Summertime

 

School's out and the weather is heating up...summertime is here in Romania!

We started out the month of June by celebrating Children's Day with the kids at the Periș orphanage. Heather prepared a lot of fun outdoor games for the kids and Nicu helped her get the kids involved. Oliver and I watched and cheered from the sidelines. Children's Day activities at the Periș orphanage. Now that school is out we are shifting our focus to summer activities. We finished up our social skills group and English class at Voluntari and had an end of the year party at Pipera with Heather's music class. The kids even put on a mini concert for us! And, as a special surprise, they had all bought me roses for my birthday. End of the year party and mini concert at Pipera with the kids from Voluntari. Receiving my roses while the kids sang Happy Birthday to me. At the very end of the month we helped with the first of five summer camps that we are doing this year. This first camp was with the boys special needs school in Roșiori. Nicu helped lead a group and Oliver and I came one day to watch. At the camp the boys learned about three of Jesus's miracles, did themed crafts, and played lots of games. It was hot but the boys had a great time and everyone went home with lots of prizes. Camp #1 with the boys special needs school in Roșiori. During the month of July we will have two more camps with the Roșiori kids. These camps will be here at our house in Nenciulești! We are excited to host the kids and have enlisted Heather to help us get the house in tip-top shape for the camps. At the end of the month we will provide housing for AlfaOmega church members while they do VBS in Alexandria. We are thankful for the opportunity to host our fellow church members and glad that we have the space for everyone to comfortably stay. We also have some very exciting news about the transition program: we have identified three boys who are interested in coming into our program. Iuli and Andrei are from the Periș orphanage and Alex is from Roșiori. We are trying to raise $350/month per boy or $10,000 in one time donations to bring the boys into the program. Pray for us as we raise support for the boys and prepare to start our ministry with them in the fall. If you would like to read more about the boys check out their bios here: Transition Program 2021 Iuli

Andrei How You Can Support Us

Here are our current prayer requests and praises: Pray that our summer camps will go well and that the kids will be safe, have a fun time, and, most importantly, learn about God's love for them. We are still anticipating that the Voluntari orphanage will close before the end of the summer. We pray for a smooth transition for the kids and all the staff involved. Funds for the boys who would like to come into the transition program as well as additional funds for our family (we are still in need of $200-$300 in monthly support). We were able to get Nicu a visa appointment for the 12th of August! Pray that it will go smoothly and that he will be able to get a 10 year visa (the maximum length of time he can get a visa for). Oliver's appointment to register his birth and get his passport went smoothly. If you would like to partner with us financially through Heart to Heart International please use the button below. If you choose to support us financially be sure and indicate in the memo section that you would like the funds to go to Nicu and Melissa Perghel or to the Boys Transition Program. You can check out our Facebook group to receive updates on how close we are to reaching our goal as well as see how God is moving and working through us.

Giving Through H2H

You can also make a donation through Walking With Orphans using the PayPal Giving link below. The transaction will appear as "Eastern European and Russian Orphanages Project" (the registered name for Walking With Orphans).                             By using PayPal Giving we will receive 100% of your donation! https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1239712