Space Walks

We are grateful for the donations in this container of the spacewalks. There were 5 sent to Romania. Many children will be blessed with hours of fun jumping in these. The other 4 will go to other missionaries to use in their ministries in different areas of Romania. I know some of these missionaries will use them for the children in summer camps and other activities.

Buddy blew each of them up to make sure they would hold the air. Our neighborhood kids came to try them out. They loved it.

April 8, 2011 - Unloading Container

Romania is blessed to have a group of people in Louisiana who want to bless them with their love and efforts of donated goods. We work with Johnny Huffman who is responsible, along with the help of many volunteers, for collecting, sorting and shipping the goods to Romania. We work on this end to receive and distribute the goods to missionaries, churches and individuals to help the less fortunate in this area.
Below are pictures of the unloading of the container on April 8, at our facility in Vinga. We had helpers of all ages to help with the unloading.

We praise God for all who were involved in this endeavor. Thank you very much. You are a blessing!

A funny story to go along with this container. The Hungarian truck driver brought the container and was preparing to back it into our property. He said "I have only been driving a truck for a few months. I am not able to back it inside the gate, you will have to unload it out here on the street." Buddy said "No, No, if you will allow me to, I can back it in through the gates." So he hopped into the truck and backed it inside. The trucker driver said "Thank you". Buddy was right at home since his previous job before coming on the mission field was truck driving. Then the unloading began as you see above!

Our New Grandaughter - Claudia Diane Braswell

On April 17, 2011 our son Lee, and his wife Robin, gave us our 6th granddaughter, Claudia Diane. She weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 21 1/4 inches long. She is healthy and dearly loved by her 2 sisters who are in the picture down below Claudia's. They want to hug and kiss her all the time. We enjoy seeing them on Skype with her.

This is Clara and Chloe. This picture was made on April 23, 2011 at an Easter Egg Hunt.

We have 3 other granddaughters, Kaylee, 16 yrs and Kellee 12 years. They are older siblings to Clara, Chloe and Claudia who all belong to our youngest son, Lee. Ashleigh who is also 12 yrs. is the daughter of our oldest son, Mike and his wife Amy.

We thank God for these many blessings of grandchildren. Buddy always wanted a girl, now he has six of them who call him Paw Paw!

Ladies Bible Study

A few years ago, I began a monthly Bible Study group with the ladies at the church here in Vinga. This group has grown and continued to meet each month. They are in the middle of their third book to study. The book they are presently reading and studying is by Joanna Weaver, titled "Having a Mary Spirit". This book is about allowing God to change us from the inside out.. It is a sequel to "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World". I highly recommend both of these books. They have been a blessing to me and the other ladies. They are English written Bible Study books which have been translated into Romanian and I'm sure other languages as well.

On April 9, we met here in our home for the Bible Study. They normally meet at the church, but sometimes its good to have a change. We had 16 ladies in attendance. We had a wonderful time together studying the word, a time of prayer and food and fellowship.

April 4, 2011 Bible Club in Arad

We have started working with a new Bible Club in Arad. Emma, the daughter of one of the pastors we work with, started a Bible Club in their home. She asked us to help her with it. We go 2 times each month and tell the story and do activities with the children. They are a sweet group. The group averages around 15-18 each week.

Below are a few pictures of the children. Here they are inside as we are sharing the Bible Story on April 4, of the Jesus' Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. They were very attentive but also wanted to ask questions, which is good.
Of course Buddy loves to play with the little ones.

After the Bible story we went outside to play games and sing songs.

After the games and songs were finished, we gave them chocolate cupcakes and Kool-aid. They loved them.

April 2011 Updates

Hello, Since our return to Romania on March 2, we have been quite busy. It is hard to believe almost 2 months have passed since our return. March was very busy with getting settled back in and cleaning up after the winter. As you saw the pictures on the previous entry we returned to beautiful snow. It did not last but a few days and then it was gone. March was still a very chilly month. The rest of March was busy getting utility bills , taxes and insurance paid.

In the next few entries I will be posting pictures of our activities for the month of April. April has also been very busy. I'm not sure where the time has gone, but God has blessed our time.

God bless,
Buddy & Barbara

Return To Romania March 2, 2011

We arrived in Romania on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 to a beautiful white snow covered landscape and frigid temperatures. On Thursday afternoon it began to snow again and snowed through the night. On Friday morning trees were covered with snow and rooftops also. Above you will see the pictures I've attached so you can see what it looks like here.

We have been busy since we arrived getting back in the routine and taking care of business.

It is good to be back and we look forward what God has in store for us ministry wise this year 2011!