Well. we had a great retreat with our volunteers, about 30 of them showed up. We did 2 sessions on “Lying and truth telling” and then one on getting a job and writing a resume’. We also learned some new songs and performed them at the Baptist church in Iris. It was a fantastic time with oour many volunteers.

 We also had the opportunity to do some planning with Dina and visit the orphanage in Ilisua to bring fruit that was donated by “the friends of Mike Rains” and a friend of Gary Sharpe. This was a blessing to distribute fruit to children who receive very little in the way of nutrition…. having said that, I spoke with the doctor at ilisua and he happily informed me that the vitamins that were collected by the Christmas Team ‘07 made a big difference as he notice less cases of “respiratory infections” and a general “healthier look” amongst the children. This is very good news to many of us!!!!!

 Finally, we put an offer in on a big house to rent for a year to begin our “mentoring home ministry” to our orphan volunteers… The offer was accepted today!!! We move in on March 1 with Monica and Emi Florea as house parents!!!! More news on this to follow….

See you soon friends!

Bob