Well as you may know, we are required to lead a ten day outreach as interns. What you don't know is that we had planned to go to Romania again. We had such a great time last year, and the ministry and missionaries are awesome there.
So there we were all set to go. All monies paid, bags packed, when I got the call. "Your Grandma is dying, come home now." Bam! Life can change that fast.
So I left for America for my "ten day outreach" to see my grandma one last time. Jono still planned to lead the outreach for Romania. Not going to lie, I wished everything was normal and I could go to Romania. On the other hand, who wants to deal with this stuff alone? Who wouldn't travel across the world to see their grandma one last time?
I hopped on a plane the next day, which was Thursday. My grandpa graciously paid my way. I arrived in San Diego about 7pm on Thrusday, greeted by my beautful sister Rebekah.
I was very happy to see her and she asked where I wanted to go for dinner. I said, "I'd like to see Grandy (my grandma) first."
Rebekah-"Sarah, she just passed a few hours ago, didn't you know?"
Bam! My worst fears hit me. Not knowing where my grandma was at with the Lord I started crying. My mom had talked to her about Jesus, and she said she responded. But being the Bible College student that I am, I think I thought I was going to save her. Like it was my job somehow to save her. I was still crushed. It was only a few months ago my grandma and I were going out for mexican and getting pedicures together.
So my ten day outreach has been to America, to spend time with friends and family, tie up all the loose ends here and to be an encouragement. Its still hard, I loved my grandma dearly. She was probably one of the sweetest ladies you would ever have met. Everyone would always say so. And I am trusting that the Lord needs sweet little old ladies in heaven like my grandma. Please pray for our family if you have the time or think of it. We are dearly missing my grandma. Pray for Jono leading an outreach all alone in Romania, I'm sure he is doing great! Thanks for reading-
Love,
Sarah and Jono
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Back to Vajta...
Sorry friends and family,
It has been a long time since we updated our blog. As some of you might have known we were home in the States for the break. It was very nice and relaxing to get back after eleven months and see some of you. Unfortunately we never made it up to Boise, so we were very sad that we did not get to see our Boise peeps Rest assured, we think of you often and would love to hear from you anytime!
Our break was definitely challenging at times. My own dear grandmother suffered a stroke in December and my siblings and I had to take her to the emergency room. I stayed with her in the emergency room for about 16 hours overnight, which was hard for us grand kids She was transferred to a different hospital the next day unannounced to us, and we had to track her down. My grandfather also figured out he has had two strokes, but his were fortunately not as serious as my grandmother's. She has now stabilized but has lost most of her memory, which is a sad thing for all of us. We had to move them into an assisted living facility. My sister in law, Kendra, was also hospitalized and my father in law had a stint put in. To top it all off, my great aunt Nancy died over the Christmas break. It was a really hard break, and we almost didn't return to finish our internship. But the school let us come back a little late which greatly helped. Please keep our family's health in prayer!
We are back into our internship now, this semester brings new challenges and new adventure. Jono is in charge of the grounds and maintenance department, and I am in charge of the Laundry and Conference Center rooms, which we call the "U-shape." It is very different than the Coffee Shop, and I really miss being around people. But it is still a great area and definitely nice to have a new area of service in the school. We hope you all had a great holiday season and we will try to update again soon!
Love you all,
Sarah and Jono
It has been a long time since we updated our blog. As some of you might have known we were home in the States for the break. It was very nice and relaxing to get back after eleven months and see some of you. Unfortunately we never made it up to Boise, so we were very sad that we did not get to see our Boise peeps Rest assured, we think of you often and would love to hear from you anytime!
Our break was definitely challenging at times. My own dear grandmother suffered a stroke in December and my siblings and I had to take her to the emergency room. I stayed with her in the emergency room for about 16 hours overnight, which was hard for us grand kids She was transferred to a different hospital the next day unannounced to us, and we had to track her down. My grandfather also figured out he has had two strokes, but his were fortunately not as serious as my grandmother's. She has now stabilized but has lost most of her memory, which is a sad thing for all of us. We had to move them into an assisted living facility. My sister in law, Kendra, was also hospitalized and my father in law had a stint put in. To top it all off, my great aunt Nancy died over the Christmas break. It was a really hard break, and we almost didn't return to finish our internship. But the school let us come back a little late which greatly helped. Please keep our family's health in prayer!
We are back into our internship now, this semester brings new challenges and new adventure. Jono is in charge of the grounds and maintenance department, and I am in charge of the Laundry and Conference Center rooms, which we call the "U-shape." It is very different than the Coffee Shop, and I really miss being around people. But it is still a great area and definitely nice to have a new area of service in the school. We hope you all had a great holiday season and we will try to update again soon!
Love you all,
Sarah and Jono
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