Last week, I was in Romania serving alongside missionaries working in the field there. As I come home from a trip {especially a mission trip}, my least favorite question EVER is “How was your trip?” It is impossible to describe a trip in a quick conversation. How do I paint a picture of the faces…faces with eyes that show brokenness and desperation and hunger? How do I describe the pain of my heart breaking for children who are starving? For the mothers who want you to take their babies and rescue them from a life of darkness and hopelessness? I do not really know how to describe what I have experienced in Romania. I have seen a lot…city life in Oradea; village life; country life; life as a gypsy, a widow, an orphan. All have touched my heart.
Going to Romania, I really did not know what to expect. Sure, I have been to Europe many times, but never to Romania. My trip was surprising and touching…those might be the 2 best words to describe how I feel as I process through all I have seen and heard.
When I think of Europe, I think of the architecture and the history…not the darkness and the poverty, but I experienced both of those things in a very REAL way. I do not know what the Lord’s plan is for Oradea and its surrounding villages, but I know that I serve a God who is so much bigger than {what seems to be} an impossible, hopeless situation. He is bigger that the prejudices the gypsy people face daily. He is bigger than the abusive parents. He is bigger than a non-functioning, backwards government. He is bigger than pimps who take innocent girls into prostitution. He is bigger than poverty and hunger. I know He is. I know He is sovereign. I do not get it; I cannot comprehend it, but I know He has a plan. A plan to bring Him glory.
My mind is filled with thoughts and prayers from my trip to Romania. I have a lot to process. I have a lot to consider.
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