Bezooyen Family

Yes, we're home again! Got home at approx. 10:30 Thursday evening...up for about 24 1/2 hours! Ready for bed!! Goodnight everyone, and thanks again for everything! Love from the Bezooyens!... read more

Ok! It’s Monday, May 5th now, and I haven’t updated this blog since Thursday! First of all, yes, Henriette, I have been receiving your messages. Thank you so much! It has been such an added blessing to take in this experience with so many of my nieces and nephews! I love them all more than ever! On Friday Els and I spoke to the group of women that have adopted Romanian or Gypsy children. I was struck by the fact that all of them could probably teach me so many of life’s lessons! What am I doing?! Well, God gives all of us life lessons that we can share with those around us. I told these ladies that they need to come to Canada and teach us a few things! The morning went very well. ... read more

Hey everyone! Just a quick little note from Joni to say I'm having an awesome time...can't believe we're headed out of Romania tomorrow! What a wonderful experience...and so saddening! Just to see the sights and smells and to feel the poverty is an incredible experience. Houses that are falling apart. Families of seven living in a one room house. Walls made of straw and manure with some sort of plaster overtop. It's just increidible. Ministering to the Gypsy kids has been the highlight for me...their love for us is just amazing! They just grin at you and clutch your hand...just cling to you as you give them hugs. They're so open and excited about learning aobut Jesus! They and their families just welcomed us with open arms! These families barely have enough to live off, and ... read more

Good Evening! Another work day done! The whole crew left around 7:30 am - including Shauna and Mikayla. They are all such eager beavers and are working like crazy with the rest of them - moving bricks, getting tiles off of the roof, cleaning up wood, painting gas-line pipes, and helping with children's ministry. I got to go to the village Lodroman with two Romanian women and two kids (with very limited english!) to minister to them. Maria and Anna go to different homes, take women's blood pressure, and spend some time talking to them. What a neat experience! I had my trusty English/Romanian dictionary with me - and that made all the difference! There is just so much to tell! I got to hug little old, old ladies and cry with them. One had lost ... read more

Buna seara! (Good evening!) We had such an interesting, full day! Els, Melissa and I, with Maria and Olympia (two Romanian ladies) went shopping for the ladies event. What an experience! A lot of actionary, some Dutch, some Romanian, and then throw some English in the mix... and we got it all figured! The long and the short of it is, we were able to spread a very attractive table of goodies for the ladies that came from three villages. Many of the women here have very difficult lives... not only very poor, but are also often in abusive situations. They have never had a ladies event planned for them like this - with invitations and all. The ladies here that work with CAIRD had this all done before we came. Beautiful, beautiful women! It is ... read more

Hi again! I would really appreciate your prayers for tomorrow... approx. 5:30 am to 7:30 am Tuesday (Alberta time) we are doing a women’s outreach in Lunca. We plan to have cake, coffee, tea, and snacks, and a small gift for all the ladies that come. After that we will be having a time of worship, a testimony by Melissa, and then I’ll be speaking to the women. I thought I’d introduce them to the Friend of all friends, tying in the story of Mary Magdalene, and mingling in some of my testimony. Please ask our Heavenly Father what you need to pray for... to Him be the glory, and honor, and praise! Thank you so much for interceding on all our behalf! Love Jane... read more

Buna! Yes, that's the greeting in Romanian! We're here on site now, and eager to start our week...brushing up on a few Romanian phrases! Worshipped with a very small group in the village Lunca today, where we'll also be working this week. Terribly run down, tragically poor....it's impossible to imagine conditions like this unless you see it with your own eyes. On our way home from church, our leader suddenly stopped at a little old couples house. The little old lady was standing outside her fence waiting for us to drive by, holding a huge boquet of lilacs, which she then handed out to all the girls. We all got invited in, and were expected to eat Easter bread and boiled eggs with them. The little old couple were so incredibly sweet, and we even exchanged ... read more

Hello Friends... on behalf of the Bezooyen family...by Joni! So we decided that it would be easier to keep a blog than to send you all emails constantly...so here goes nothing! We flew out of Calgary at about 7:00 pm on Wednesday the sixteenth, and landed safely in London just over eight hours later...sometime on the seventeenth, when I turned seventeen, but kind of forgot that it was my birthday haha... all seemed to be going wonderfully, and we were super stoked, trying to catch our next flight to Amsterdam....until the unthinkable happened... As we were going through customs we found out that my little cousin, because he was adopted from Russia, and not yet a permanent resident, needed a visa for all of the countries that we were hoping to go through... so my family ... read more