We enjoyed dinner out tonight at a local restaurant with our team and the nationals who helped us by translating, sharing the gospel, turning wrenches and all sorts of tasks. Not far from the school where we've been staying is Hotel Zamca and the Fire Bulls restaurant. Honestly it was the worst meal on the trip so far - but of course you cannot count the meals on the airline! It isn’t that it was terrible, it’s just that we have been eating in peoples’ homes each night and the meals have been hearty and much better.
One purpose of the get together was to give gifts to Pastor Nicu, his wife Gaby and all the young people who helped us this week. It was hard indeed at the end of the night to say goodbye. I've been here only one week but I have grown close to them. Working alongside brothers and sisters in Christ I experience God knitting our hearts together when we purposefully work for the sake of the gospel. We have seen some amazing things. People have driven in some cases hundreds of kilometers to have a wheelchair evaluation with American physical therapists. We've watched the dwindling stack of wheelchairs yet we were always able to find the right fit. We've witnessed the tears of people as they watch caring hands touch their loved ones. We've succeeded in perfectly fitting a wheelchair only to find it's too heavy to carry to their fourth floor apartment (there are lots of accessibility issues in Romania).
Joni and Friends use the passage in Luke 14:15-24 to sum up their vision. They believe that God wants His kingdom filled with all people and especially the disabled. I've read that passage a few times since I signed up for this mission. It is an honor to be one of those who assists in the calling so that His house may be full.
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