Countdown to India: 28 days!

I have a great new opportunity for you support my trip to India below, but first: an update!

Countdown to India: 57 days

Only 57 days until I board that plane to the Asian continent!

GOing to India in 2014

Today was our first official GO India meeting at Crossroads!  I'm super excited, as you can see.  I promised more information, and here is the beginning of the deluge:

What I'm doing, and when:

We will be helping run an adventure camp for the survivors of forced prostitution and the individuals who work beside them, October 19-28, 2014.

You can read more about previous trips
and the ongoing work in India on their blog.

Two days of hanging out, plus some moldy slime

Monday: Sar and I hitched a ride to Oradea with Dave and explored their walking street while he ran errands.  I loved the beautiful old architecture! The only thing that stopped me from taking countless pictures was not wanting to look that much like a tourist.  (We were already the quick-google-the-word-for-"bill"-so-we-can-ask-for-it-when-she-comes-back and the how-much-do-they-leave-for-tip-around-here? people.)

Two worlds living next door to each other

Friday: This weekend was Iza's birthday and the kids had a blast making "human sundaes," which is basically an adults worst nightmare: children running everywhere, covered in whipped cream and flavored syrup, hyped up on cupcakes and soda, begging for water balloons to throw at one another.

Upper left: Simona's super sweet smile
Upper center: Chris hosing off the "human sundaes"
Upper right: Samu managed to get frosting on his nose before biting into his cupcake for the first time
Left top middle: Abel, David, Samu and Simona pose for a picture before the waterfight begins
Left bottom middle: Sarah and the AMAZING zebra cupcake "cocktails"
Bottom left: Kaleena pretends she didn't get a cupcake, but the frostin on her face tells a different story
Bottom right: The kids spontaneously toast to Iza's tenth birthday "La multi ani!"

Finding joy in pee and poop

Tuesday: A journey to the supermarket when you don't speak the local language... Sar accidentally bought a lottery ticket and I held up the line for several minutes while an employee ran off to weigh my produce because apparently they don't have scales at the cash register.  Whoops!

Sergiu (share-JZOO) is my newest favorite preemie

My Fifth Continent, Ya'll!

South America, Africa, North America, 
Australia and Europe!

Romania: Forget Me Not Ministries

Credit: Google Maps

As many of you already know, my first stop on this European adventure is the country of Romania.  Sar has been traveling to Tinca, a Roma camp outside of Oradea every summer for the last several years and this summer I'm joining her.  We'll be spending June 12-July 3 helping Rachel at Forget Me Not Ministries.