Last June I went on a missions trip to Romania with my dad. It took us 17 hours on a plane to get there!

Romania is a very poor country. The poorest people are the Gypsies. We visited a new one-room church that missionaries had just built for the Gypsies. I met a boy named Abel, who had lost one of his eyes to cancer. He told me in broken English that he was not allowed to go to school because he wasn't perfect like the other kids. It made me very sad. He said a church was going to pay for him to get a glass eye. Then he might be able to go to school.

At several villages my team handed out socks and shoes to the children. At the first village, the Gypsies were very excited about the shoes. One teenage boy had large feet, and the biggest pair of shoes we had was three sizes too small. We told the boy we didn't have any shoes for him, and he started crying. Then he grabbed the biggest pair we had and jammed them on his feet!

On a different day, we met a man walking along a dirt road. His face lit up when we told him about God's love for him, and the man accepted Jesus as his Savior. I often think and pray about the people I met in Romania. Please pray for the Gypsies. They have a hard life. I never knew how rich my family was until that trip. Going on a missions trip is a wonderful experience where you can really see God working. God is waiting for willing boys and girls to step out and minister to others!

Joanna S., 14
Morristown, Tennessee

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