guess who's coming for dinner...on july 4th

we are all feverishly packing, well except craig and brother dan, they are more like..well..packing. today was our last day and we did the tourist thing in the morning, and then this afternoon we were able to attend the house dedication for a gyspy family. what fun to see joy, luckily for us, joy is universal. as we are finishing up, and i am left with one thought. since i am not a good story teller, i'll let the bible tell the story. it is the story of elisha and namaan. when namaan came to elisha to be healed of his leporsy, he brought the best his world had to offer. namaan was prepared to do a huge work to show his willingness to be healed, instead elishas servant came out and told him to simply go wash in the river. i kind of had that feeling over here. we came bearing the best we had in america, and these children, these people that didnt' matter to them. they wanted our time, our attention, our love, and they gained our hearts. it was not the mighty work in my mind we thought as we left home, rather it was a far simpler, far better job to do once we got here. the bruskis are an amazing family, and one to be prayed for. they have extended the true christian love to us, and we feel humbled to have spent time with them. we will be leaving their home at 1:30 am romanian time, and arriving home at 2:ish pm atlanta time, at least thats the plan. thank you all for the support and prayers, and we can't wait to see you all soon. for the last time, goodnight america.