Winter Update - 2010

We’re on the other side of winter now and I’m reflecting back over all the things that have happened in the past three months. I just have to say that it’s good to be on the other side of things…we’ve been through tough situations and can now look back and see how God intervened and brought us through. It’s humbling and amazing to see all that he’s done and it’s so good to see new signs of life….both outside in nature and in the lives of people as well.



The After-School Program for Underprivileged Children

This program continues to be a challenge for us in so many ways, but we keep pressing on and although we have certainly had our struggles, there have been some great things happening as well.
Clare was here for a week in January and brought us some new tools to help keep the children motivated and engaged while they are at the center. The resources have really helped! We put the ideas to work and have been blown away at how successful they’ve been. For example, in our first activity with the children they worked together in teams to plan a new country…write the laws, draw a flag, etc. and you could have heard a pin drop in the room as they diligently worked on the activity. The workers and I just stared at each other with our mouths open in amazement. It was so much fun for all of us!

Our biggest worry/challenge began in January and has continued until now. We discovered that our neighbor was diligently working to get us kicked out of our apartment. We rent an apartment in a building that was owned by a woman who divorced her husband for infidelity. In the divorce, she got half the building and he got the other half. He lives in his half with his new family and she rents her half out. We are currently the only renters on her side of the building and her ex-husband hates us. He wants the building all to himself and he's decided to complain about the noise level to the police. He has called so many times now that the police felt obliged to give us a ticket!! The kids are only there from 12:30-5:00 M-F so it is completely quiet in the mornings and evenings and all weekend long. Apparently, that isn’t enough. In his defense, the construction of the homes in Romania is extremely poor...so he can hear everything as if we're in the room with him. So, we had to go down to the police station and talk to them and it looked like we needed to find a new place by the end of February. The police, half-teasingly, told us we should find a house in the forest - ha! With this news we immediately began looking for a new place to rent. It looked as if God answered our prayers when the very next week we found an amazing apartment…nearby, cheaper, with sound proofing added to the walls and all completely remodeled inside. There were new doors and windows, new flooring and paint on the walls. It was amazing! We met with the agent and decided it was the answer to our problems. Then came the day we were to sign the lease agreement with the owner…and things changed! The owner turned out to be a very sneaky man who announced that the rent was only that low if we could pay a whole year in advance for it. If we elected to pay monthly, we would also have to pay a 19% tax each month and also revealed some other hidden charges (similar to home association dues). We decided to back off and pray about it before moving forward. In the meantime, some interesting things happened. Turns out our neighbor isn’t Romanian and had to return to Germany to sort through some immigration issues. He’s actually been in the country illegally and may not be returning at all! During his absence we have been working on obtaining some legal papers that will allow us to stay in the apartment even if our neighbor complains again to the police. God is so good!! I’ll keep you updated as things progress, but for now we are staying where we are.


In this new year I started a program to encourage good behavior from the children. The two children with the highest number of points (earned through attendance, completing their homework, good behavior, doing chores, etc.) get to spend an afternoon with me doing some sort of charity work. Initially, I wasn’t sure how excited the children would react to the idea, but I was overwhelmed by their positive response. In fact, after two months it is still the main topic of discussion throughout each week. We have gone to the orphanage and visited sick people (both in their homes and at the hospital). As the weather warms up we will be doing more outdoor work for elderly neighbors as well. We also take time to enjoy a treat…something sweet from the bakery, a hot chocolate, etc. and just spend time talking about whatever comes up. It’s been great spending time with the kids, doing something for others. We have bonded even more and it is another tangible way I can show them how much I love and care for them.

I have something really exciting to share! Our children have terrible teeth…even though we make them brush their teeth every day, they have so many cavities and visible evidence of their teeth rotting right out of their mouths! It’s so sad and after hearing them complain about toothaches on a daily basis, I decided that I would take one of the kids with the worst teeth and just pay for him to have his teeth fixed. Then, as I could afford it, I would do the same for all the children. Raluca took him to the best dentist she knew…who just so happened to be a close friend of her family. The dentist agreed to fix Francis’ teeth for a fraction of the cost and I was so grateful that Francis would have his teeth fixed without having to spend a fortune for it. Then, another blessing…the dentist told us he had thought about it and would like to sponsor our program by donating his time and materials to fix ALL of the children’s teeth for FREE!! We warned him that all of the kids have multiple problems, but he said it didn’t matter. What a great blessing!! God is so good!!!

Although we still struggle with behavioral issues, we know that these kids need a safe place where they know they are loved. A place where they don’t have to be afraid of being beaten or emotionally wounded and where they can have their basic needs met. It is amazing what the power of love can do. We love them and they know it and they are responding to it. Each day brings new challenges, but by God’s grace we are pressing on.

Orphanage

I am just so pleased with how loving and affectionate our children are in the orphanage, especially Marius, Mario, and Nicoleta who are three of the older children in the baby room at the orphanage. They will be turning 5 soon and we are still working on potty training, but they are feeding themselves, putting on their own shoes, and cooperating completely with the tooth-brushing and other grooming activities. In addition, they all know their animal sounds and Marius and Nicoleta also know their colors. They also know several children's songs by heart and sing along with the CD or break out in song when the mood strikes them…usually when they are sitting on the potty! They are happy and playful and affectionate and talking up a storm. It's so exciting to see!

We speak to the children on a daily basis using kind words and this modeling is rubbing off on the workers. Where they used to speak harshly to the children, we are noticing them speaking sweeter to the children. The children copy everything of course, so they are also speaking kindly. The whole atmosphere is changing slowly, but surely.

We added several more children during the past few months…3 babies and a 5 year old boy with epilepsy. His foster family was no longer able to adequately care for him so he was returned to the orphanage. One of the babies was born with severe deformities and breathing problems and sadly, she passed away a few weeks ago. The other two babies have physical challenges as well, but we are working with them daily to help them improve. Ildiko and I work diligently each day to spend quality time with each child, but it is so difficult to meet all of their needs.
I’m happy to report that Georgel still has not returned to his self-abusive behavior. He expresses his frustration vocally rather than hitting himself. We have found that most of his anger outbursts can be calmed with pure affection. We hold him and tell him we love him and he smiles and hugs us back. We continue hugging him until he is ready to move onto something else…usually tickling and playing games we’ve invented between ourselves. Once he has had his “affection cup” filled, so to speak, he’s ready to play with other toys and entertain himself. It’s amazing to experience this process on a daily basis.


These children are so adorable; I wish they would let me take more pictures to show you. Sometimes the children are just so cute that they let me snap their picture. One day I found the cutest poncho in the dulap and when Vasilica saw me with it, she threw such a fit I had to put it on her. Anytime a coat comes out, she tries to put it on because she wants to go outside. She’s only two and not talking, but you know exactly what she wants! She got herself all dressed up and grabbed Ildiko’s purse and was waving goodbye before we could turn around. She was so cute we had to take her on a quick walk after I snapped some pictures. In March the weather started to warm up a little, so we are once again taking the kids into town. They are doing so great! They aren’t afraid to enter a store or home anymore and they even ENJOY riding in cars now. If you could have heard their crying and seen their fits when we first starting taking them out, you would understand better how much progress they’ve made over the past year. I sure sound like a bragging proud mother don’t I? Ha!!

There are some personal challenges with working in the orphanage, specifically sickness. The children in the baby room were sick for weeks this winter and although we fought it off for several weeks, Ildiko and I ended up in bed with flu symptoms that turned into a nasty cold. It knocked us down pretty good and took us a while to recuperate, but we're doing fine now. It really makes you appreciate being healthy!!!

Overall, things are going really well at the orphanage and I am so excited that the director has given her permission for me to bring the children from the after-school program there as often as I want. Initially, I wasn’t sure how the workers there would react to me bringing in gypsy kids to volunteer, but they saw how good they were with the kids and how much they enjoyed it that they let us stay as long as we want and even answered all of their questions of curiosity. It just warms my heart to be able to merge these programs together so they both benefit. The gypsy children are so poor and discriminated against and are often abused and neglected at home, but they came face to face with children who have even less than they do. It affected them in a positive way and helped them to realize how much they had to be thankful for. A lesson we all need to remember!

English Class

In February, a team from an International High School in England came to volunteer at the orphanage. They also spent some time at our after-school program and while they were in town, and I saw a great opportunity for them to come and meet my English class. I invited a group of the students to join my English class while they were in town. They came and were put on the ‘hotseat’ by the class where they answered any questions the class wanted to ask. It made for some very interesting discussions because the visiting students were from all over the US as well as other countries. A young student from Nigeria was on the hotseat for quite a while. She had a fascinating life story and my Romanian students were very interested to know about her. The class ended with a general discussion about life in Romania, both past and present, in comparison to life in other countries that were represented by the students. We had so much fun that my Romanian students began to ask how long the visiting students would be in town. Unfortunately, they were leaving the next day, so there wouldn’t be time for them to hang out as they wished. So, we came up with a last minute plan…. a get-together that evening with anyone who could come. We met at a restaurant in the visiting students’ hotel and we had the place to ourselves. We had a great time visiting and playing games and taking photos. Some new friendships were made that day and it was one of my favorite experiences.
I have really enjoyed getting to know the students and have had to opportunity to get to know some of them outside class as well. For example, Vlad was preparing to take the Cambridge Exam and asked if we could get together to help him prepare. He stayed after class and we worked through some of the types of exercises that would be on the test and then I asked him how I could best help him prepare. He said, “Just talking will help me the best”. So, I began interviewing him with some questions that might be asked by the examiner. His answers to the first couple of standard questions made me think of other questions and then next thing you know we had spent 3 hours talking…non-stop!! I’m not sure exactly what it was that made it so easy to carry on a conversation that long…but it was a lot of fun. I’m happy to say that he did extremely well on the exam, so all that hard work really paid off!

My Visit To Sibiu

Ani used to live with us…but she moved to Sibiu, a city about 4 hours from Bistrita, to attend college. She is a talented fashion designer who has won numerous awards and contests, beginning in high school. While she was in college, she met a wonderful young man named Dani and they were married almost two years ago. They come to visit when they can and have been asking me to visit for two years. In March, I was finally able to get away for the weekend for a visit and had a marvelous time! They showed me around Sibiu, a fortress city that, despite repeated sieges, was never conquered and is now known as a Cultural Capital in Europe. We visited some of the town’s landmarks, did a little shopping at 2nd hand stores, visited a famous museum, attended a church whose pastor visited my parent’s church in Texas, and had a wonderful time catching up and laughing together.


The Village Museum was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. It is approximately 250 acres featuring more than 300 building, watermills, windmills, gigantic presses for wine, fruit, and oil, etc. These structures were brought to the museum from villages all over Romania and represent the village architectural styles and technology legacy of the Romanian people. It is an open air museum with a large lake in the middle of it and over 6 miles of walking paths meandering through the forest trees. Tour guides take you inside the buildings and tell you how they were used and when and what life was like for the people living/working there. I saw work tools that dated back to Roman times 2,000 years ago. Oil was (and still is) very important to Romanians and we saw how it was made in the “old days”…let’s just say they didn’t need to go to the gym after work in these days! Interestingly, some of the equipment used back then looks an awful lot like equipment found in gyms today. It was hard work; 10 kilograms of sunflowers seeds produced only 800 grams of oil back then (1,000 grams is one kilogram). Many of their buildings were made

with thatched roofs and we were told the roofs were made by layering pine branches with grass and straw and measured about a meter in thickness. We were also told that these roofs were very sturdy and lasted for 60 years!! They figured out how to prevent sparks from their indoor fires from setting the place on fire, but I can’t tell you how – my Romanian isn’t that good! Ha! One of the houses we saw had the chicken coup right under the house…one entry for the chickens, another for the humans! Very interesting stuff! It was a lot of fun and fortunately, it was a beautiful day to stroll along the paths and take it all in.

The church we visited was in a gypsy village about an hour outside of town…it wasn’t really that far, but the road was horrible! It was a gravel road filled with holes and washboards and pretty rough on the car. The pastor, Sorin, was so excited to have us visit that he asked me to share my story of how I came to Romania with the congregation. They were a very friendly and loving group of people and we enjoyed the service very much. In fact, Ani and Dani have been attending the church ever since! One of the things I liked about the church was how much the people just enjoyed being there. They took their time and enjoyed every part of the service. For example, when it was time for church to start, the pastor welcomed everyone and then told us to greet those around us and visit with each while they finished preparing the tea. After we spent some time meeting the people seated around us, he passed out cups of hot fruit tea (already sweetened just right) for all of us. They then had a time of worship led by a worship team comprised of adults, teens, and children…many of whom were playing percussion instruments to accompany the guitar the leader played. They had a special speaker from Canada who spoke, which was great for me since he spoke in English and Sorin translated for the congregation. They ended the service with a baby dedication and a time of prayer for those who would be beginning a bible school being offered via CD’s at the church. We stayed and talked with many people after the service…again, the people lingered not wanting to leave. Overall, it was definitely another highlight of my visit to Sibiu and I am so glad I was able to experience another part of Romania and meet more wonderful people.

Thank you!

Thank you again to everyone for their prayers and financial support. There is much work to do here and I pray that God will continue to use me and lead me in the work that he has prepared for me to do.

Prayer Requests:

• Continuing to learn the Romanian language – my classes are going well, but it is still quite a challenge!
• Spiritual growth for Oana & Raluca
• Wisdom in working with the older children and new workers in the orphanage
• For God to continue to help me prepare good lessons for my English class
• Wisdom to handle the behavioral challenges of the children in the afterschool program

With much love,
Natalie Bridges
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November-December 2009 Update

There are so many things to be thankful for these days...and so many things that I take for granted. All it takes is a bad cold and lingering cough to make me appreciate being able to breathe without congestion or sing without having a coughing fit. Or a pain in my left heel lasting for several months to be able to appreciate being able to walk normal again without pain. All I need to do is see the need at the orphanage on a daily basis to remind me how blessed I am to have a loving family who raised me with unconditional love and affection. It only takes a visit to a family who barely has enough food in a pieced together home to appreciate my warm home where I have plenty to eat and my own room to sleep in. God has blessed me in so many ways and I am grateful to be able to share with you some of the happenings around here during the past two months.

Around the house
Most homes in the villages are heated with wood burning stoves called sobas. The folks living in the city have radiant heat and look down on people with sobas because it’s considered a heating system for poor folks. Well, our home is now heated with sobas because it was so expensive to heat our home with radiators. Our gas bill was over $1,000 per month during the cold months and we just couldn’t afford it…being poor folks – ha! So, last year we had a soba installed and got a great deal on it. Unfortunately, sometimes you get what you pay for and after an incredibly cold winter (it never got over 55 degrees in the house), we decided to have a professional come and help us out this year. In November they installed a new soba, then moved and rebuilt our old one upstairs on the third floor to help regulate the heat better. They did a great job and our home is a cozy 65-70 degrees now. It now costs only about $100 per month to heat the house (not counting the initial installation cost)…even though it means a little more work chopping the wood and keeping the fire going. It’s definitely worth it!! (Brian and Cynthia are posing next to the soba in our living room)



We live in a small city in Romania…it’s a nice and quiet little city with most things you need. However, we decided to take the foster girls to a nearby “big city” for an excursion. Neither of the girls had ever been to Cluj and since it is only a 2 hour drive, we loaded up the van and went for the day. Going to Cluj is exciting for the Americans because they actually have two large malls there complete with a Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Starbucks, and KFC…none of which our little city has. They also have a large cinema in each mall that recently began showing 3-D movies. We treated the girls to their first ever 3-D movie…the latest Jim Carrey Christmas Carol movie. They loved it! We also got a little Christmas shopping started and ate good old American fast food. It was an exciting day for all of us!

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in Romania…obviously, but it was at our house this year. We had a nice big traditional American thanksgiving feast and took time to reflect on our many blessings and appreciate each other’s company. Romanians don’t traditionally eat a lot of turkey and never have dressing or sweet potato pie, and they typically don’t like pumpkin…so this was definitely not a typical meal for any of us. It was thoroughly enjoyed by the Americans, however, and our Romanian guests graciously tried everything. Some of them actually enjoyed much of our feast. Since it isn’t a holiday for Romanians, we had our feast on Friday afternoon so that more people could join us. The kids were pretty hungry by the time we were ready to eat…and poor little Sage (who is 3) sat down at the table the minute she got home from school. She sat there for well over an hour all by herself….waiting, and waiting, and waiting. It was definitely worth the wait!

After-School Program
We’ve had some really wonderful moments in the after-school program during the past two months along with some very trying and difficult times. We still battle with challenging behavior problems that manifest themselves in fighting and stealing along with bad language and attitudes. Clare is back from the States for a couple weeks this month (December) and we’re hoping that together we can put together a plan to turn things around in the coming year. We could really use your prayers for wisdom and patience and understanding for these kids and the challenges we face.
On a brighter note, we had several birthday parties during the past two months that were huge successes and lots of fun for everyone. I guess the one thing I have figured out how to do well is plan birthday parties – ha! Of course, it is hard to go wrong with homemade pizza, cake, games involving balloons, M&M’s, and whipped cream, and piñatas filled with candy!

We had a wonderful time decorating the tree and performing the annual Christmas play for the parents. We also had a Christmas party for the kids where we gave them their presents…a set of new clothes and a toy for each of the kids and boots/jackets for those that needed them. I was told that things were pretty bad around their houses at Christmas time this year. Apparently, one of fathers had a big drunken fight with his brothers on Christmas Eve and knives were involved. It just breaks my heart. Please pray for reconciliation and peace in these families. They desperately need a miracle!

Orphanage

The kids continue to make progress and I’m so proud of our kids in the baby room. They are growing up so fast! The older ones are quite the talkers these days and are full of energy. They love music and toys that play music…they dance and sing and are generally happier when we have children’s songs or soothing music playing. It’s so exciting when they break out singing a song that we’ve taught them or chatting about something that excites them. The 4 year olds (Marius, Nicoleta, and Mario) know their colors and animal sounds really well now and we’re still working on counting. They feed themselves, can put their shoes on themselves, and are in the potty training process. Assuming all goes well in that area they’ll go to kindergarten in the fall.

I’ve been working on some training for Georgel. When he gets mad he tends to become aggressive…he tries to pull my hair and even bite me out of frustration when he doesn’t get what he wants. The worst part is not being able to figure out what he wants that is making him so agitated! It amazes me that he is responding to training though. Whenever he tries to pull my hair I tell him no and explain that it hurts and is not allowed and then I tickle him under the arms to get him to pull his hands down. It works…mostly because he is so ticklish. However, I’ve noticed that I don’t even have to tickle him anymore…I tell him no, it hurts and it’s not allowed…and he stops. He surprises us with how much he understands. He also is a great communicator about the things he does like. His gives us a big smile and sometimes laughs out loud when we start putting on his shoes to go for a walk. I think my favorite part of the day with Georgel is when I first say hello to him…he moves in for his hugs. He’s gotten to the point now where he just likes to snuggle up in my lap and put his head on my shoulder and his arms around my neck and just lets me hold him for a while. It usually turns into a game where I give him a big ‘ol bear hug and then release and repeat a half dozen times. He also likes to make little cooing noises while I’m holding him. It’s just a special time each day with my little buddy Georgel.

Christmas in Romania



It's been a busy, but fun Christmas season here...between all the kids' programs and baking and visiting people, it's kept me pretty busy. The orphanage had a fund raiser gala in December and some of the children from the orphanage performed a Christmas program that we put together. It was simple, but we saw tears in many people's eyes, so I know they were touched. We had the ones who could dress up as Mary and Joseph and a shepherd, etc. Ildiko (my fellow volunteer) spoke and told the story while the kids acted it out. Then they sang a little Sunday School song that Ildiko and I had taught them months earlier that basically says, Jesus loves everyone...he loves the children and the parents and me and you...he loves us all. It was the perfect song because the kids already knew it and didn't have to try and learn something new and it spoke of the real reason Jesus came...because he loves us. The best part is that the children have begun to make the connection between the song and real life. Every day they will surprise us by saying...Jesus loves Natalie, Jesus loves Ildiko, Jesus loves me, etc. It blesses me so much!!



The team from Spain that came a few years ago sent gifts to the children in the baby room at the orphanage again this year! Every child received a set of new clothes, shoes, and a toy. Many of the children are old enough now to really enjoy unwrapping presents.

Some are still more interested in the wrapping paper and boxes than the gifts inside, but they all had a great time playing with the toys. They did a pretty good job of sharing between themselves…especially with the big turtle that had lots of blocks and played music. They figured how to raise the turtles back by pushing on his head before we did! It brought much joy to us to see how excited the children were with the new toys and the generosity made a big impression on the staff…from the director on down. We all turned into little children that day…everyone who came in the room took a turn playing with the toys and it was great fun to see the smiles and hear the laughter of grownups enjoying themselves right alongside the children!


We have a girls Bible Study that we've been doing every other Saturday, and there are about 10 girls from a nearby village who have been coming. Their families are very poor, so the weekend before Christmas we took gift baskets to their families and a few others (in total there were 13 families) to bless them for Christmas.
We sang carols (in Romanian...let's just say, I can sing Joy to the World in Romanian pretty well now - ha!) and gave a short message about Jesus as we gave them the gifts. It was such a blessing to see their faces glowing from gratitude and many women openly cried. It blessed me as much as it did them!







We had a church service on Christmas Eve where the kids from my Sunday School class did their program, then afterward we had a birthday party for Jesus…complete with games and cake and presents.




It was really fun and the kids did a really good job. I decided to video the play this year instead of doing it live. We did it like a news report style with a reporter in the studio talking to the on-the-scene reporter who interviewed Mary and Joseph and the wise men and they also interviewed a family. The point of the play was that Santa and presents don't bring true joy and peace...only Jesus can. It was really cute and our social worker (and my translator) wrote it for us. We went to a cabin out in the village to film the manger scenes. It snowed that day and it was so much fun. The family has horses who were very curious to see what we were doing in their barn. I had to keep moving them out of the way so we could film. It was entertaining to say the least.

After the program we went caroling with my class and a few other adults to the orphanage and some houses on our street. We also took some gifts to one of the families because they have 10 children and are very poor. I was able to pull together enough gifts from donations so that everyone (including the parents) had something to open on Christmas day. Lavinia (one of the foster girls who lives with us is best friends with one of their daughters and we learned that they would not have any presents this year). It was also really fun singing at the orphanage...the orphanage kids and the staff really enjoyed it. I loved it too, of course!

English Class

I have another great group of kids in my English class this year. I average between 20-25 students each week, which is nearly double what it’s been in years past. It’s still a lot of work trying to come up with lessons that build vocabulary and conversational skills, while still appealing to a group of teens…but I enjoy it very much! I’ve also recently had the opportunity to get to know some of the students outside the classroom as well. Two of my students invited me to watch their Taekwondo competition recently and it was a lot of fun. I took my camera and shared the photos I took with them. They were thrilled!

We also had a Christmas party for the class this year and it was a blast! There were a little over 20 students there and we played some great games, ate pizza, and listened to each other karaoke Christmas songs. My favorite part was watching the students act out the 12 Days of Christmas song. I’m attaching it here for you to enjoy as well. It took them a little while to get the hang of it, but once they did, it was hilarious!
























Thank you!
I want to thank you all for making it possible for me to spend another year ministering to the people of Bistrita, Romania. God is touching and changing lives and I am so blessed to be a part of it. Thank you for your continuing prayer and financial support that enables me to be here. I hope that you are enjoying God’s many blessings in your life!

Prayer Requests:
• Continuing to learn the Romanian language – my classes are going well, but it is still quite a challenge!
• Spiritual growth for Oana & Raluca
• Wisdom in working with the older children and new workers in the orphanage
• For God to continue to help me prepare good lessons for my English class
• For us to meet the ongoing needs of Lavinia and Cosmina as well as our other foster children in the New Beginnings Family Centers
• Wisdom to handle the behavioral challenges of the children in the afterschool program

With much love,
Natalie Bridges
natalie926@hotmail.com


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