Woman's Retreat

an awesome experience at the Anenii Noi. Had 30 women from around the area to come for a 3 day retreat. We had a time of fellowship, classes and bible study. I taught 6 classes each day on these different topics-- prayer and having a quiet time, and on spiritual journaling.

The women shared a lot with me and seemed appreciative of what I was able to share with them. It is such a blessing to see these women enjoy time away from their families and doing things for themselves. We were well fed by Barbara(Mariana's mom) and Natasha--who cooked for us last year. We laughed, we cried and bonded as sisters in Christ.

They were awed by the fact that Igor and other men from the church served the meals to us and helped to clean up afterwards! I was amazed how everyone pitched in to help and things got done quickly.

Two members of our team--interpreters-- left for home this afternoon and we miss them already.

Naty and Angela, who were in their mid twenties, are both Moldovans. Naty lives in Bucharest, Romania with her American husband who is a minister at an international church there. They will be traveling to the states in January of 2011 and I hope to see them when they are in Lynchburg.

Angela is a student and lives in Moldova. They both were so sweet and I admired their translating abilities greatly.

Tomorrow is a day to do laundry and plan for next week where we will be fixing the food parcels and delivering them to the people in different villages. I probably will cut hair again for those who want me to.

Now that the conferences are over, I will have more time to write on my blog and on facebook.

Take care,

Lesley