Hey everybody! I hope you all appreciate my honesty in regards to this post title. :) I just want you to know what you're in for. It's been ten days since I've posted and a lot has happened! Let's begin on June 10th, which was a Friday. We visited the Ruth School for the last time. We had so much fun playing with the kids and helping them with their homework.
Me and Ana with two cuties!
We also went to the Bucharest Mall that day, mainly to get starbucks and take pics with the cool sign.
The next day, we visited all the kids' apartments in Bucharest to get a final count of kids coming to camp and to deliver cleaning supplies.
Me, Ruth, Ana, and Ellie.
Last Sunday, we worked on decorations for camp all day. The theme is jungle, and Cami had an idea to make vines to drape on the ceiling of the sala (main gathering room at camp). So we traced, cut, laminated, and re-cut over 1000 leaves Sunday. Watch for a finished product picture later on in this post! :) It was nice to be able to have kind of a rest day...I literally didn't leave the apartment ALL day!
Monday morning we left for camp! Our whole group included Cami, me, Ruth, Ana, Ellie, Sarah (an intern with a ministry called Chrysolis), and Heidi (a journalism student who has been living in Bucharest for a few months).
At the Bucharest train station, Gara de Nord.
Sarah, me, Ellie, and Ruth on the train.
Our main goals of this week at camp were to clean and decorate (serious camp prep tasks). We also moved lots of furniture (included the outhouse lol) to new locations in cabin 7.
The kitchen area in cabin 7 under construction! We added another set of cabinets on the wall above the sink that aren't in place yet in this picture.
Staff lounge is now in cabin 7. Note to self...couches are super heavy!!
Ruth and I reorganizing the books in the bookshelf moved to cabin 7.
Another big job was to count and organize all the blankets, blanket covers, sheets, pillows, and pillow cases. Then we prepped the kids' beds by moving bedding sets into each kid cabin.
The whole team!
Sarah and I HARD at work decorating the sala. Check out the awesome jungle tree in the background!
Here is a closeup of the vines we made. We cut out all the leaves and braided them onto two lengths of twine and a string of Christmas lights.
Sala transformation!
Our hard work on those vines paid off!
Relaxing in the evening and enjoying gorgeous weather was great!
Is camp even real?!?!
Clear night skies.
It's even still pretty during storms last night.
The deck of cabin 7 is quickly becoming my favorite spot at camp.
Well, that's about it for my week and a half! This week, I'm heading back up to camp Wednesday and I'll be there for who knows how long. The first week of camp starts next Monday the 27th and a team from Oregon arrives Thursday to help. I'll post again when I can. :) Until Wednesday, our plans are to finish running a bunch of errands and hopefully finish my visa paperwork (fingers crossed). :)
Praises:
-Visiting the apartments and Ruth school were great!
-Camp is ready for kids! We had a very productive week.
Requests:
-Visa paperwork. :( It's progressing, but slowly. Hopefully done soon!
-That the team arriving Thursday would be prepared for camp (mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually) and that they would make the most of their week here.
-Last minite camp prep would go smoothly.
Thank you all for reading! As always, I love seeing comments (hint hint). ;)
Love,
Maria
Very busy week for you! Hopefully we can connect next week when we return to civilization. Can't wait to hear all about camp.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! Love you :)
DeleteLove hearing from you Maria! Praying for you, awesome post! Tell Cami I said hi
ReplyDeleteAww thanks Jocelyn! I will absolutely tell her :)
DeleteI will continue praying! :) The camp looks so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Breanne! :)
DeleteOoooo! Loved seeing all your pics! How did you attach the leaves to the vine? Did you punch holes and thread them through? So cool. Praying for you and the teams coming in to serve to put Christ and serving first and self last.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what we did :) punched holes and threaded them through. Thank you so much for reading and praying!
DeleteBeen praying so much! You're such a blessing to those kids and also to us reading about them back home. So proud of you and everything you've done for the progression of God's kingdom.
ReplyDeleteAw Avery!! Thank you so much for praying and reading. :) LOve and miss you!
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