Tonight was the first activity of our four-week evangelistic outreach with the teens from our church. I arrived at our meeting place (the church) 20 minutes before we had told the teens to arrive - and found a dozen of them already there and waiting. Lest you think "big deal," let me remind you that this is Romania and no one comes to anything early. Fashionably late is much more the norm.
When the meeting time finally arrived, we had well over 20 teens, several of them new faces - the point of the whole activity. We walked to the pool (in the backyard of a home owned by one of the foundations in town), and the kids had a blast playing games in the pool. I personally have established a rule that I don't swim in anything I can't see the bottom of (no chlorine=nasty water!). Besides, the kids love hamming for my camera. We're praying that we'll see some of those "new faces" again in Sunday School tomorrow morning!
Afterwards, I took three of the girls (2 teens and their 8 yr. old sister) to McDonald's for dinner. I confess, I'm not above bribery to break through with some of these kids. And these two girls seem to hold one of the keys to that break-through. I'm not sure why, but God has been impressing on my heart that I need to pursue them and build relationships with them. Tonight was really the first opportunity that I had to do so. Here's to hoping that the price of 3 Happy Meals and lots of prayers will someday have a much larger payoff!
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