WHO ARE WE?

We are a group of travelers on a journey of mission, service and learning from Christ the Redeemer Church in Massachusetts.  We will travel to Romania, to Lupeni in the mountains of Transylvania, from August 7 to 21.  There we will join the work of Dana and Brandi Bates and the New Horizon Foundation which run the Viata summer camps for Romanian teens.  Viata camps invite Romanian teens for summer experiences where they use adventure learning to help Romanian youth develop and deepen the qualities of trust, community and faith in a challenging outdoor environment.

We are three adults--Fr. Tim, Peter and Allegra;  two college students--Joe & Katie; four high school students--Ian, Jairen, Matthew, Amy.

Follow our blog as we travel.  We will post writing and photos, and give you an idea of where we go and what we do.  We will share stories and reflections, and when we return we invite you to talk to us about what we learned.

PACKING LIST

At our meeting last week we read over the packing list that Jack Orgon sent us.  It was predictable in some ways.  We were told to bring 7 T-shirts, 3 pants, socks and underwear.  We knew all that.  We were surprised that we also would need warm clothes:  long underwear, hat, gloves, fleece jacket.  Although we knew we were heading into the mountains, we weren't thinking about being cold in August.

There were other surprises.  We were asked to bring two water bottles.  Carrying water to the worksite is essential because we are planning to WORK, and that means sweating and drinking.  Yeah, we knew that at one level.  The packing list drove the point home.  The work boots did the same.

And then there were the marshmallows.  They want us to each bring a bag of marshmallows to share with Romanian teens around a campfire.  That sounds really nice.