Hello my people!!!

Our time in Romania was short but relational and sweet! This video includes me explaining the ministry, a tour of our ministry house (35+ people sharing 2 bathrooms - HA!), snippets of different ministries (medical, Roma gypsy village visits, etc.) and the end of this video includes interview videos for the church I was asked to be a part of! Those interview videos were created by my friends Bre and Micah on our squad. Also, my teammate Jonathan videoed some of the clips that help round out this recap video! Thanks Jonathan!

As usual, this video has taken HOURS and many tries to make, download, upload, reupload... reupload.. reupload.., embed, etc. on wifi. Alas, here it is! Grab some popcorn, get comfortable, and enjoy!

Thank you for watching! It is so heartwarming to know y'all are invested in these updates!

Some highlights from our time in Romania:

- 3 women giving their lives to Jesus during eye glasses ministry

- brainstorming with fellow squadmates new ways to creatively fundraise and connect with supporters of the ministry that will be implemented by the church for the long run

- numerous conversations with locals of all ages, inviting them to our America nights where we had cultural food and music, testimonies, shared the Gospel, and connected them to the local church and youth group

- helped teach English to Romanian adults, shared testimonies as part of the English teaching!

- covered the local missionaries HEAVILY in prayer - powerful! They are in a TOUGH region where only .5% of the population are Christians - prayer, mentorship, and encouragement go a lonnnnngggg way!

- worshipped together as a squad and fought for unity 

- brought food, clothes, and dances and Bible teachings to the Roma gypsy community our pastors have been serving for years - hard situations to digest (practice witchcraft, theft, an aspect of choice in their living situations, seeing some of them not choosing gratitude for the gifts the pastors continue to bring, etc.) Shoutout to the relentless love, patience and dedication the local pastors have to this community - they are in it for the true Gospel and the long haul!

- personally, grew to new depths praying harder than ever before for the people in my personal life to come to know Jesus - a particular night in worship I will not forget, and one I will implement more often in pleading that deeply on their behalf - thank you Jesus!

I am posting this from the country I am currently doing ministry in: ALBANIA! Updates of what we are doing here to come soon!

Love you guys! Thanks for all the support!!

Your girl,

Sierra :)