http://theromaniaproject.com/blog Updates from the field. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, the August Team has finished 2 weeks of work concluding with 6 days of Camp Discovery for 45 children from the Prichindel Orphanage in Cluj-Napoca. The camp itself was amazing as it was lead by Brian Raney, Christy Pengilly and Ali McGregor. Everyone had a great time and are ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=162 Greetings again from Romania. The team here is doing very well after a day with 40 orphans from an orphanage located in the very small village of Ilisua. We rented a bus and took them to the big city of Cluj which is 2 hours away. Most had never been to ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=159 Greetings from Romania. The team arrived safely late Saturday night with all baggage and donations intact! To this point we have re-sorted our 15 hockey bags and are on our way by train to the Beclean and Ilisua orphanages, which are about 2 hours away. After 3 days there, we will ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=146 Hello from Romania. It is almost 40 degrees here! Fortunately we have the privilege of helping take some children swimming! Here are a few "special needs children" from the Prichindel orphanage... They were so happy to be swimming in this weather... but also happy to have so much attention. Truly this was a treat for Jan ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=144 We arrived home safely at Pearson Airport around 1:30pm Wednesday to the open arms of many parents, relatives and friends. A welcome sight and reunion! Airport reunions are always exciting it seems. The mission trip went by quick even though the concensus was that the beginning seemed so long ago. We ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=143 From what I have heard the team has landed safely and are resting from their long travel back home. Thank you for all the prayer and support you have given during this amazing experience. Bob will be posting an entry shortly to update all of you on the ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=142 Its Sunday night here in Romania. We spent Saturday morning at the Prichindel Orphanage playing games and doing some crafts. We will do a big cookout for about 80 kids there on Tuesday afternoon. The children at this place are very well known to us many of them get to ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=141 Yesterday we spent the day taking the 25 elderly people on a day trip in the mountains.... The team did amazing. Most had never worked with the elderly before.... These seniors are forgotten and they were visibly moved that some young people were taking them on a day trip and ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=132 Good evening from Romania. As we write we have just returned home via the train from our five-day stay in the city of Beclean. While in Beclean we worked with some incredibly special kids at the Children’s homes in Beclean and Ilisua and also with the adults at the Beclean ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=131 Friends, We arrived safely in Romania early Saturday morning around 5am at the Beclean Orphanage after departing from Toronto over 36 hours earlier. We then slept till noon and went out to meet the kids after lunch. We then prepared our activities for Sunday. Our time today in Ilisua was ... http://theromaniaproject.com/blog/?p=130