Update #5 Central Europe

Hi everyone, Janelle here!

We decided to start the day early for a hike in town. Guided by a local friend from the church who also translates for us we were able to walk straight from our apartment to amazing sights. We had constant photo stops while going up the mountain that overlooks the town during sunrise. It was beautiful making all the stairs very worth it. At the top we saw “Baba Yaga’s” house and a fortress built in the 4th century and partially destroyed by the Ottoman empire in the 15th century. 

We stopped at the bakery on our walk back for banitsa and streusel arriving just in time to leave for the farm. We weeded greenhouses and cleared a field there. The farm grows lots of produce for the local girls home, Roma people, and the Ukrainian refugees here. The team had fun especially gardening and weed whacking. 

We took a tired van ride back for “the best ever” showers and then lunch. 

We were also gifted chocolates from the 93 year old in town that we sang happy birthday to yesterday. 

We spent the rest of the afternoon planning VBS and playing games till driving out to the Roma community. We arrived to the kids waiting on the church steps waving. Today’s camp went amazing, the kids all loved the activities especially game time. There were also lots of laughs during our interactive skit where we splashed them while they were the animals aboard Noah’s Ark. While we were discussing patience one kid said he had to be patient to wait till it was time to come back to VBS today. We ended the day with a home cooked local meal at the church and a discussion of how great everyone thought the day went. We are all grateful for another amazing day here and looking forward to tomorrow for day 3 of 3 of our first VBS of the trip.