3/27

So... random/ funny fact of the day..... In romania, they dont believe in plain white toilet paper... The toilet paper here is colored and scented... on a rare occasion you will find TP that is white BUT it is scented....and you can get colored TP that isnt scented.... heh... its funny.... I guess they like everything to be pretty in some way :) haha....

On a more serious... very serious note.... Monday night at dinner with Dorothy and Roberta, Mel and Karen I learned that one of the girls from Tigmandru is missing. She is a 13 year old girl with beautiful blonde hair. This girl has particpated in our childrens program out in Tigmandru, and now participates in the Teen program there as well. She has been missing now for over a week. For the first few days she was missing, a few policemen were looking for her but I am unsure as to whether they are still looking,or if they just gave up.... It is such a frightening thing because this she comes from such a small village where everyone knows each other, and knows everyone elses buisness.... but no one knows where she is.... Her grandmother is very distraught right now, as imagined.. and it is very hard for her, as well as the Naz church in Tigmandru. There are thoughts that she could have possibly been picked up on teh street and taken for trafficking or something of that nature because she has developed alot physically over the past year. When Roberta told us all this news on Monday, she showed us a picture of the girl.... she looked like she was about 6 or 7.... That is because it was the only picture her grandmother actually HAD of her.... it was the only way of identifying this girl- and she looks completely different now, except for the blonde beautiful hair and big eyes.... Luckily Karen knew that she had recent pictures of her from Teen group, so she will be making photo copies and sending them out to neighboring villages, and will give them to the police. Who would have thought that as an American that I would take simple "pictures" for granted? Maybe there is more of a possibility that this girl will be found because KAren has that picture of her..... Bakc home, we dont really have this problem.... EVERYONE has picutres of everyone else! heh... i know that I sure do... i LOVE pictures... and if someone was missing, another person would definately have a picture of them that was recent, and if not... then we have such advanced technology that we can take an old picture and make them look older based on genetics, age, etc..... The things we take for granted, eh? If you are reading this please pray for the village of Tigmandru and for this girl- her name is Lenuta (La-noot-sa). Thanks