Week 4 - The Mission

Day 21 - Monday, June 25, 2007, We continued Vision meeting II and had some difficulties wording the vision statement. If you've ever tried this-- you know it's a long process. We ran up against a wall. Later, I was able to give a guitar lesson to a young boy and two kids from Yugoslavia. Wow! I had never meet anyone from that country before! Later, I was able to give another lesson to Victor, one of the staff a guitar lesson.

Day 22 - Tuesday, June 26, 2007, We continued drafting and writing the vision and mission statement in the morning. After that, Alina, Anca, and I were able to brainstorm more ideas for the wording of the vision. After work, we were able to go visit Roxanna, the little 5 year old girl who broke her leg at the orphange. We brought her balloons, candy, and toys. She was treated like a little princess and I think she liked it.



Day 23 - Wednesday, June 27, 2007, We concluded our vision and mission in the morning and in the afternoon, I presented it to the rest of the staff. Here's our Vision:

The Vision

Through relationships

we affect Romania

Today for Tomorrow.

The Mission
Inimi Deschise supports, guides,

and equips abandoned children and

families in need to overcome obsticles

achieving their highest potential

Spiritually, Socially, Mentally, & Physically.

Day 24 - Thursday, June 28, 2007, we were able to have two days off at the end of the week. So thursday, I slept in, cleaned my room, finished the book, "Wild at Heart", and spend some time praying and worshiping with guitar. I felt like God was leading me to go visit Roxanna again, so I went to the hospital close to the office and spent some time with her. She doesn't understand English and "Nu Vorbesc Romaneste" (I don't speak Romanian). I sat fanning her (no AC in hospital) and playing with balloons. Then I went to a big park called "Herastrau" and spent some more quiet time.


Day 25 - Friday, June 29, 2007, Friday morning, Alina and I left early for a small town called "Sinaia". We took the metro to a train station and it took us about 1.5 hours to get to mountain town of Sinaia. We climbed the steep steps into the town. We saw a really nice park, an old orthodox monastary, and then the amazing Peles Castle. This castle is a really cool castle that was built around 1873. Check it out on Wikipedia if you want to learn more. We walked in the great statue garden and took lots of pictures. We also saw a classical Guitar player named Catalin Comnoiu-- I saw this guy last fall and he is INCREDIBLE. We walked down the long cobblestone pathway through the Gypsy peddlers and through the town. It was a great day.

Day 26 - Saturday, June 30, 2007, Another relaxing day. Lunch with Alina and Heidi. Heidi is a missionary in Bucharest. She works with a variety of ministries and been involved with the vision meetings. This next week she will help us planning and training the American team for our week long camp July 9th.