Thursday: Another Day Another Adventure

This morning (Thursday) the plumbing system has literally exploded! The water is pouring through the ceilings of the first floor. Everybody was sent outside. What to do? Recreation was suddenly moved up in the schedule. Volleyball games were organized and the kids loved it. All the teaching was moved outside. The weather was foggy and threatening rain. The Bible Story today was the day the sun stood still.

The blog will not even go into the power out and the food in the refrigerator.

Creative interaction time featured using chenille sticks/ pipe cleaners to express yourself. Katie explains and the kids and staff let their creative juices flow. This really worked well outside. A budding ophthalmologist was discovered named Alex. First Alex made himself a pair of glasses--I guess so that he could see what he was doing. The next picture is of Alex making glasses for a girl named Kristina. He took such care to measure the bridge of her nose to have them fit and then also to fix them on her head. Who knew that a career would be born at children's camp.

Events have gone better than we dreamed it could under the circumstances. The pipecleaners were a life saver. The rain held off until lunch time so we were able to keep the children outside while the room dred out. The Gypsy (Roma) chaperones from Glodeni have had them in their rooms while the team ate and got the rooms ready for the rotations. The rain was ending as the afternoon rotation began. Crafts, singing, English, and Bible Study reveiw all running smoothly. Crafts today were mobiles made of stars and the moon. Katie was teaching the colors in English today. The children also had some seat work.

By 5 PM Romania time the Sun came out. A soccer match broke out and the weather was beautiful. Sarah said it was hard to believe that the plumbing fiasco was just that morning--seemed so long ago.

Can you guess what they had for supper? This is a Southern favorite! YELLOW GRITS! Romanians call it Mamaliga, the Hungarians call it puliszka, and Southerns call it grits. This is a favorite.