On Sunday, we had services in Severin (morning and evening) and Lupsa (in the afternoon). In Lupsa, I went down with Becky with the kids (all 3 or 4 of them) and we made friendship bracelets for awhile. That has started us on a friendship bracelet making trend here and we've gotten everyone involved! Chad, Becky, Dragosh and I have all been making them and just giving them to different people. I brought a ton of packaged of lots of string and I'm so glad I did that! We also performed Saturday night in Rogova, Sunday morning in Severin, and Sunday afternoon in Lupsa on the violin and mandolin. In Rogova, Chad and I played our instruments while Becky and Cathy sang and we also played with the group and sang with some of the teens (in Romanian). Sammy (who leads the orchestra) was like "if Chad can learn the mandolin in 5 days, you all should be able to play this song that you've had for awhile!" We got a good laugh out of that while some of the kids sulked off to practice more! In the evening service in Severin, Chad and I picked out another song that we might do tomorrow night (if we have time to practice some tomorrow).
On Monday, Becky and I had some fun in the morning and in the evening, we played volleyball again with the teens. Guess who was still as bad as last week?! I did manage to hit the ball a few more times than last time but not many of them (aside from my serves which were actually decent) made it the right way over the net!
Then, today we were busy with some manual labor! We spent the morning painting some of the rooms in the orphanage. The girls got a makeover from pale pink to a pretty light purple and the boys got a refreshing blue (the other rooms are getting done after I leave). We painted for a few hours and then came back to the house for orchestra/choir practice. I didn't join in this time since I won't be here this Sunday to perform but I hung out and worked on a bracelet while I watched them practice. Then, we went out and walked around Severin with Dorin, Dragosh, Sammy, and Becky. We went to this main area where there is like a pedestrian walkway and walked down to sit at the big city fountain for awhile. On the way back, we picked up some "donuts" and enjoyed them on the way home. We also enjoyed jumping over water fountains and pushing through the crowds (since cutting in line is like the norm here) while waiting for those donuts!
Tomorrow, we're planning a small shopping day. I need to buy some food stuff to bring home (if anyone wants anything, let me know!) and then we're just checking out some other shopping areas. On Thursday, I head out and so it's likely that this might be my last post from here (I might not have time to post again tomorrow). Sammy, Cathy, Chad and I will all be heading out to Bucharest early Thursday morning so that I can get to my 2:00 pm flight from there (it's like a 6, 7, or 8 hour drive from here to there; I don't know the exact time in the car). Then, I'll be back in the states around midnight on Thursday! I'm happy to be going back home but as always, I hate to leave. I totally wish that I could stay longer because everything is now becoming more routine and normal feeling here so it's such a bummer to leave when you feel start to feel like you're fitting in more :( And of course, I hate to leave all the awesome friends and teens/kids here that I've connected with. But of course, I see it only as an "I'll see you next time" rather than a goodbye so I've already started thinking about when I can come back again!
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