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Forever Etched in My Heart

 Recaps from Lesley, Kim & Hannah!

    Just a quick recap of my week in Romania. I didn’t know what to expect coming on this trip and the emotions we would have. This week will be forever etched in my heart. Being able to love on those girls and share the love of Jesus was such a great experience for me. I also enjoyed getting to know the ladies on my team at such a more personal level. Watching the girls do crafts and just smile and hug us, warmed my heart. This will be a week I will never forget.  - Lesley Brinkmann

    It is very difficult to put into words how wonderful was a week at The Deborah House. I am so thankful to God and to my family that I was able to return for a second year. I have thought about and prayed for those precious girls since I left last June. To be able to see them and hug them again was wonderful. Our week was full of fun activities with the girls and as a team. I hope that the girls felt the love of Jesus through our teaching and our interactions with them. I was a part of the crafts team. We had fun incorporating what the Bible study team was teaching them each day. Our verse for the week was Proverbs 18:10 and some of our crafts focused on the Lord being our strong tower. For example we colored wooden Jenga sets that will stay at the houses for them to play. Many games of Jenga were played throughout the week.  Over the two week period the girls will learn five names of God. Week 1 focused on Elohim and El Elyon. Week 2 will focus on El Roi, El Shaddai, and Adonai. We made banners and decorated them to remind the girls of the different attributes of God long after we are gone.

    We ended the week with a BBQ prepared by the house parents and said our goodbyes--lots of hugs were given and tears were shed. As we were about to leave one of the girls came to get several of us because she saw a rainbow outside behind the house. It was a beautiful reminder to me and to the girls of God’s promises. I hope and pray that each girl at Deborah House will follow Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. I already miss them, but I hope in one year I will see all those sweet faces again! - Kim Chandler
    I have been blown away this week by the Lord and His faithfulness to us! He showed up in Bible studies and the activities we had planned but also showed up in the unplanned dance class or bingo game or google translated conversations. My favorite part of the week was seeing the girls learn to reflect on their own personal relationships with the Lord. We emphasized the need to accept God’s gift of salvation personally in each of our own lives. Each of these girls have such a special place in my heart! And so does this team! It’s incredible how the Lord brings together so closely a group of people who are like minded and serving Him together!! It was an honor and a privilege to be with each of these ladies, the MLI staff, and each of those precious girls at Deborah! - Hannah Mullins
Stay tuned for recaps from everyone on team 2! We really appreciate all those who have kept up with the blog and prayed for us the entire time!

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