Safe Arrival in the USA

Hello all, this is just a quick post to say that we are back in America, after a safe and fairly uneventful flight. We are in the DC area this weekend and will be driving back to WNY in a couple of days. We will be without internet there for a few days, [...]

About to take flight

We have said our goodbyes and after a short night’s rest we will be heading out to catch our flight.  I will try to post something from Daniel and Whitney’s once we have arrived back in the USA.  Thank you all for your prayers, support, and general interest in our time here in Romania.  I [...]

2 Days left in Romania

We will be leaving here on Thursday morning (local time) and expect to arrive in Washington DC approximately 20 hours later.  We would appreciate your prayers for us as we finish last minute preparations here and as we travel.  We will be spending a few days in VA with Daniel and Whitney before we head [...]

2 Examples of Romanian Medical Care

  Considering that I visited a local hospital here in the Hunedoara District of Romania on 4 consecutive days this past week, I thought I would share a pair of prime examples.  The door to the “Urgenta” (think ER) has a prominent sign stating that smoking is strictly prohibited.  As I was standing there in [...]

Prayer Request

Please remember Ligia (Lee-jee-uh) in your prayers over the next several days. She is the 13 year old daughter of one of the sisters in the Bretea Romana church.  She just had emergency surgery to remove her appendix and is currently in the local hospital.  Health care here is not up to our standards and [...]

Harvest Rush

Now is the time of year when nearly everyone in the villages of Romania is busy with the Fall Harvest.  Yesterday we gathered corn (handpicked of course) and today I was going to help another sister in the church with her corn, but the rainy weather hasn’t cooperated. :(  A forecast of frost for the [...]

“Romanian Fraud Gangs”

Sadly, this is the type of thing that has lead to a wide-spread lack of popularity for Romanians in Europe.
http://english.hotnews.ro/Daily-Mail-Romanian-immigrants-guilty-of-85-of-ATM-frauds-articol_46085.htm

Eastern Europe Faces Workforce Crisis

Here’s a link to a short article about the current lack of qualified workers in the former communist countries of Eastern Europe.
http://english.hotnews.ro/Eastern-Europe-unemployment-replaced-by-work-force-crisis-articol_46047.htm
There is a 40 page report by the World bank that goes into great detail that I have posted directly below this.  It should be good reading for anyone with [...]

World Bank Report on EU8+2

World Bank Report