Good News on Our Visas

We just received the necessary papers (from Bucharest) to continue the process of applying for status as permanent residents in Romania. They arrived the night before last, so yesterday we spent the entire day in Deva (district/regional capital) going from place to place for all the paperwork.  That usually entails going to 3 different [...]

Violence in Romanian Local Elections

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Thankfully the “conflicts” between various party supporters here in the District of Hunedoara seems to be limited to debating with ones neighbors and anyone else that is interested in taking part, whether it be on the street or at the local bar.  The second location seems to be the [...]

Update on Saul

Just a quick note to let you all know that Brother Saul is now home from the hospital.  He is very weak and not able to do much, but he is very happy to be home again.  We don’t know how much longer he will be with us, but we view every day as a [...]

Corruption thrives in the Romanian Government

Despite ranking at the bottom of the EU in a recent independent study on corruption in government practices and policies, RO shows little signs of improving.  Signs of real progress being made were evident before the countries entry into the EU; now Romania is slipping backwards.  Read more here.

Brother Saul

Please remember Saul Nicoara in your prayers; he is currently in the hospital for the second time in the last month.  The doctor there has said that there is no chance that he will recover, although we trust that in God’s providence a full recovery is possible.  Brother Saul is 84 years old (the oldest [...]

New Slide Show

I was able to get a few new pictures up for your viewing pleasure. Some are of things that you see here on a daily basis that you don’t see very often (aka ever) in America, and the rest are some candid shots of the church folks here in Bretea Romana. Enjoy!
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Some hardware related difficulties

I was intending to post some new pictures on the site today, but I’m having some problems, both with my internet access and the hard drive on my laptop.  Of course that would have to happen now that I’m one month past the warranty and on the other side of the world. :p  I’ll get [...]

More flight options out of Romania

Tarom, the Romanian National Airline, has just joined the Sky Alliance; increasing flight options to 841 from 31.  As of this point I have not seen any details on where those flights will be landing, but one can only surmise that some will be going to the USA.  This would be great for us, since [...]

Working on Visas

Please keep us in mind over the next two weeks as we scramble to get the paperwork together for our long term visas.  We have to have all the documents etc. by May 20′th.  Due to the lengthy holidays and vacation time in the government of the last two weeks, little has been accomplished thus [...]

Holiday after Holiday in Romania

Due to Easter in Romania being at a latter date this year and the 1’st of May holiday, we are currently in the middle of a 12 day period in which very little if anything is accomplished. Specifically speaking, at the government level; although many of the common people feel it is a sin [...]