Hristos a înviat! Adevărat a înviat! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed!
Category: Romania
Hristos a înviat
Hristos a înviat. Adevărat a înviat. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! This is the resurrection greeting and response in Romanian. To say "Christ is risen" beats "Happy Easter" any day. Grace and Peace P.S. On the Orthodox calendar, Easter is next Sunday, and Protestants in Romania conform to the eastern church calendar rather …
Granite tables and countertops
McDonalds restaurants in Romania are superior to McDonalds in the U.S.A. The food is better, the service is better, they ask which Happy Meal toy your child wants, and... the tables are made out of beautiful SOLID GRANITE! If it weren't for "Super Size Me," these tables would be enough to make any geologist eat …
Christmas tree recycling, Romanian style
This picture shows recycling on two levels. First, some enterprising person stole the manhole cover---a common problem here in Romania---and likely took it to a recycling center to sell as scrap iron. That leaves those of us who drive with a problem: a deep hole in the middle of a narrow street. The second type …
Unirii Day 2007
December 1 was the Romanian national holiday, Unirii Day, celebrating the unification of Transylvania with the rest of Romania at the end of World War I in 1918. The biggest celebration in Romania was at Piata Unirii (Unification Square), a twenty minute walk from our apartment. The highlight was the lighting of the "largest Christmas …
Hot Hot Hot
The high temperature reported from Bucharest yesterday (Tuesday) was 45 Celsius, which is a scorching 113 Fahrenheit. It felt like an oven! It is quite a bit cooler today; about 97 F (36 C).
Hot Summer in Bucharest
It has been a hot summer in Bucharest, and it looks like it's going to get warmer: Psychologically, it helps to think of it being in the thirties outside. Ah, snow... Unfortunately, this is just our Celsius forecast. Thirty-eight Celsius is just as hot as 101 Fahrenheit. It actually doesn't take all that long to …
Predator-Prey Relationships
What happens when the street dog population decreases? The cat population increases. Here are a few of up to fourteen cats we have counted behind our apartment in Bucharest. We still have a few street dogs around, but they are old and lazy, and don't seem to bother the cats too much. We don't really …
Romania in the EU
As of January 1, 2007, Romania is a member of the European Union. Living in Romania is different than any living anywhere else in the EU. Romanian culture is Latin, so being here is somewhat like living in Italy. For a little fun, watch Europe and Italy, and then remember that Italy is a rather …
Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Gifts
At the end of our Christmas program (see the previous post), gifts were distributed to the children in attendance. These gifts came from Samaritan's Purse, a Christian relief and evangelism organization. The gifts were wrapped in shoeboxes, and were marked for boys or girls, and with an age. I saw many children who were really …
O ce veste minunata
Tonight (Sunday night) our church in Bucharest, Biserica Evanghelică Liberă Trinitatea (Trinity Evangelical Free Church), had its Christmas program. It was much like many Christmas Eve services I've been at in the U.S., with traditional Christmas carols and a short message. The candlelight carol was an old, traditional Romanian song, "O ce veste minunată" ("O …
Back in Bucharest
After seven months on home assignment (or furlough) in the United States, we are back in Bucharest, Romania, where we serve with the Evangelical Free Church of America International Mission at Bucharest Christian Academy. We had a number of answered prayers as we traveled, and are excited to be back "home." I am also very …
All we are is dust in the wind
According to the English-language newspaper Nine O'Clock, our adopted home city of Bucharest, Romania is one of the dustiest cities in Europe. This not only makes our apartment dusty, it is a health hazard as well. Soils in and around the city have high levels of heavy metals such as lead and mercury. Restoration of …
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