What Happened in May

Our living room carpet was moldy, dirty, and ugly. The vacuums here are not as good as they are in the USA. Even after vacuuming you can see the dirt. The stains on the carpet seem to grow larger with each day. In order to clean it you have to take the carpet up and scrub it with soap and a brush. Then hang it out to dry. This has to be done once a month in order to keep it clean. We decided to go with hard wood laminate flooring.

The floor under the carpet was not much better.
After a day of running around trying to find a finishing blade for the saw, we finally started. The missionary pastor, Brian, and I finished the floor in about 6 hours. Not bad for the first time.


This is the end result of our hard work.

Not only is this our living room, but the guest bedroom. Our first guest to stay with us is my sister Jennifer. She stopped over on her way back from a missions trip to Kiev, Ukraine. While here Faith, along with Natalie, have taken Jennifer to the children's hospital to visit the kids. She has gone to the orphanage as well as to The Open Doors Ministry to gypsy children. She has been enjoying her time here. It has been a joy having her stay with us.
Thank you for all your prayers.
Please pray for one of the boys that we have in placement. He is having a lot of emotional problems. Pray for wisdom on how to deal with this situation.
We have had a couple quit being house parents. We now have to find two sets of house parents. One set for an existing house, and then one for a new home we are opening in Jimbolia.
Pray for wisdom for the house parents we currently have. Give them wisdom and strength to deal with the kids each day. Wisdom on how to raise the kids.
Pray for me that I would have wisdom on dealing with the house parents and the ministry as a whole.
Thank you so much for your prayers and support. Each and everyone of you are an encouragement to us.