Week 6: Jupiter Team

It’s hard to believe that six weeks of camp are already done. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were beginning the preparations for our seven weeks of camps. Another week of enthusiasm and excitement is over.

Together with the team from Jupiter, Florida, the kids from Reghin, and the Sarmas and Zau state group homes spent an amazing week talking about God’s security and learning about the security they can have from their fears from their past, their present, and their future. In order to be able to better remember His promises they learned memory verses, played specific games, and enjoyed team time where they prayed and had private discussions. In the afternoon, we also had mini camps with the kids from the Rozmarine Day Center.

The team enjoyed their time here in Romania, and they were such a big help for us. Isom Rigell, the team leader, had visited Romania a few times before. Back in 2006, he was a member of the team that helped to build one of Livada’s group homes and since then he has been back four summers in a row with teams of teenage kids from the school he teaches at, Jupiter Christian School.

We appreciate your hard work and dedication, Isom, and we pray that God blesses you for your service to the children of Romania.

Unfortunately, this week, one of our summer interns, Justin, returned home together with the McDonnell family, Jeff, Jenny, and Jack. We pray that the Lord will bless Justin for sacrificing his summer and choosing to spend it with the orphan and gipsy kids and to invest in their lives. You were such a big help and a blessing for Livada this summer just as you were in the past six years. We are sure that your effort will be rewarded in heaven!

Throughout the week the team had the opportunity to visit the gipsy village from Ogra and see the kids living conditions. They also were able to spend some time with Livada’s group homes and were amazed how much the Livada kids have grown and matured since their visit last summer.

Visiting Ludus Baby Hospital was one of the highlights of the week for the Jupiter team. The team held the babies, played with the toddlers, and most of the team left the baby hospital with broken hearts over the conditions the babies and toddlers are living in.

At the end of the week they visited the Salt Mine from Turda, and they were so impressed because they’ve never seen such a beautiful place. Even if it was a short visit, they loved it.

Thank you Jupiter team for your effort, for your energy and for being an example for our kids.

     Thank you ALL for being such a blessing in these kids lives!