Black History Month.

In the spirit of black history month i want to quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed."

eh.

Well the past little bit, especially today has been rather trying. One of the major things we are struggling with while we are here in Romania, is explaining to some of the people we want to work with, that we are no here to sponsor them and buy them what ever they want. We are trying to get a hold on what it cost for someone to live here and survive above the poverty line. Which is harder to explain since most of them think we are very wealthy and in comparison to what most of them make, if they even do,  we appear wealthy. We are also running into problems trying to get the ministry off the ground, for many reason some are simple others are basic promises that are not being held.. i wont go into great detail but just keep us in your prayers and that God will continue to open doors and show us why we are really here.

as always Keep it classy and safe
David

GOOD MORNING

well i just woke up, its around 10am. I love days that we just to decide to get up when ever are bodies want too. I feel rather rested, which is a wonderful thing. This is gonna be short and sweet this morning. just wanted to say good morning all and hope everyone has a great day.

Keep it classy and safe,
David

Most stuff about stuff.

Well today has been an awesome day, its roughly midnight here in beautiful Romania. The temperature is approximately a daunting -3 degrees, man is it hot lol. Today I worked and almost completed a video that i am making for the H*ART art gallery, which i believe i already mentioned, but im gonna mention it again. Today after lunch we went to the Children Center( i cant remember how to spell it in Romanian and you probably wouldnt know what it meant so this works for both of our benefits) which is ran by the Roman Catholic church, met an awesome women of God named Sister Maria. She showed us many pictures and told stories about all the children they are helping and still are helping in Beius, this women deserves a nobel peace prize or some kind of cool award. Then from there we had a short snow ball fight with Feri, a really awesome Romanian dude that speaks pretty good english having him around is rather beneficial, then we came back to the flat and made a list for a BBQ/worship service we are having at one of our friends houses tomorrow night, we are making my favorite Romanian dish which i am extremely excited about. Then pops and Feri went to go meet with our friend and i stayed back to just kind have some me time, which included some video editing facebooking and a little video gaming :D :D :D. Then when Feri and pops made it back to the flat we went to the orphanage and had dinner with 5 of the 8 girls from last night, tonights menu was grilled cheese and salami(ham) sandwiches.. i ate like 5 they were awesome. we then spent a little time with the girls just talking in Romspanglish(a clever blend of Romania and English and Spanish) its not the most orthodox way of communicating but it gets the job done. Then after dinner we went shopping for the BBQ and then bought a few snacks for around the flat, then met up with some more friends(rebecka, cosmen, costica, and vasile) we went out so they could get food and then to see vasile house and then from there we returned to the flat were i am typing this. I will post more tomorrow but now im tired and would like this thing called sleep.

Keep it Classy and safe,
DAVID

Blog numero dos

Well this is blog number two. I would like to say I am getting the hang of this, but that would be a lie. So I can't remember where I left off in my last blog so I will just pick up with what I did yesterday. We went to the supermarket at some point and for roughly 11 dollars American we bought some drinks, coffee, and snacks. The cool part is that in the states the coffee we bought and the 2 2.5L we bought have cost the entire 11 dollars. Anyrate, yesterday we met up with more of our friends here and spent part of the day with them, one of them Costica, gave my dad a rather large painting... we are still trying to figure out the logical way to get it home seeing as it will not fit to well in a suitcase. Then yesterday we just lazed about the flat(apartment) for a bit then went to dinner with probably the 8 best dinner companions ever. These 8 companions where the little girls from the orphanage where we eat most of our meals. We ate dinner spoke with them in what little english they knew and what even littler romanian we speak. Then after dinner we played "FREEZE" similar to American freeze tag but basically entailed me and dad chasing them around a room for 30 minutes or so. Afterwards we met up with some friends and went for coffee and just stayed in the town center and shot a few games of pool. It continues to SNOW here, normally i would be excited by this, but its -5 degrees Celsius on average here in the morning and only warms up to a 1 or 2 so its quite chilly and if u know me you know i despise being cold. Today I am working on finishing up a video i started when i was home for H*ART Gallery, its an art gallery on E. Main st for homeless and disadvantaged artists. I am also working on designing plans for some soccer goals we want to build for a couple of the local parks here in Beius for the children who can't afford to pay to play on the nice fields. I am hoping that after designing them, we will be able to find all the necessary building materials and tools, some things just don't translate well here. We are also trying to get a meeting with the mayor of Beius so that we can get it ok'ed to build these goals. I found out last night that in fact do not have Monster Energy drinks in Romania, I was extremely saddened, for most of you know this is a staple in my daily life... I have reverted to drinking coffee.... not quite the same but it does the job. Well I am running out of things to say currently. Thanks again for all the prayer and thoughts... if you havent seen  yet i posted a video on facebook of yours truely.

Keep it Classy and Safe,
David

Made it safe to Budapest/Romania

Well I know I had said that I probably was leaning away from doing a blog, but I changed my mind.
So I made it to budapest on the 19th and to Romania last night (the 23rd). Just a short recap of my travels, arrived in ATL and made it from the front door of the airport all the way to our concourse in less then an hour, this is extremely unheard of, we found out that you can check your bags outside the airport and skip going through an hour plus of waiting in lines . When we got to Hungary, we went to our hotel (Hotel Csaszar) and to say the least the rooms were a bit less then we expected. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhHlsMoNS0(this is a link to a tour we did on youtube). Made a skype in the process of all this (David.Kidwell) havent a clue how to use it but i have it lol. We were in Budapest for the Central/Southern European UMC consultation on working with the Roma(gypsy). This consultation proved to be more informative then i ever imagined, i learned more about just working in missions then just working with the Roma. Also learned that when you buy bottled water the pink cap does not mean its for women, it means that it is regular water, blue caps means it is carbonated(or according to a man from astonia, with gas) and green cap is mineral water with gas. I have much more to tell everyone, but have to go back out into the city.
Keep it classy and safe, David