Off to camp!

I am off to camp again. This time I will be working with close to 100 adolescents up in Voroneţ, Romania. I can't wait. Camp is such a sweet and blessed time in Romania where God always does some amazing things. Please pray for safety, for many deep conversations, and for lives to be changed eternally for Christ! I love camp!
This is the painted monastery not too far from where our camp is situated.

Back to the Inferno

The summer heat in Bucureşti is quite intense. Because the city has so many concrete block apartments, the sun's radiation makes temperatures soar in the direct sunlight. We have been hovering in the mid-90s lately and are told that it will get much hotter. It is not unusual for us to have weeks of temperatures at or near 110. So we find the nearest fountain as these pics taken around the city. I have to dump water over my head daily, even at the office. Praise the Lord I am headed to the mountains and the solitude of camp!

'Beautifying' the city

My area of Bucureşti is known as Piaţa Muncii (the place of labor). Recently the city has been trying to spruce things up a bit by adding more green space, trees, flowers, etc. The picture above is from the square near where I live. In the past, it was full of billboards, dirt, etc. Now, the city has replaced the the ads with trees, grass, and flowers. I can tell you, just seeing the green space puts me in a better mood when I walk home from work!

About each month the city puts new flowers in. Pansies used to be in the above photo. I am told they are now going to put in some magnolias.

It's Camp Season!

It's summer, it's hot, it's sticky. So, it must be camp season. This is my favorite time of the year. I have had so many blessed times in RO camps, sharing Christ, laughing, crying, and simply lending a listening ear to youth who needed to talk. This summer I will again be involved in several camps for youth, adolescents, sports, youth leader training, and missions. Please pray that God will use each and every camp in Romania this summer for His Kingdom and that lives would be eternally changed!

Hava Nagila (Biserica Buna Vestire Bucuresti)

MANY OF YOU ASK ME TO POST MUSIC FROM MY CHURCH: THIS IS SOME OF OUR YOUTH WHEN WE LED WORSHIP BY SINGING IN SOME SEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

THE GROUP CATRE CER (TOWARDS HEAVEN) AT MY CHURCH

THE JIST OF THE SONG: YOU ARE THE LOVE IN MY LIFE LORD

Theatre on the Street

It seems there is always something going on in Bucureşti, take for example the recent "Theater in the Street" festival that took place:

Around the city

The city has been busy completely renovating Titan park near where I live. Check out the new fountain they put in. On a sunny day it makes a rainbow.
Piaţa Unirii in central Bucureşti

Classic out with the old and in with the new

Parcul Carol on a busy Sunday afternoon

Tomb of the unknown soldier in Bucureşti