Lovin' on the orphans!!

So I don't want to leave here. I absolutely LOVE the girls. The girls on my team are wonderful. I love the girls that I have been spending time with at the orphanage as well. I have gotten close to Elena and a little bit to Lavinia. And this week I have been getting closer to Sylvia. I love all the little ones to like Ionela, Alexandra, DeBuy, and Mariana. They are all super cute. This week I have been working with the older girls again in the mornings, talking to them about love and friendship and lying and stuff like that. Some of them are getting it, but alot just brush it off. I can only hope that the next person that tries to tell them can see the seeds that we have planted in them. Mirela is one of our best "students." She goes to church and knows what the Bible says about alot of things. She knows alot of stuff that many of the other girls don't. So that is good, but at the same time it isn't good because she is saying alot of things that are the right answers but not really how she is feeling or what is actually true. But it is okay. I can't wait to put my pictures up on facebook and stuff. I have so much more I want to say, but not the time to say it. I will get online this weekend. We are going to the team house where there is wireless so I can use my computer and I will probably put up stuff from my journal and some other stuff as well.

Until then, please pray for my team. There is kind of a separation between the older crowd and the younger crowd. A separation in thinking and in doing everything, so there is alot of tension. Also because after this weekend we are going to be losing Sarah because she is going to do other stuff in Romania, instead of staying with us. And of course please pray for us because this upcoming week is going to be very hard for us, leaving the girls and everything. None of us really want to leave at all. We have been trying to avoid even thinking about it, but it is about that time where the girls are starting to say things to us about leaving.

Thank you all so much!!! I love you all!!!!!

MWAH!!
<3 Amanda

Buna Ziua!!

Buna from Alexandria again!! I am getting closer and closer to the girls at the orphanage and the girls on my team each day. I have become quite attatched to a girl named Elena. She is 14 years old and likes to make fun of me when I try to speak Romanian. She also likes to teach my Romanian words and sing to me and dance with me to her singing. She has made me 8 friendship braclets so far, and she has written me two notes. Both of her notes have said things like She loves me and she wants me to know that Jesus loves me too. She likes to hang out with me and she likes it when we play together with the ball or jump ropes. She thinks of me like a big sister. I also think of her as a little sister. I love her very much. I have written her two notes so far and made her a few bracelets as well. There are so many wonderful girls at this orphanage I just wish we could do more for them. It is crazy to see how they are treated by the older girls and by the supervisors/teachers. It is actually really sad. Today we finally get to take pictures of them. I probably won't get to put them up until i get back to the Team House on like the 26th of this month but that is okay. When I am at the Tean House again I will also be putting up most of my journal on my blog. I love Romania so much. Please just keep these girls in your prayers. And although I havent said much please keep these girls especially in your prayersElena, Mariana, Fina, Mimoza, Lula, Florentina, Flori, Mirella, Corinna, Iouana, the other Iouana, the other Iouana, the other Florentina, Alexandra, Cindila, Anisouara, Claudia, Georgiana, and DeBuy. That is just a handful of the girls that I can think of right off the top of my head, but please keep them in your prayers. They all need it. Thank you so much for all your love and support!!!

Alexandria

Buna Ziua from Alexandria, Romania!!! I am having the best time here. I love all of the girls we are working with and all of the girls and the guy on my team. They are all such wonderful people and I love them all so much. My team is great and we all work well together. It is really really hot here, I definately didnt expect it. But it is okay. We are working at the school where the orphans from Alexandria go to school, we just play outside. We begin at 10:30 a.m. and teach, sing, and play games until 12:30. Then we all break for lunch. The girls go back to their apartments and we all just walk down the road to this little courtyard and eat. We all get back together at 2:30 back at the school. and then we sing, play games, and teach/hang out again until 5:30 when they go back home and we go back to the Boys Transition House. When we get back to the transition house we have a little while before dinner to kind of unwind a little bit and then we eat, after dinner there is a little more time before we have our Night Lite. Night Lite is just where we all get together and talk about the day, what was good and what was discouraging for us as individuals and as a team. Most of our time is also spent trying to learn new Romanian phrases from the missionaries and even the Romanians we are living with. It is fun. I know alot more words now than I did before.
I have already become attached to one little girl named Mariana. She is probably about 8 years old, she is mute, and she has a scalp condition. She also twitches frequently. But I already love her very much. I wish you all could meet her and the rest of the girls too.
I am writing from an internet cafe in Alexandria right now and I only have a few minutes left. I hope to hear from you guys soon. Please email me if you want to know more about my ministry. Talk to you all later!!!