Our time in Romania was simply amazing. We went to Romania to visit an orphanage
partially supported by Kidstown International.
An organization that my father is on the board of and my family has been
involved with for quite a few years. If
you don’t know anything about Kidstown International it is a private Christian
run organization that funds orphanages throughout Romania, India and Nepal. The orphanages are run as a family setting,
the children there become part of a family and are not adopted out. There are house parents that stay with the
kids each night showing them the love of God. Here is their link if you want to learn more about this great organization http://www.kidstown.org
Adam and I spent a week at Casa Dorca. We chose this orphanage because my mother
sponsors a girl at this location. After
a 3 hour drive there on a very windy road Adam and I had started to wonder what
we had gotten ourselves into, however after the first day we forgot about the long
journey and were filled with the love of the children. Although most of them did not speak english we all bonded instantly through just playing. We played
from the time they came home from school into the night everything from Barbie’s, blocks,
ping pong, soccer, and many more games.
Every night we were exhausted but filled with joy. We were so blessed to be a part of this home
for a week. Our hearts were yearning to
take all the kids back with us to America.
However, these children are part of a family now and we couldn't take that away from them.
When it was time to leave on Tuesday our hearts were heavy as we didn’t want to leave our new friends but we know that some day we will return and Casa Dorca will be forever in our hearts. In the mean time we will be praying for the children and the house parents for Gods love and grace.
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