as most of you know, that is my worst fear…to be trapped in a confined place with someone who has severe…let me repeat…SEVERE body odor. So, God showed me that even my worst fear was something that could be conquered! Plus, miracle of miracles, [...]