Blogs from Transilvania, Romania, Europe - page 40

So - it has been a while since our last posting; for both good and bad reasons -we have been too happy and having too good a time to be bothered tying ourselves to a computer at times, and at others we have been too stressed. This is the way things go on the road however, as in life generally, there are up times and down, good and bad. We have been forced to change even our sketchy plans by circumstances we did not foresee or want, but more of this later. As usual we will continue the story from where we last left it, and the rest will be explained in due course…… We decide to escape the overflowing campsite in Sighisoara and head towards Brasov, another hot afternoon on the road but at least ... read more

Time has passed again without me even knowing. Two more days have come and gone before I had a chance to tell you everything that is going on here in Romania. Yesterday (Tuesday) we visited the village of Nushfalau and set up the clinic in their church there. They have a two-story church and we were able to set up the clinic upstairs and the VBS/waiting room down stairs. The clinic saw about 200 people and Tom was able to share the gospel with those that were waiting upstairs. We had VBS downstairs and were able to even share the Bible stories with the adults that were waiting. It was a long day but we were able to do a lot of good. Today (Wednesday) the medical clinic went to the village of Zauan. This time ... read more

Today started out with breakfast as usual (in Romania I mean). We were greeted with a brief thunderstorm this morning, but it soon cleared off for another beautiful day. Then the drama team (teens) met us at Tony’s house for the first time since we got here. We loaded two busses and Tony’s car and started our hour and a half ride to Camp Joy. We twisted and turned through the mountains and ended up on the side of a hill where several buildings stood. We were happy to see that the construction team was hard at work. We got to see the camp and meet other members of the Romania team as well as others who were joining them to work this summer. They were hard at work building 1 of the 3 new bunkhouses. ... read more

Acordamos e fechamos a conta no albergue. Quando nos despedíamos dos amigos ingleses, Ed me pergunta “Is this yours?”, mostrando minha carteira. Salvou a pátria. Carregando os pesados mochilões, o que não é nada fácil, fizemos uma visita rápida aos pontos turísticos que ainda não tínhamos visitado em BRASOV: a Igreja Negra e o Teatro Municipal. A igreja tem esse nome devido a um incêndio que deixou suas paredes muito escuras, quase pretas. Fomos de ônibus para a estação de trem. Conversamos com uma senhora simpática, que tinha uma pousada na Vila de Bran. Os romenos são muito agradáveis e têm aquela enorme vontade de se comunicar e de agradar, que muito lembra os brasileiros. Chegamos cedo à estação, então sentamos numa lanchonete e tomamos algumas cervejas. Lembro de ter tomado uma chamada Timisoreana, da região ... read more

Alright, back to more informative (but slightly less awesome) blog entries. Liz here, reporting from surprisingly hot Transylvania... We just stepped off the train, so please forgive my incoherence. A lot has happened in the past few days, so here goes. We parted ways with the lovely English girls we were staying with in our guesthouse in Dubrovnik, after an amazing three island cruise (advertised as "fish picnic"... thought that was funny) and made our way up through Croatia into Bosnia. The bus ride was pretty sobering... we saw entire villages that had been abadoned, buildings completely burnt out, and more machine gun spray than I really want to think about. It was pretty alarming, especially against the scenic backdrop. Anyway, after about 7 hours of that, we arrived in Sarajevo where we were met by ... read more