To the top of the MoUnTaIn

What a wonderful God we serve. Today we had the opportunity to deliver some more food baskets to several Romanian families. Each day, before we leave we have a time of prayer. Isn't it amazing that we have a God who answers our prayer, listens to our cries and praises. So, when we got to the village we had the opportunity to give one of the Romanian families food, do crafts with the children, sing praises to our King, and Charlie taught about Zaccheus with the help of Paige translating. The main point he left each family with is as happy as Zaccheus was to see Jesus, Jesus was more happy to see Zaccheus, and the same is true for all of us, he wants us to come to Him. Next we began our journey up the "mountain" to see Froleika (sorry about my Romanian spelling) and her son. This mountain was quite steep and took a good bit of effort, but I am happy to inform that the entire Woodlake team made it to top. Once we arrived, Froleika invited us all into her home to indulge ourselves into amazing hot doughnuts. Her generousity and hospitality was very humbling. I have to ask myself the question, would I be this kind to foreign strangers, would I welcome them into my home, and get up early in the morning to prepare for them? I pray that God can place that type of compassion into my heart. Once we finished visiting with Froleika, we got to go look at the view from the back of her home. Lets just say, words are not enough to describe the beauty of God's creation. Once we got to the bottom of the mountain we visited Maria and John a precious ederly couple. John repeatedly said he was a sinful man, and we got to remind him of the blood of Jesus that washes away all our sins. Maria and John really like singing, so we sang a lot. It was a wonderful time of fellowship. The next family we visited had 13 children and one on the way, followed by a family that had many children too. At each home we did a craft with the children, songs of praise, a bible study and prayer. The most amazing part of our day is knowing that none of the things we are doing has meaning without the saving grace of Jesus. Our prayer is that Jesus recieves all the glory and praise, because He is the vine and we are the branches, and apart from Him we can do nothing. Continue to pray for the people of Romania. Well we are about to have our night reflection time. Oh, also pray that the water comes on, we are a bunch of smelly folk right now. Good night to all our friends and families.