_carolyn (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} carolyn_) wrote,@ 2027-07-19 15:42:00 |
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We are here!
And it is very hot! A couple of days ago it got to almost 48 degrees. That's hot. Fortunately we have a nice siesta tradition in the middle of the afternoon from about 2-4pm which makes up (almost) for the extra tiredness caused by the heat.
In brief (cause I don't have too much time really...)
Jounrey - fine fine fine....nothing hugely eventful or noteworthy really that pops into my head at the moment
Week 1 - this was a week for children with disabilities and their families, or for kids who had disabled parents. It was a really nice week and a good one to start on cause it was quite relaxed and chilled....we led some bible story sketches and lessons and crafts and activities in the morning and then the afternoon was a lot of just hanging out and chatting with the families and the kids...and a lot of playing Uno and snakes and ladders! The people we met were amazing and this has actually been my favourite week so far. I got on really well with some of the families...even with our random communication methods of half Romanian/quarter English/quarter hand gestures.
Met one little girl called Milena who is 5 and wonderfully cute and really smart and sweet, but has problems with her legs and so she can not walk. We have all been praying for her a lot though and last week got a call to the camp saying she had an operation and the doctors are amazed at how well she is doing and she is getting a lot of strength back into her legs...so please keep her in your prayers!
Week 2 - another week for people with disabilies and their families, though this one had a lot of older folk with disabilities as well, so not as many kids....it also had a lot more of a Christian focus and so we had lots of worship times together and lots of bible studies and things....made good friends with some of the folk and spent a lot of time with two mums who had girls with autism. Everyone there seemed to think I was an expert on autism for some reason....and there was a lady who came along who worked for one of the nearby city radio stations who interviewed me for on eof their shows talking about working with people with special needs....
That week we also had a team from Scotland here working with us.....which was good in a lot of ways, but made it harder to focus on learning Romanian!
Week 3 (this week) - our first week with just a whole bunch of kids...60 of them in total....from the nearby inner city. Some of the Romanian leaders I worked with a few years back, and I also know some of the kids from before too. The kids are so different to kids in England though....even though the leaders here think some of them are really badly behaved, they are little angels really! We could never get any of the kids in Armley to sit for 2 hours in straight lines in a crowded and hot room listening to bible lessons and singing songs and such....
Next week will again be completely different. Andrew and I are going to stay in Simeria, a town about 30minutes away to run our own enlglish summer club....we won't have anyone else with us and won't have anyone to translate and they have asked us to come and teach english and teach bible stories and such...in the morning to kids and in the afternoon to teenagers.....so that should be interesting and challenging!
Andrew and Emma both seem to be settling in well and enjoying themselves! Andrew is every-popular as always, and he is also doing really well with learning the language! Emma leaves next Tuesday night already!
That gives you the general gist anyway....since we are staying in the town next week I will hopefully get the change to write more then!
PS - thanks to those who have sent me mail!!!!!!!! (Jenny, mum, Naomi and the 18-30's crew, and Nina) - you guys are swell
Prayer Requests -
For Milena
For the parents of the two girls with autism
For ease in grasping the langauge more and more each day
For safe travel for Emma next week
For health for everyone at the camp, especially in the heat
Financially for the camp here to be able to carry on doing their work
And it is very hot! A couple of days ago it got to almost 48 degrees. That's hot. Fortunately we have a nice siesta tradition in the middle of the afternoon from about 2-4pm which makes up (almost) for the extra tiredness caused by the heat.
In brief (cause I don't have too much time really...)
Jounrey - fine fine fine....nothing hugely eventful or noteworthy really that pops into my head at the moment
Week 1 - this was a week for children with disabilities and their families, or for kids who had disabled parents. It was a really nice week and a good one to start on cause it was quite relaxed and chilled....we led some bible story sketches and lessons and crafts and activities in the morning and then the afternoon was a lot of just hanging out and chatting with the families and the kids...and a lot of playing Uno and snakes and ladders! The people we met were amazing and this has actually been my favourite week so far. I got on really well with some of the families...even with our random communication methods of half Romanian/quarter English/quarter hand gestures.
Met one little girl called Milena who is 5 and wonderfully cute and really smart and sweet, but has problems with her legs and so she can not walk. We have all been praying for her a lot though and last week got a call to the camp saying she had an operation and the doctors are amazed at how well she is doing and she is getting a lot of strength back into her legs...so please keep her in your prayers!
Week 2 - another week for people with disabilies and their families, though this one had a lot of older folk with disabilities as well, so not as many kids....it also had a lot more of a Christian focus and so we had lots of worship times together and lots of bible studies and things....made good friends with some of the folk and spent a lot of time with two mums who had girls with autism. Everyone there seemed to think I was an expert on autism for some reason....and there was a lady who came along who worked for one of the nearby city radio stations who interviewed me for on eof their shows talking about working with people with special needs....
That week we also had a team from Scotland here working with us.....which was good in a lot of ways, but made it harder to focus on learning Romanian!
Week 3 (this week) - our first week with just a whole bunch of kids...60 of them in total....from the nearby inner city. Some of the Romanian leaders I worked with a few years back, and I also know some of the kids from before too. The kids are so different to kids in England though....even though the leaders here think some of them are really badly behaved, they are little angels really! We could never get any of the kids in Armley to sit for 2 hours in straight lines in a crowded and hot room listening to bible lessons and singing songs and such....
Next week will again be completely different. Andrew and I are going to stay in Simeria, a town about 30minutes away to run our own enlglish summer club....we won't have anyone else with us and won't have anyone to translate and they have asked us to come and teach english and teach bible stories and such...in the morning to kids and in the afternoon to teenagers.....so that should be interesting and challenging!
Andrew and Emma both seem to be settling in well and enjoying themselves! Andrew is every-popular as always, and he is also doing really well with learning the language! Emma leaves next Tuesday night already!
That gives you the general gist anyway....since we are staying in the town next week I will hopefully get the change to write more then!
PS - thanks to those who have sent me mail!!!!!!!! (Jenny, mum, Naomi and the 18-30's crew, and Nina) - you guys are swell
Prayer Requests -
For Milena
For the parents of the two girls with autism
For ease in grasping the langauge more and more each day
For safe travel for Emma next week
For health for everyone at the camp, especially in the heat
Financially for the camp here to be able to carry on doing their work
