Visa

I wanted to let everyone know I got my visa on Monday from the police station in Oradea.  It is valid until June 2010.  I now don’t have to carry my passport around to be able to drive.
I had a wonderful, relaxing time in Oradea with fellow American and missionary, Kelly, who works with gypsy [...]

A week in Pictures

This week has been full.  I finally finished organizing the clothes for camp and found clothes for the iddy-biddies.  I made a visit to see the newest baby in the village.  At the end of the week there was a Medieval Festival at the Castle in Suceava and it included a Blues Concert.  Saturday, I’m [...]

Sunday School

We had a great Sunday school today.  My new friend Mariuca joined me and being a translator by trade, helped with, well, translating.  Together we taught the kids a new song about reading the Bible if you want to grow in your faith.  We taught the kids all 66 books of the Bible and verse [...]

Apartment Update

The electric has been fixed.  The hot water heater when the water pressure is strong enough, which is controlled by the city not the landlord or the building.  And the water is only off when the city has it off or damages to the pipe down the street, which left me without water for 24 hours.  [...]

Bogdan’s Eye Appointment

Yesterday, we had an adventure getting Bogdan to his doctor’s appointment.  I picked up Bogdan, his mom, and sister and we left just after noon.  There was a lot traffic, but we made it to Iasi in 3 hours, not bad.  Unfortunately, there were 2 streets with the same name and GPS took us to [...]

Sunday School

I wanted to share with you this fun picture of the kids at Sunday School yesterday.  Cristi took with his new camera.
Seventeen kids came.  One boy, Gabriel came for the first time last week and this week brought his brothers.  They are really good kids.  Some kids from last week decided not to come because [...]

Village Life

In order to mentor children and teenagers, I have to get to know them, their families, and the way they live.  Tuesday, I went to visit with Bogdan’s family.  We chatted and visited, then the guys had to go and make hay.  The women folk and I decided to go visit the guys in the [...]

Bogdan’s Appointment

Bogdan’s appointment is scheduled for Monday at 4:15.  Its in the city of Iasi (yaw-sh), which is 2 1/2 to 3 hours away.  Bogdan’s mom will go with us.  After the appointment, we will be able to schedule the operation.  Bogdan is really excited.  Please pray for a good appointment, safe travel, and good navigation!

I’ve got to move…

So I thought everything was finally set with my apartment. Then Monday, I turned on the washermachine and half way through the cycle, smelled smoke.  There was smoke coming from the outlet.  The landlord was in the building at the time, so i called down to him and he came up and told me to [...]