Remembering Romaina

Once upon a time, in a land called Romania, there was a girl named Becky (aka me). She was on her very first overseas trip, and did not want to go home.

For the last 2 weeks her team of 12 girls had been visiting the children’s home, playing with kids who were starved for attention, and sharing with them about the love of Jesus. They had also gone to gypsy villages and ministered to the low-caste people from India.

Becky had felt called to do this since she was 9 years old. At the time she thought she would one day live in India or China, like Amy Carmichael or Gladys Aylward.

But by the time she was 15, she had decided that she could fulfill this call by living in Lima and being a youth leader, or working at the Bible college or Church office. Those where the people who had made the biggest impact on her life...until that day in Romania.

As she spent time with people who were serving God on the field, God clarified that when He called her to this, He meant full-time over-seas. So on July 29, 2001, after staying up late talking to her host, Betsy, and crying on her couch, Becky surrendered her plans to live "the American dream", and chose to follow God's call on her life.

It's been 10 years of preparation, but it's been worth it. India, here I come