Speeltuin is klaar!

Afgelopen 10 dagen was het erg warm in Moldavie maar ondanks dat hebben we toch mooie resultaten gezien! Twee speeltuinen zijn er gebouwd en twee kinderkampen zijn er gehouden met honderden blije kinderen! Prijs de Heer voor al het werk dat is verzet. Het nederlandse team heeft hard gewerkt en zie hieronder voor het resultaat:

Meer speeltuinenbouw/ More playgrounds to build!

Aankomende zaterdag is het zover: we gaan weer op pad met een groep voor 10 dagen en dit keer hebben we een dubbele uitdaging! We gaan twee speeltuinen bouwen en twee dagkampen organiseren in twee verschillende plaatsen in het noorden van Moldavie. Ons team komt dit keer uit nederland en dus kan iedereen zijn nederlands weer even bijwerken (leuk voor Spiridon)! We hopen op een gezegende tijd, een goede samenwerking, een mooi eindresultaat en niet al te warm weer!
Hieronder een klein fimpje van de speeltuin die we in juni hebben gebouwd en zo te zien vermaken de kinderen zich best:

Speeltuin/ Playground in Glodeni

This Saturday we will be on the way again: a team from Holland will come and we will have a double challenge: building two playgrounds and organizing two day camps in two different places! We hope that we will have a blessed time, a nice result at the end and not to hot weather!
Above you will find a link to a small video clip about the playground we build in June. Enjoy!

Back from the camp...

The last week was full of different experiences: rain, sunshine, leaking tents, a lot of Russian preaching's and songs, meeting old friends, making new friends etc. With about 500 young people we were in the camp and everyday in the morning and in the evening we attended the "church service". The theme of the camp was "Be Holy in all the things you do". A very challenging subject to talk about since often in Moldovan churches, the holiness consists of how long your skirt is or if you are wearing a big enough head covering. But during this week in the light of the theme also the use of computer, the finding of a partner etc, were discussed.
We hope and pray that many of the youth who made an honest decision to live a holy life will be able to stick to their choice and through this changes will be seen in their families, in the churches of Moldova and in people's lives, who did not yet made a choose for God.

In between the services there was free time to play soccer etc and 1 day there was a survival organized. Out of the 5 days we were in the camp, 3 days we had some heavy rain and yes, our tent was not very anti-rain so also inside we got a fair share of the rain.....;-( But we survived!

Church service

Our survival team, when they were still clean and fresh...

Getting dirty

And more dirty...

And more dirty....

The final result!

Playing soccer in the mud

Our time in the camp finished yesterday and after sleeping a lot of hours, we are now back again in form! Coming Saturday we will go with 20 dutch people to Rezina. We will help to build a playground and to organize a kids camp. But of course we are ready to do all kind of other things too cause as said before: we need to remain flexible!

Flexibility

In Moldova there are always changes in the program and I must say that after living a couple of years in MD, I think I am more flexible too....So today we decided that instead of going to the office this week, we will go tomorrow with some of teenagers from Micleuseni to a camp. This camp is organised by the Pentecostal union and a big event. So we will be back on friday. Have a great week and till later!

The zoo in Chisinau

Yesterday we had 5 small visitors: Danu, Vera, Adriana, Lucrimarea and Evelina - some children from Paicu. It was like a big adventure for these children: travel all the way to the capital city and spend two days there! In the afternoon we went to the zoo and this was defiantly a highlight! Running around through the zoo in order to see all the animals and not miss any movement of the lion, bear or zebra etc. After 4 hours in the zoo, we went to our apartment and even going in the lift to the 3rd floor was a big experience! Than we entered the pink hallway and many ohh's and ahh's were heard. It was for them like the entered into heaven! All the nice and bright colors! Than we introduced them to the Wii and after that they had not time for anything else, anymore! In the evening the film Free Willy was again very carefully watched but towards the end slowly the eyes closed. We went to bed and guess what? At 7 we woke up to play again on the Wii! Hardly time for any breakfast ;-) At 11 o' clock the kids went home again to Paicu and probably they have a LOT to tell at home...