Team Go RO 2008

Friday afternoon our team devotion was Ezekiel 22:30. We were blessed by a discussion that revolved around “standing in the gap” as God calls us to do. We realized that Peter and Ana Lucaciu, and the ministry of REMM/ACDR has stood in the gap here in Romania for so many, including giving abandoned children and Roma (gypsy) a voice, caring for those in need, and making the Good News known. We feel blessed to participate in this ministry and somehow support them as they stand.

Later Friday afternoon we walked over to Casa Josef to see the 8 girls that live there. Andrea Lucaciu brought over the game “Operation,” which was a hoot! I think they might have a future surgeon or two in there midst. The girls are getting so big now at age 5 or 6…and beautiful and fun and so silly! Later Friday evening we celebrated Carol’s birthday Team Go RO style! Of course the theme was “rocks” – for those who’ve been here you know what I’m talking about – and Ana baked a huge rock cake…no that’s not a typo…I did say ROCK cake…not full of rocks literally, but one big, huge, ginormous volcano of a rock, with a molten candle rising out of the top. Stay tuned for pics of that, you don’t want to miss it! By the way, Carol had happy birthday sung to her in Romanian about 100 times thanks to Elaine telling every Romanian it was her birthday, including each classroom we were in.

What a day Friday was. Stay tuned for Saturday’s update tomorrow (sorry we’re a little behind…hopefully will catch up tomorrow!!!)