Hit the Ground Running

 When we arrived in the country, we found out that a flood had ravaged the northern areas. So we needed to put together a service project with the missionaries to go help. With the help of Brother Doru, we gathered supplies, and made a plan. 

The APs dropped us off at the office and we started making lunches for the next day. The travel was 3.5 hours up near the Black Sea so we'd need to start early. We arranged with a local mayor to help in a town called Cuza Voda.

The mud was so incredibly sticky that Sister Gibbons couldn't lift her boot up without pulling her whole leg out. And she went down. She took it like a champ and worked all day covered in mud.

The mud came up past 3 feet in the house so we were washing the walls and then the floors.

We would clear an area and then dump it in the street where a tractor would come by and collect it. Volunteers were everywhere. The NGOs were handing out food, fireman were loading garbage trucks with ruined furniture, and policemen were draining fields with water pumps.

Some of these missionaries had worked the day before as well. It was clear that they needed a week's worth of help.

We cleaned ourselves the best we could and headed back, arriving about 7pm. Thanks to everyone for making this project a success.