Well the "Christmas in Romania: team (Dennis Huston, Kevin Sack, Jim Power, Kim Gaskins-Delz, and me) has finally arrived in Romania. The team did not suffer any time or travel issues at all on day #1. We left O'Hare International at 4:30 pm (Illinois time) on Wednesday, December 12 with sunny skies and seasonably warm December temperatures. We arrive at the Amsterdam airport at 7:00 am their time (12:00 am Illinois time) and met up with our Texas friend Kim Gaskins-Delz who flew in from San Antonio, Texas. The team then flew the final 3 hours to Bucharest, Romania to find frigid temperatures and lots of snow. Approximately 15" of snow have fell onto portions of Romania in the last week. Tonight the temperatures are expected to fall near 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
Each a every team that travels with Another Child Foundation seems to develop their own story and chemistry. This trip might be the snow! We have already had to push the Buckner van out of a parking place due to the unplowed areas in parking lots. But do not worry! The roads are fine and Dacian does a great job keeping the team safe. The team is really looking forward to getting involved in ministry work with the children they were called to serve.
Tomorrow looks like we are going to get off to a fairly early start (9:00 am) and drive to Sighisoara. Sighisoara is the oldest medieval community where people still live in the original buildings. This should give the team a good flavor of the Romanian culture. We will end up the day in Targu-Mures where we will start preparing for ministry work.
The team is now resting comfortably at this beautiful ski resort in Predeal, Romania. Keep the team in your prayers as we still have quite a few miles to travel and people to greet!
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7 comments:
Looking forward to hearing all your adventures. God Bless you all. So proud of each and every one of you.
Lots of Love
Michelle Power
I'm so glad you all arrived safely - prayers for blessings to the team and especially to the children who will touch your hearts and lives over the days ahead!
Tim, thanks for the update on the trip. Take pictures we would love to see the sites with snow, Predeal is probably gorgeous. Give Dacian and Gabi a hug from us and big hugs to the children.
Terry and Kathy
Glad you are all there safe and sound. Praying for all. Please give Gabi R a hug for me!
Praying for safe travel and the children that you will be working with. I know from experience that there will be hearts touched by those precious children. Tell Dacian Hi and that I waiting to go to "Big Boys" with him to have the reuben sandwich!!
Love you
Theresa
So thankful the trip over was uneventful. Thank you Tim for the update. Take care of each other and enjoy this adventure you are on spreading Gods love.
So happy you arrived safely! Hugs to all of you! Especially to you Dad (Dennis Huston). We miss you so much but are very proud that you are doing Gods work. Wishing you many blessings on this journey, we are sending all of you our prayers. Thank you Tim for doing the blog, it is wonderful for all of us back home.
God Bless and lots of love,
Family of Dennis Huston
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