regenerate retreat

my sister and i have been going to a new church now for the past six months and it has been wonderful. natalie and i grew up with the pastor's wife (our families are like families) and it has been awesome to see how God is using her and brenen. back in january, we went on their college retreat up in lake arrowhead and had such a rad time. we even made friends (i'm still so proud of us!). we didn't spend a whole lot of time outside, but the weekend rocked. i hadn't been on a retreat in a while and it was nice to get away and just hang out with some good friends and spend some time with God. and the worship was phenomenal. i loved it!

 it was so great getting to hang out with people i grew up with! the photo above is of a group of us who grew up together and who's parents are still very close. it's so cool seeing us all grown up and those of us who have a relationship with the Lord. we are blessed! i can't wait to go on another retreat and to get to hang out with these long-time friends again (hopefully that happens before next year!). God is awesome!

last night with the kona team.

sadly, our friends from the kona team left us last sunday and headed off to london for the next six weeks. we were sad to see them go! we had such a fun time hanging out with them and working with them during the baseball camp. we really enjoyed getting to spend time with other people our age. it was awesome to see God letting us come together, even though we were all so different and from so many different countries. God's just cool like that.

we ended up running around the city all night. we eventually made our way up to the top of a hill that overlooks all of cluj. it is beautiful up there! we had only been during the daytime before, so seeing all of the city at night was absolutely beautiful!

after the hill, we walked to central park. we had done a lot of ministry work there, but it was fun just getting to go there on our own to do our own thing. plus, it was really nice being at the park so late. essentially, it was empty minus a few other people walking around. 

we miss the team! but we're happy that the ywam cluj team is still here with us. we love them too :). i felt super thankful that God let us meet all of the people from kona. i'm praying for the rest of their time in london! if you could pray for them too that would be awesome! i know God's going to use them in big ways over there!

baseball camp: days 1 & 2

last week we held a baseball camp with ywam for kids and teenagers. it was such a fun time! like ryan kept saying, we all we're so blessed by all of the kids. and it was sweet teaching them how to play baseball! my group was the 7-9 year olds (just throwing it out there that it was the best group! ;). they don't have baseball here in romania, so they were so confused at first! but eventually they picked up all the rules and ways to play.

maria and vanna

ryan and clarie

       

i miss all of the kids already. especially emma, maria, and vanna. they were so precious. have i mentioned how thankful i am to be on this trip? God is so sweet to me. i'm so happy that He allowed me to be a part of the baseball camp. and the kids made me feel so good! even though i'm horrible at sports, they all wanted me on their teams. they're were so cute!

 

maria, me, and emma

i'm really hoping that some of the kids come out for baseball this saturday! i really want to see them again before i come home.