Night out.

zi bună din România!

Well, January is winding down and spring (primăvară) is a distant hope. However, as time is flying here, it will arrive before we know it.

The girls are carrying on with school and for the most part are doing well.  Ande is doing well and has started a gymnastics class after school.  Gabi is doing better with school than anticipated.  Rada and Christina still don’t care for it much, but go for the social interaction.  Erika is still trying to improve so she can change schools and Debbie is doing better with school work.  Ruth is months away from finishing and we’re praying she can stay the course.

Swanna and I have begun taking 2 of the girls along with Orsi, their tutor and translator, out to a nice restaurant once a month.  This month was Ande and Erika.  We went to a place named Tempo and it was very nice.  We spent two hours over dinner and got to know them a little better.  Erika was actually the talkative one this time and surprised us all.  We let them order from the menu and interact with  the waitress. 

Ande enjoyed trying someone else’s cooking and told us she would eventually like to open her own restaurant.  She is still scheduled to work some this summer at a restaurant for the experience, and stated she prefers cooking to baking.  We told her about fried pickles and she tried some the next night.

Erika is uncertain as to what she would like to do for a career.  Modeling seems to be out as she has figured out she’s too shy to get her picture taken very much.  She mentioned she might like working with animals, but when I brought up getting her on a farm, the subject changed.  One thing that is a good possibility is working in a salon.  She does seem to enjoy that and would probably be good at it.

Both girls had salad and didn’t eat all that much.  However, I noticed the menu had a banana split for dessert so I ordered one for them to taste.  Neither had ever had one, so I wasn’t sure if they would like it.  Next time, I’ll order Erika one just for her!  They both loved it.  Imagine a 15-16 year old that has never had  a banana split.

Next month will probably be Ruth and Debbie, so we’ll let you know how that goes.

Please continue to lift these girls up in your prayers.  They face so many tough decisions daily.

Dennis and Swanna Lofton