Day 14-
June 26, 2015
Today was
a rainy, cold day! I don’t remember it
ever being this cold while I was here!
At least not all day, maybe for a bit in the mornings or evenings, but
never all day. Because of the rain, only
3 littles came to pre-school this morning.
So instead of doing VBS with them, we just hung out and played. The girls interviewed some of them for the
ACF blog. By the way, be looking forward
to those posts! They will be introducing
you to some of the kids served at Point of Hope! While we were hanging out, I took the opportunity
to try and improve my Romanian. I had
asked for a journal to take notes last week, but hadn’t had a chance to do
anything yet. Today I had one of the teachers
write the Romanian alphabet and teach me the sounds. Gabi keeps telling me Romanian is a very
phonetic language, I keep saying your letters don’t make the same sounds our
do! So, I’m learning their sounds. Most are only slightly different, but some
are very different. For instance,
instead of using “st” for the st sound, they use a t and put a little tail on
it. You just have to know to make that
noise when the tail is there. They also
have a tail for the s, and three different noises an A can make depending on
what is above it. I’ve already found it
easier to read words correctly! Well,
Gelu saw what I was doing and decided he would be my Romanian teacher. But instead of just giving me some basic
phrases, he wants to start at the beginning and make sure I use correct
grammar. I’m more of the thought, I don’t
care about grammar, if I can get enough out that they know what I’m talking
about I don’t care if I sound like a five year old! ;-) But I appreciate the
help and will do what I can to learn as much as I can!
After lunch
we had the English lesson kids. While
Kaitlin and Victoria had half of them in the English lesson, I took the other
half for games. Since it was STILL
raining, we had to play inside. We
started with Simon says, but in English so they could practice! Then we played Head, Shoulders, Knees, and
Toes. Gelu says I only like that game
because I want to laugh at them. Well…it
is pretty funny to watch! But they have
fun too!!!
After that
they were a little wound up, so we played the Graveyard game. Now, I don’t know if you’ve heard of this
game, but it is the BEST GAME EVER!!! I learned about it my first trip to
Romania. (Jessica learned it as Sleeping
Lions, same concept, nicer name.) To
play, the kids have to lay on the ground and pretend to be dead. Meaning they can’t move or make any
noise! (I can’t tell you how many times
I’ve used this game in my classroom on noisy days!) If they move or make noise they’re out. The last one “dead” wins the game. I’m not sure why, but they love it!!! I know
why I love it! ;-)
We played
a few rounds of Graveyard then decided to end our time with musical
chairs. I think no matter how old you get,
musical chairs is always fun!
Gabi
arrived this afternoon and we helped her go shopping for the things the team
will need. (They’ve landed safely in Romania
and will be here in Tarnaveni tomorrow afternoon.) Then we sat and talked about a plan for the
week. In the mornings I will be helping
with the women’s ministry. I am so
excited about this! When we first were
told we would be working with the women three summers ago, I was disappointed
that I wasn’t working with the kids. But
after three summers with them, I love them as much as I love their kids!! It
didn’t feel right to be here and not do anything with them! In the afternoons I will be a group leader
for the neighborhood VBS. We will have
about 100 kids coming to Point of Hope for VBS!
We were supposed to do it out on the hill like last year, but because of
the rain, it has been moved inside for at least Monday and Tuesday. It is going to be a busy week!!
Please be
in prayer for the team as they travel from Bucharest to Tarnaveni. Also please pray that God prepares our hearts
for this week!
Since I didn't take a picture yesterday, here is the library!!
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