The orphanage was great this week. My little kids got to go swimming and they LOVED it. It makes me so happy that they find so much joy in just going swimming. It's such a simple activity that we all take for granted. Yes, little kids everywhere love swimming but the looks of wonder on my kids faces makes it a special experience. One of my little boys had his birthday this week. He had no idea and the look on his face was priceless. When we were singing the Romanian version of Happy Birthday, he started clapping and singing along. Chelsea even asked him if it was his birthday and he straight-up said no. It was about the cutest thing I have ever seen. He didn't even know the giant cake was for him. I am so grateful that I got to share that experience with him.
I also got two new boyfriends this week at the hospital. Yeah, one is 12 and the other is 14. They were studs and knew how to get the ladies. Ask Rylie and Nicole. They were patient with our Romanian but no worries...we taught them to say "I love you" in English. I call that a success. One of my favorite experiences of the week happened when I helped the 14 year old boy back to his room. He got pulled by a horse and his whole body is torn up. It was easy to see that he was in some horrible pain. Anyway, I wanted to make sure he got back to his bed alright. When he was about to sit on his bed, he stood back up and threw his arms around me and gave me one of the best hugs I have ever gotten. I almost started crying right then because I knew I would never see him again. Experiences like this one are the little moments that I will remember forever.
Chels and I were the only ones to go to the hospital on Friday. It was a little rough doing both wings on eight floors but it was one of the best days at the hospital ever. Neither one of us had a complete scrub set. We complete each other...AH! This made an exhausting day a little more enjoyable.
As y'all all know, Wednesday was the 4th of July. Guess what??? Romanians don't celebrate this holiday. Yep, I worked all day. It was a hard day. I think that the Fourth of July is the epitome of the American Summer. I wanted nothing more than to be at home watching fireworks and eating watermelon with my family. No worries though, we went to the only "American" restaurant in Iasi called Little Texas. It was decorated for the Fourth of July and it felt like a little piece of home. We ate "American" food but Romanian style. It tasted like American food, just really bad American food. It was still nice to feel, act, and be American for a night.
Brownie and Ice Cream
Apple Pie
I have the best roommates in the world!
Aislynn, Camille, Me, Chelsea, Leigh
Relief Society at the Branch. These ladies continually amaze me with their faith and dedication to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are some of the sweetest women in the world. Thank you to the Soras of the Iasi Branch for welcoming us and helping us while we are in Romania. They treat us like family even though we are here for such a short time.
This week was fantastic but it was hard. Chelsea and I have to start telling our kids goodbye. We work with the older kids and some of them understand that we are leaving. We just want to prepare them so we don't just disappear from their lives. We told one of our girls and it pretty much broke my heart. Chelsea and I were both sitting there with watery eyes while the girl asked us the names of the new girls coming in the Fall. It was hard to endure. She was excited that new girls were coming while Chelsea and I were heartbroken that we are leaving. It is going to be harder than I ever imagine to say goodbye to these kids.
Life is great here in Romania but I leave in just two weeks from today. I can't believe that time has flown so fast. I am sooooooo conflicted, though. I don't want to leave my kids but I know that I have too. With this knowledge, I almost wish the end would just come. I don't want to tell everyone goodbye. I am so excited, however, to see my family. I have realized more than ever that family is essential to life. I am so grateful for mine. Love you all. Oh and it's my little nephew's, Max's, birthday today. He is nine! Can any of you believe that. I was there the day he was born. Thank you all for your support! La revedere!
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