Pictures of our Apartment

I just posted a new slideshow on the Photos page:
http://outreachhunedoara.wordpress.com/photos/ 
They show a little bit of what we have been doing for the past week or so and also a little bit of what we can see looking out our windows.  Please wait until the slideshow has loaded completely.  You can pause it at anytime by [...]

Renovating…

… and cleaning, and painting, and varnishing, and running water lines, and cleaning again….  I guess you could say that our first week or so here in Bretea Romana has been fairly busy (and we haven’t even started our garden yet).  It’s been busy here, but it’s the “good” kind of busy. :)  We are [...]

Here in Bretea Romana

Greetings to all!  We are working on settling into our apt. in the village of Bretea Romana now.  We had a safe and fairly uneventful trip over to Romania, although we wouldn’t have minded if it was a bit shorter. ;)  Thank God for granting us safety while traveling and a very easy time with [...]

On the Housing Market

If you’re a regular reader, you know that prices have doubled or even trebled in Romania since last year (thereby thwarting early plans for the Archers to buy land for mission work here - the search goes on). The most obvious factor is rampant speculation in the wake of Romania’s ascension to the European Union. [...]

7-13-07 Prayer Letter

Greetings to Family and Friends!
We trust that you are well and enjoying the summer that the good Lord has given to us. In Romania there is a record breaking drought in most regions which has severely affected the agricultural sector and in some cases the availability of drinking water. We are blessed [...]

Update 6/5/07

“Make me know Thy ways, O Lord; Teach me Thy paths. Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, For Thou art the God of my salvation; For Thee I wait all the day.” Ps 25:4,5(NASB)
Dear Family and Friends,
I find that my thoughts and desires are often just as David’s in this Psalm. [...]

Update 5/18/07

Greetings and Salutations from Romania! We have now been in Hunedoara Romania for one full week and feel that a general update is in order.
Our trip over was relatively uneventful and we thank God for general traveling mercies. J Our flight from Dulles International to Munich, Germany was as good as can be [...]