Deliveries of medical supplies and equipment to the local hospital from the most recent container. Such an incredible blessing for many lives to be touched,
The work in Seleus continues with it still being heart wrenching to return to a hill of mudhouses following the spring rain. Many homes are waterlogged and one family has a cup sitting in the middle of the floor in a puddle. It is used to throw the water outside when it rains! I don't have a huge liking for rain but it has never been due to the water collecting in my one roomed house. Many walls are collapsing and what little furniture they have ruined.
Life for the children continues as usual with playing barefoot amongst the dirt, rubbish, sewage and broken bottles being commonplace. The ones who do go to school have finished for summer so there's around 200 children on a hillside just watching and waiting for something to happen.
And then we began the next house. And that is entertainment enough for them!
So I shall try my best to explain the social situation behind the choosing of the next family. A husband and wife with two sons (7 and 9) are moving into the house. Along with them three of her brothers (10, 16 and 23) will be moving in. The older brother is not registered because he has learning difficulties and therefore does not exist in the eyes of the government, The mother/grandmother is an alcoholic and has badly mistreated two of the boys. She has burned their precious school books in front of them and sold their clothes for alcoholic. So for reasons of safety for the boys a waterproof, secure house is being built for the seven that will be living in the house.
It was such a joy to see that on Monday morning she already had packed up her wardrobe and was keen to get the process started! And now her house is flattened...the family has moved into the holding house. They are putting the foundations in tomorrow! So its been a busy two days!!
We also held a feeding program and God provided enough food to the pot for the children! They came from all over the village and almost every child was there. That's somewhat concerning as they were absolutely starving.
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| Casian and me :) |
On Sunday we travelled to Boiu for a service. There were around fifteen in the church. The pastor translated roughly what was happening throughout which made it much easier to follow. Just before the service began we were asked to prepare a song in classic Romanian style! The man in the picture below was the singer for the church and he held in his hand a written songbook, It touched me that someone had taken the time and the effort to write out songs to share in their fellowship. Thankfully this time when it was the visitors turn to sing all four of us got up and not just me! (Which happened the previous time.) It was a challenging service and it was a blessing to have been able to attend. So many small fellowships meet in villages around the country with few resources and limited literate members so much work is still to be done!
In and amongst the rest of the time we have been preparing the yard for summer teams arriving for kids camps. So a lot of lawn mowing and strimming!
And that's as much as I can currently remember! Only here another couple of days but excited for what else is happening! Now off to play pigeon.
