http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Romania/Oradea/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Romania , Oradea en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:27 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:18:27 BST Hello EveryoneWe made it to Rome Not overnight of course considering that it took us 22 hours just to get to Venice. We left Romania on Friday May 9 Bethanyrsquos birthday. We had birthday cake with Peter Hailey and the team and then had a cake at Vasili and Anarsquos place a wonderfully hospital couple. They live in a typical Romanian apartment building very interesting Not exactly http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-275908.html Hello EveryoneThis is our last day here we've not had internet connection since Monday to blog thus you haven't heard from us. We've had a great couple last days. On Tuesday I went with the nurse to various homes to visit elderly people in the little outlying town of Lunca. It was amazing to get inside their homes and listen to their stories. through a translator. The houses were very very p http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-274397.html Well it was quite the Sunday In the morning we lost the keys for one of the vehicles and some of us got to Centre of Hope were we met in the morning rather late transporting twentyfive people has taxed the mission's organization to the max as it is Then when we all arrived safe and sound in mind and all of us had left for church in Lunca Peter and Hailey's vehicle broke down. Regrettabl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-273116.html We spoke to the women's group this morning. I spoke on Galatians 69 Do not grow weary..... and on the first chapter of James which again speaks of perseverance and how God loves the widows and orphans. These women all have taken orphans into their homes. Jane spoke about being refined as silver from Malachi. God allows us to go through trials so we can reflect His character. We couldn't talk wi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-272201.html Hello EveryoneI just noticed that I haven't blogged since Monday Wow Time is going so fast So much has happened since then. On Tuesday afternoon we planned a ladies' tea with the ladies from the tiny village of Lunca where we are working. They had never done anything like that in the village so the ladies from the team here wanted to make it very special for them. Jane and I went shopping wit http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-271925.html Good EveningAnother work day done The whole crew left around 730 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 gasline pipes and helping with children's ministry.I got to go to the village Lodroman with two Romanian women and two kids with very limi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-271922.html Hi everyone My message today is twofold... to tell you about what's been going on and to ask you to pray some more What a great day today Els and I did groceries and cooking for the whole crew again. We had such an experience in the grocery store Several gypsy men and women came barreling down the very narrow isle and started pressing their carts against us for us to move We weren't sure http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-271631.html Buna seara Good eveningWe 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-271285.html Hello EveryoneEaster Monday more planning and meetings this morning to get ready for the projects starting tomorrow. This afternoon we went with Peter on a tour of how his journey to Romania started back in 1990 one year after the fall of Ceauscecu. He described the horrible conditions in the staterun orphanages with kids lying in their own excrement two in a crib eyes glazed over as they n http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270958.html Hi againI would really appreciate your prayers for tomorrow... approx. 530 am to 730 am Tuesday Alberta time we are doing a womenrsquos 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 Irsquoll be speaking to the women. I thought Irsquod introd http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270939.html Buna Yes that's the greeting in RomanianWe'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 leade http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270595.html Some of you have asked about our return date we are unable to reasonably change our tickets. Meaning we have two tickets on Aeroplan which are absolutely not changeable before May 21. Thus Julian and I will need to buy two new tickets for our return with Air Transat which means that we need to transfer from Heathrow to Gatwick and spend a night in London to catch the next day flight. New ticke http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270591.html Our first day in Romania. Easter Sunday. This morning we got together in the Centre of Hope the main mission station here in Medias. We had lunch there with the team and then headed out to church in two tiny villages in the country in Lunca and Lodroman. In Lunca a single lady had been praying for a church for years and now there was one established. She greeted the team with lilac flowers olie http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270566.html We made it to Romania It took us 28 hours to get here although we took a slight detour to Bavaria in southern Germany to visit Neuschwanstein the legendary castle of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang built by Ludwig II King of Bavaria. It was an amazing building inside and out although we could not take pictures of the inside. The whole thing cost 3.7 million marks which was back in 1860 The m http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270280.html Wednesday April 23Groetjes from the BezooyensWersquore in Germany right now and I actually miss the Dutch language all around me It was so incredibly fun... I just yattered and yacked away in Dutch to whoever would listen. It was even more fun when a man told Els that she had really lost her Dutchher being a trueblooded Dutch girl and then the next day Gerrit and I were in a cell phone http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-270275.html We spent the last couple of days trvelling from Bukk national park to the Romanian border. Once out of the hills in the north Hungary is as flat as a pancake. The bridge over the motorway is the biggest hill we have gone over in 6 hours driving.We have come from one of the best campsites in Hungary in Bukk to the worst campsite in Hungary in Miskolc. The guy running it had the cheak to try and ch http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-193105.html We got a train from Budapest to Oradea. The Keleti train station in Budapest is one of the craziest places I've been to. Everyone crowds around the staircase and you have to basically fight your way through. I was glad to have my huge rucksack as a bit of a buffer zone. There really isn't much of a concept of personal spaceOur train was supposed to be air conditioned. It wasn't Very..very hot. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-72903.html Day 41 11th July.Pspokladny Oradea ROMANIA Tileagd I was up early enough to see the sunrise this morning with Scott the other two were suffering from a bit of lethargy and it was 3 hours later before we eventually hit the road for the Romanian border. The weather had been too good to us and gave a very dry heat. Our road all the way was as straight as an arrow but with one problem. Tha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-70629.html 6806 OradeaWe had our second concert in Romania in one of the largest churches. The whole team stayed in an apartment on the top floor of the church. The youth group there has 200 with 150 that are dedicated to the church. Over 500 people mainly youth attended the concert. About 10 people sought salvation and there were many people crying in response to the message. I met with 3 American http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Romania/Oradea/blog-68196.html