The second, out of
8 weeks of outreach, started with us going to Urban Center for English Club. We
had a Sport theme. Woah, these guys guessed all of our questions! It was fun,
because somehow it feels like it is safe place for them to come. Not all of the
24 people who are coming know each other, but here they learn and have fun
together! Since we are a part of Urban Center ministries, some people who serve
there come also for these evenings, and it is a big encouragement to see them gaining
friends among attendees!
The next day, Daniel,
Katya, Sergey and I went to the school and talked about the value of
Friendship. Our guys shared the most, while Katya and I were
translating for them. Just saying, the teens loved to be around foreigners, and
one of the girls came up to me saying how impressed
she was by my translating and wished to be the same. So we invited
her and her friends to the English Club! While we still were at the school, one
teacher was with us during of the lessons, and when we finished, she said: “So sorry you are leaving, it was very good. And the most
amazing thing, you made these guys speak! They are the biggest trouble makers
in the school, but here they opened up their hearts!”
The next day I was
getting sick, my temperature was low... That day I read in the Bible Matthew
6:34 in The Message translation. Boom... It became a revelation!
I was worrying about my money, because I didn't count how much I would need for
outreach, and looked like I took less. Honestly, it was a big worry of mine.
Reading this passage, God reminded me to have peace in every situation and also
brought me a solution: our friends, who are traveling to Chisinau next week,
could bring me stuff from home!
It was Thursday,
and it was a bed day for me: I really got sick. We had a day off, and that
morning was rainy. But still it was worth it to go for breakfast with the other
staff, the Yarbroughs and Bucalovs. We did have good fellowship!
We were split in 2
groups and here what we experienced: the first lady we met was very talkative
and sick, and her husband did for her everything! The way he treated her
inspired me, young and healthy, to treasure relationships. The next one was spoke
Romanian. When I asked her if I can talk to her in Russian, she said: “Whatever you say to
me I will listen.” Her children left her and she lives by care of the people
who rent her house. When I was saying compliments to her she was shy like a
girl :) And the last lady, Varvara, we got to her by very deep muddy road. Her
house is being destroyed, she can't do much at home because of her health, and
neighbors are stealing from her. She didn't speak any Russian, but through the
Salvation Army guys, who went with us, I could talk to her. She lives with her
cat Charlik, and her husband died 10 years ago. It was a very, very good day
for us! The other team went to another village and on the way back, the driver
broke the key for car...They prayed, and nothing happened, until one of the students,
Dima, said randomly: “Come on, enough of it, let's go,” and immediately the car
started :) When we all reunited, the students and I shared about our mission
and listened to Salvation Army visions and stories. Good day.
In the evening we
prayed for our school leader family, the Yarbroughs, as they left to go back to
Ukraine for some time.
Sunday! A noisy morning
spent with tons of teens at the Urban Center. This time, my team and I made a
program for them: we had 4 bases where they played different games and then
heard the values of Friendship as a conclusion of each game. After the teens left,
we stayed for church service and Ivan and I met a person who came from
Kyrgyzstan to study here, and wants to be a missionary in Africa. We, of
course, offered him YWAM :)
Now, it is myself
and the Bucalov family leading 5 students. Please pray for wisdom and islands
of re-energy :)
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