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Friday, June 17, 201

Today M’Kayla and I had a “McDonalds and a movie” day with the girls from the Buckner group home after finishing up our last program with the 5 year olds at the CDC in the morning.  The group home girls had never been to the “cinema” in town so it was a treat and...

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

I definitely have huge respect for how much the Romanian people walk to get where they need to be!Today, we got a taste of their life where we got to walk walk walk all day long! Instead of having the Buckner van pick us up from Hotel Iris to go to the CDC this...

Monday, June 13, 2011

Happy Romanian holiday! Everyone here has the day off from work and from school which means that the kids who normally go to the Child Developmental Center Monday-Friday also have the day off. Thus, the day off for us! Everyone wins!We decided to do some sight seeing...

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

 M’Kayla and I are getting better and better with learning our way around Tarnaveni. We now know how to walk to the Penny Market, the local Baptist church, a little pizza place with free Wifi (one of our favorite places), and now to the Child Developmental...

Saturday, June 11, 2011

What a successful day we had with all the kids from the Tarnaveni group homes! Although we had to switch to an “indoor picnic” because of the rainy/cold weather,it was still a great success. Most of the kids from these groups homes are older kids and...

Thursday, June 9, 2011

What a busy past few days we have had!We have been working since Monday with the 3-4 year olds and the 5-6 year olds at the Child Development Center. We work with the younger children during the morning and then with the older after-school kids during the afternoon....