10.6.2008 | 10:51 pm | Fellowship Center
I decided to play tag with a twist. I just found out about Chain tag. I began by being “it”, after I caught someone, we would hold hands and ‘it’ is now a group of two, holding hands. Then when someone else is caught, they join the chain and we are all “it” However, only the people at the end of the chain are allowed to tag people and you play until everyone is part of the chain. We really had a lot of fun playing and I know that we will be playing that game often in the future.
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10.6.2008 | 10:45 pm | Other
I had mentioned in one of my previous posts that I have found a phenomenal dentist. Well, I decided also to take the orphans to him to get some work done. He works with the kids so well and they actually have enjoyed going to the dentist. I wasn’t able to get pictures of all the kids at his office, but here are a few of the orphans during their dental visit.
Elvi had never been to the dentist before, so she didn’t know what to expect. She had several baby teeth that were rotten and she was having pain. So the dentist decided to remove them. So over the past 3 weeks, she has had 3 of those teeth extracted. She was a trooper.
Tibi’s teeth seem to be in the worst shape out of all the orphans. I took him to the dentist two times so far and each time he had to have a tooth extracted. Unfortunately those two teeth were so deteriorated that they couldn’t be saved.
I gotta tell you though the cutest out of all of them was Marius. He had never been to the dentist either. But he did great. Today the dentist asked Marius, “Does your tooth hurt” and Marius said, “only when I eat bread”. Of course the dentist wanted to tease him so he said, “well just don’t eat bread anymore” :). Marius wasn’t sure what to say, so he just smiled. Marius looked so small in the dentist’s chair, but he was a brave little guy. He has had two fillings so far.
Again let me emphasize that it is a blessing to have found such a wonderful dentist, for me and for the kids.
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10.6.2008 | 10:29 pm | Fellowship Center
I had to share this picture….It’s just so cute. I let Neli take some pictures during one of the Bible lessons and she must have said something to Cami while taking her picture, becasue her message is very clear in this picture….SHHH
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10.6.2008 | 10:26 pm | Fellowship Center
Sometimes I let the kids stretch out on the floor to listen to the Bible story. As long as they behave well and listen, I don’t mind. And you can see by the pictures they really enjoy when I let them sprawl out 
Let’s get comfy
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10.6.2008 | 10:17 pm | Fellowship Center
When we have activities at the center, I have the kids take their shoes off before entering the large all-purpose room. Living in the village, you never know what will be on the bottom of their shoes :). Last week I decided to take a picture of their shoes all lined up nicely. You can see that there were 27 kids that day.
As I look at this picture I see all different sizes and types of shoes, just like the children that are attending. There are some smaller children and also some older kids and each have different personalities and interests. But one thing they all have in common is that they all need Jesus as their Savior.
The kids listening attentively to the Bible story
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10.6.2008 | 10:05 pm | Fellowship Center
Hello all….I am so sorry that I haven’t written for so long. Same excuse, I just haven’t had time. So goes life :). The past few weeks have been full with Bible studies, English classes, meetings with children and teens, trips to the dentist, etc. etc. etc :). Never a dull moment :). Let me share with you a few pictures from some of my latest gatherings at the center.
Ani has been attending regularly
So has Denisa.
Darius and Adi are also regulars now
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09.22.2008 | 10:54 pm | Other
This afternoon while the 5 little ones were at my house they decided they wanted to play church. So they set up their chairs, gathered their instruments, arranged the pulpit and had a church service. The band played, they had special singing and we even had a sermon.
Elvi singing a special (check out her microphone)
Time for the band to play
Cristi, our future band director
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09.22.2008 | 10:40 pm | Fellowship Center
From 8-2 on Saturdays I babysit the orphans. For quite some time now, instead of watching the kids at the orphanage, I have been bringing them to my house. Well this Saturday there were 3 additional children visiting the orphanage, so with those 3 extra kids my house was kinda of full. So, after getting the kids some breakfast, I decided we would go play at the center. We all had a fun time and I even was able to teach Tibi 4 square (though we only had 2 squares :)) Here are a few pictures from our fun-filled morning.
I know this picture isn’t very clear, but I love the look on Marius and Georgi’s faces as they share a ride on the bouncy ball (or frog as they call it)
One of the little girls that was visiting. She really enjoyed playing at the center.
Here is Tibi and me playing 4-square. He caught on to the game quick. After a few tries he had no trouble returning my spins.
Marius wants to know if you want to come and play volleyball
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09.22.2008 | 10:25 pm | Fellowship Center
One of the things I did with the kids on Friday afternoon was to have a relay race.. We had 5 teams and every member of the team had to push a ball with their nose to the finish line, pick up the ball and run it back to their waiting teammate who would then do the exact same thing and of course the team who finished first was the winner. You are really supposed to use ping pong balls, but since I didn’t have any of those we used the balls I had available. It was a lot of fun! Some of the kids got laughing so hard they could hardly push the balls :) I thought you might like to see a few pictures of the kids in the middle of the race.
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09.22.2008 | 10:09 pm | Fellowship Center
Along with Tuesdays, I have also been meeting with the children and teens on Fridays. I am very excited about the new faces that keep showing up for these gatherings. This past Friday the children and I sang songs, had a Bible lesson and of course we had some time to play :). It was an enjoyable time for us all. I am praying that these times together will really impact the lives of these children and that through the songs they sing, the stories that they hear and even the games played will help them to come to know Jesus as their Savior. Please help me pray for these children and youth
Some of the boys waiting for us to start the Bible story
Leading the kids in singing is not hard to do, because these kids sure love to sing.
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