A New Season

 

The past few months have been a whirlwind as we started the transition program in earnest. We have two boys, Iuli and Andrei, who are living with us and learning life skills and different trades. They have done several projects around our house in Nenciulești as well as at Pipera.

Andrei and Iuli working on the stairs at our house in Nenciulești.

Nicu, Iuli, and Corni working on a cementing project at Pipera.

Iuli working on making eggplant salad.

We were very blessed to have my mom come for a visit for a few weeks in late September. She helped with Oliver which gave me the chance to attend some trainings that I needed for my licenses and also allowed me to do some much needed organizing. Right after she left numbers of coronavirus cases started to grow again and we have been on a very strict lockdown since the middle of October. We are so thankful that she came just in time!

My mom and Oly on a walk through the neighborhood.

In addition to getting the transition program going full speed we continued to visit Periș and do youth group there. We also visited a youth group in Roșiori led by our co-worker, Sandel. Nicu was even able to make a visit to Casa Lidia! Unfortunately, a few weeks ago several kids at Periș became sick with COVID-19. We have had to stop visits for the time being until they are well again.

Youth Group at Periș.

Nicu visiting Casa Lidia.

Looking ahead to the next month we are hopeful that we will be able to get into Periș and see the kids once again. And we are continuing full speed ahead with the transition program! We will be looking at doing some indoor projects now that the weather is getting colder. We are also gearing up for Christmas and will soon start collecting gifts for the kids.

How You Can Support Us

Here are our current prayer requests and praises: Continue to pray for the transition program. Pray that the boys will get along and continue to learn from the things that we are sharing with them. Also, pray for their spiritual growth. Pray for the health of the kids at Periș. We hope that they will recover from COVID and that we will be able to go back to visit them soon! That we will have wisdom about getting the vaccine and about which vaccine to get. We will need the vaccine to travel and will likely need it to get into the orphanages to work soon. We are praying about when is best for me to get the vaccine as I'm still nursing Oliver and about which vaccine is best for our family. Pray that we will have the funds to cover all the Christmas gifts needed for this year. 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, the Boys Transition Program, or Christmas gifts (if you would like to make a special Christmas contribution). You can check out our Facebook group to receive updates on the program and how God is using us here in Romania. 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