Alas, we are back in Craiova!!!! Celebrations are seriously needed. We were basically in and out of town for 2 weeks working on all of the visa paperwork and following laws (leaving the country). We went to Serbia, like I already mentioned. All that we can do up until this point is already done. We went to Bucharest and gave our paperwork to the Baptist Union as a step in the visa process. Now we are in "waiting mode" as I like to think of it. The lady from the Baptist Union called Paul today about a minor detail, which gives us hope that our applications are actually being processed! Woohoo. From the Baptist Union, our information goes to another office (we'll refer to it as the M.C. for now) and after receiving a letter of recomendation, we can turn all of our forms into the police and then they will be the ones to issue us a visa, Lord willing.
This past weekend we went to a leadership conference put on by Willow Creek and in conjunction with an organization called BIG. Overall, it was alright and we were glad we went. We had some good conversations with a few others from our church that went to the conference and will hopefully have more continued conversations. With every message, there were some good things and some not-so-good things, but we just tried to be discerning. All in all, we are glad we went and hope to apply some things we learned.
Finally, Paul and I are in process of trying to start our conversational English classes: "The English Lounge." Creative, huh? Totally Paul. I am definitely not known for being creative! Anyway, we passed out fliers and talked to students today at the University. It seemed that some were geninuely interested. We are planning on going to campus again tomorrow.
There will be a general information meeting for the English Lounge this Thursday evening. Please pray that God would sovereingly direct us to who we should talk to and invite on campus and that students would come to the meeting on Thursday evening.
This past weekend we went to a leadership conference put on by Willow Creek and in conjunction with an organization called BIG. Overall, it was alright and we were glad we went. We had some good conversations with a few others from our church that went to the conference and will hopefully have more continued conversations. With every message, there were some good things and some not-so-good things, but we just tried to be discerning. All in all, we are glad we went and hope to apply some things we learned.
Finally, Paul and I are in process of trying to start our conversational English classes: "The English Lounge." Creative, huh? Totally Paul. I am definitely not known for being creative! Anyway, we passed out fliers and talked to students today at the University. It seemed that some were geninuely interested. We are planning on going to campus again tomorrow.
There will be a general information meeting for the English Lounge this Thursday evening. Please pray that God would sovereingly direct us to who we should talk to and invite on campus and that students would come to the meeting on Thursday evening.
