Occupy Bucharest???!!!
For the last few days protestors have been turning out in mass especially in Bucharest, Romania’s capital and largest city, but also in smaller cities like ours. No one is entirely clear on what the protests are about because right now the movement is lacking a strong leading spokesperson. However, it is clear that the … Read more
Visas Are In and Caption Contest
When we first entered Romania in August we began the process of securing our residence visas. After at least twenty visa-related three-hour trips to the county seat we finally have our visas in-hand. The only disappointment is that we were only granted one-year visas. This is a disappointment because one-year and five-year visas both cost … Read more
Stars or Servants?
So I had a conversation with a Romanian today that really made me think, reflect, and pray. It went something like this. Michelle: So do you really like living in Romania? Me: Yes, we really do. We love the Romanian people and all their smiles. We love the work we do at the church, and … Read more
Joan’s story
Joan* loves purple, never seems to be without a smile, and dotes so much on the younger church children that’s she’s earned the nickname Mica Mama (little mother). She’s a delightful and typical middle schooler in every way you can imagine except she has just begun to endure a season of persecution that few her … Read more
How Chariots, Sheaves, and a Couple of E-mails Kept us from Quitting.
Let’s quit? Last week was grueling. Language study, the lines and bumpy body jarring travel that comes with securing visas, much red tape, needs at church, sermon and lesson preparation, the plague of mosquitos, breathing in the smokey polluted air, and having our water shut off all had physically and emotionally depleted us. And then … Read more
