...and update you on everything right after my last post. But, alas, I was somehow distracted (can a 32-year old be diagnosed with ADD???) and am just getting back to it. So, where were we? Yikes, I just took a peak at my last posts and realized just how far behind I am. In short:
1. The water leak finally stopped after a week and a half. By then, it was leaking down the outside of the door, someone noticed & called the building administrator, he shut off all the water to the building, and my landlord finally realized I wasn't exaggerating. The electricity was fixed a week later (still scary, but at least it works), the door that I had been body-slamming to open or close was "trimmed" around the edges so that I can get in and out of my apartment again, and the mold continues to grow rampantly. My landlord promised to deal with that when he gets back from vacation...we'll see.
2. I taught a week of English classes at Bethany Baptist Church in Tarnaveni, about an hour's drive from Targu Mures. My students were a mixture of intermediate and advanced, so it was, ummm, interesting. A good start, though, considering the fact that we haven't done anything like this before. A couple of our students were from outside of the church (the true target group!), so I'm praying that the church will have opportunities to further develop relationships with them.
3. English camp ended the same day that our church kids' camp began. The church has used the camp facilities of Livada Orphan Care for the last couple of years, and this year we moved "with" them as they moved camp to a newly purchased property. That meant camp in army tents for this year. Unfortunately (read that sarcastically), this was the same week as my water leak, so I ended up coming home and sleeping in my own bed each night while waiting for my landlord to come (which he never did, that week).
What do you get when you mix together a huge piece of linoleum, a hose, and a botte of baby shampoo? A "kill-two-birds-with-one-stone" activity! The slip-n-slide was a favorite for the kids because it helped them cool down in our 100+ temperatures (at a camp with NO shade). The adults liked it, too, because it doubled as bath time for the kids :)
I have almost 1000 pictures from camp, so I promise more in the days to come.
4. After camp, I made a whirlwind trip back to Budapest for a 3-day vacation. No pictures from that trip...Rebecca and I were having too much fun shopping (ugh!), relaxing at the mineral baths, etc.
5. The next day, I traveled with my team to the Transfagarasan Highway, a highway pass through the Fagarasi Mountains. The road is only open in July & August. The cars were overheating half-way up, so we took the cable car the rest of the way up & enjoyed the view from the top. Can't say that I'm sad to have missed the ride on this road...
6. Next was a week of day camp at Libertatii. A family from Cincinnati came to do day camp with one of the orphanages in the afternoons, and they ministered to our church kids in the mornings. I have lots of pictures from this week, too (especially since I had no responsibilities...I just followed everyone around with my camera and helped out occasionally!) Just one pic for now (I used someone else's camera for most and haven't gotten copies yet) -
7. Finally, two weeks of our ABWE camps. I drove back & forth a lot (1 1/2 hours each way), alternating between time at camp and work on translation projects at home. The first week there were 100 teenagers & the 2nd week there were 50 young adults. I was able to spend the last 1/2 of the second week staying at the camp, enjoying great activities, singing, chapel time and all of the other good stuff about camp!
The teens loved the activity called "fight night" - I called it the World's Biggest Food Fight (here, they are flinging buckets of wet spaghetti at each other).
During young adult week, they decided to have the World's Biggest Campfire, instead.
Now, I'm staying home (for a few days, at least), catching up on translation stuff, and preparing for the next round of craziness. More pics to come, soon. I promise...
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