Lydia « The Dunns in Romania

PRAISES

We've had a safe transition back to the USA.

Stephen successfully graduated from the online high school that we have been using. Lydia also completed her junior year and will be finishing her senior year in public high school in the States.

God has provided for us in amazing ways as we reestablish our lives in the USA for this year.

We had a great weekend of speaking and sharing about Romania at the Tri- State Family Camp July 10-11.

PRAYER NEEDS

Pray for Paula as she returns to Romania for two weeks beginning July 30 to reconnect with and maintain our relationships there.
Pray for our family's emotional and cultural adjustments to back to living in the States.
PPray for preparations for our kids' return to school... Stephen will be entering Spring Arbor University and Lydia will return to public high school as a senior.
Pray for Lydia as she begins a month of marching band camp beginning August 2.
Pray for us to make the right contacts as we schedule speaking engagements from September 12 through Spring, 2011.
Pray for our discernment of God's will for what our ministry in Romania will look like in this next term of service.
Pray for our ministry financial needs to be met.

Monthly Prayer Guide from Prayernet.ro - Romania's prayer network (Click on this link, then click on "Prayer Points."

Lydia's First Band Performance

One of the blessings that Lydia has during this year in the States is participating in the marching band of her high school. Last evening they gave their first public performance after a long week of band camp. It is amazing what they have pulled together in just a week of working together!

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MK Retreat - Lydia's Story

I’ve invited Stephen and Lydia to share something from their experience at the MK (Missionary Kid) retreat that they attended during the last two weeks of July. Here’s Lydia’s contribution. We’ll post Stephen’s Story in the next couple of days… sd

I wish I could say it feels good to be “home” after being two weeks [...]

Checking in

Well, we’ve officially been back in the States for 6 weeks. To be honest, emotionally it still feels like we have our “contacts in the wrong eyes”…see Scott’s blog on June 27. We know HOW to do everything, and the language is no problem, generally. One day I offended someone by using the word “toilet” [...]

December 29, 2009

Hey readers, Lydia here. I haven’t written myself on our blog for a long time! But I thought I would share a very interesting, slightly disgusting, and somewhat funny event that I took part in the week before Christmas.

Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even [...]

November 9, 2009

So, the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is today. Little did we know when Lydia was in 5th grade that we would be living in Europe. This photo was taken as part of a school field trip to Falling Water in Pennsylvania (a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). We visited another Frank [...]