Spring is here and with the warm weather (YES!) we have had lots of fun outdoor time with the kids. There was a short-term team here from Canada who brought tons of crafts and stories to do with the kids. We had a lot of fun celebrating Easter with egg hunts, crafts, stories, and dying eggs.
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| Steven's buddy Fernando |
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| Dan from Canada giving hugs! |
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| Steven and Elvis made a sock puppet |
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| Luella from Canada painting faces! |
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| me and the boys |
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| with my little Robi |
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| I put those barettes in Ionela's hair for about 45 minutes, she loved having her hair done! such a girly girl |
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| hanging out |
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| Steven with two of the older boys from youth group |
Lots of exciting things are coming up for us:
- We are moving into our own apartment! I swore I would never move again (like, I say that every time we've ever moved...) but it will be so fun to decorate our own place- pictures coming soon!
- I was asked to help prepare an Autism/special needs presentation for a special needs orphanage about two hours from where we live. Another staff member and I will be preparing this for the fall, hoping to give these teachers some extra support and resources. Please pray because the presentation will be in Romanian, and there is a lot of vocabulary I know in English that I will need to translate!
- We are preparing to start a reading resource program in the fall. We will be working with kids ages 7-18 on Romanian reading skills. Most of the kids at the main orphanage in which we work have some kind of disability. Reading is such an important skill for their futures, and we hope to tap into their potential and give them the resources to make progress and experience success! This will be a huge challenge and undertaking for us, but we are excited to create the vision God has given us. Please pray for all of the planning and language studying Steven and I have ahead of us!
As always, thank you for your prayers and support that sustain us. We are truly blessed.
{haley}
{haley}
