Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Camp Days!


This summer marked my sixth year on staff with Heart to Heart and 10 years of summer ministry with H2H in Romania! Last summer was so different for us because of the pandemic...it was the first time in all those years that we didn't have camps with the kids. This year we weren't able to do camps as we have in the past but we were so thankful and blessed to be able to do a variation of our summer programming with the kids.

We started in the month of July with a camp with the younger kids from Roșiori at our house in Nenciulești. We are so blessed to have a large area for the kids to play games and several extra rooms in the workshop where the kids could met for Bible stories and singing.


In the middle of our H2H camps, Nicu and I hosted a group from our church, AlfaOmega, in our home. Each day they would go out to nearby villages to do VBS programs. Nicu was involved in these programs each day and had an amazing time ministering to the children. We are praying about how God would like us to continue this ministry throughout the year.
As we rolled into August it was time to have camp with the Periș and Voluntari kids from the Bucharest area. We were able to get permission to take the kids to our old house at Snagov to have the camp. We also took them to pool at Pipera. Our theme was "With Your Head in the Clouds and Your Feet on The Ground" and told the story of Daniel. We talked about how our thoughts should always be on God ("head in the clouds") even while we faced difficult circumstances around us ("feet on the ground"). We were helped by several generous donors and churches to be able to have this camp and we are so very appreciative to them for making this possible!


Now that camps are over we will start to shift our focus to the transition program and school year ministry. We are so excited to announce that we raised funds to have two boys full time in the program! One of the boys, Iuli, has already moved in with us and we are hoping that the other boy, Andrei, will start with us soon.

How You Can Support Us
Here are our current prayer requests and praises:
  • Pray that we will have a smooth start to our transition program.
  • Our long time friend and fellow staff member, Heather, has made the difficult decision to leave H2H and transition to another ministry organization. We know this is an amazing opportunity for her and will allow her to grow her ministry. Please pray for her, for us as we adapt our ministries to her absence, and for the kids as they won't see her for several months.
  • We are still anticipating that the Voluntari and Periș orphanages will merge before school starts in mid-September. Pray for the kids as they go through this change and also pray that wisdom will be used in selecting the best director to remain at the orphanage.
  • Nicu was able to get a 10 year visa for the US!
  • We have secured funding for two boys to come into the transition program full time.

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 the program and how God is using us here in Romania.


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!

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