Dance!

Last night we finished just about everything I wanted to accomplish at the orphanage with the construction team we have in town. It was such a relief to have all of that finished. The team worked really hard and we got a lot accomplished in the three and a half days we worked. The last project we finished ended the construction week on a great note. We replaced the rotten floor in a play room. After the new floor was in, with no sagging spots or splinters weighting to happen, the floor administrator was just about in tears. She suggested that we could now use floor for dancing. Next week Scott and I will work on installing the fog machine, disco ball and multi-colored lazer lights - my last great calling in Moldova. When those things are in, we party. In preperation for this event, we had a dance party in CJ's van on the way home as Scott yelled out Moldovan grettings to passersby and the rest of us sang the Macarena. We like to party, we like, we like to party. Today however, we will be delivering an order of beds and mattresses to Falesti, another orphanage we work with in a more rural town.

Towards the end of yesterday, Ivan and Artur came into town. I haven't seen them in a while because they are working in a city about 100 miles away on a construction crew. At the end of the month they will come back to Chisinau to work with the same company and Ivan will go to driving school at night to become a professional driver - a taxi and eventually a Marshrukta. I look forward to the day that I am in Moldova, use a jazz hand to waive down a Marshrukta and find Ivan sitting in the driver's seat. That ride better be on the house after all the money I've loaned him.

Saying goodbye was a really encouraging thing. I talked with them a bit at the orphanage. We spoke our last words there, talking about their jobs, future plans and encouraging them to continue seeking the Lord. Afterwards we went to dinner with the team, another team and a bunch of the boys and girls from the orphanage. These nights are always very moving for the teams. Hearing the stories of the boys and girls puts what we're doing here in perspective. I see only a small part of what we're doing and have done. It is great to step back and see how God is using CERI and Sweet Sleep in Moldova. I am blessed to have been a part of it.