Violence in Romanian Local Elections

Click here to read the short article.
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 [...]

Bread Prices Increase by 20%

The price of bread here in Huneodara (and RO at large) went up by roughly 20% this past week.  This increase in cost had been expected due to the severe drought in over 2/3 of the country this summer.  However, the prices were not expected to increase until late fall or winter.  The new, higher [...]

Devastating Hail Storm

Last week, a devastating hail storm ripped through the city of Huneodaora and the villages to the north of the city. Many of our friends in the village of Pestis (where we lived and ministered from 2000-2002) had their gardens nearly destroyed. Thankfully the harvest season was early this year, so a [...]

New Video Clip

Please check out the brief video on the Photos Page. The video clips and pictures were all taken on the same day, at the site of an ancient hilltop fortress. By car it is approximately 2 hrs from where we live, with a nice steep hike after that. The fortress and [...]

Quick Post

I just posted a short MPEG clip on the photos page. It shows what some of the scenery around here looks like (a month ago when it was still green). I had intended to post a longer, “real” video but ran into some problems, so this will have to do for now…. [...]

Heat Update

So far, here in the city of Hunedoara it has been between 100-112 degrees for 6 days and another 2 days are fore-casted. The surrounding fields and crops are starting to show the signs of severe heat and drought, that up to this point have been absent (in this region). On Wed it [...]

New Slideshow

I just posted another slideshow on the photos page. This contains 39 pictures of Corvinul Castle,which is a 13′th Century Castle in the city of Hunedoara. These are all exterior pictures, taken from various vantage points around the perimeter of the Castle. At some point this summer I will try to get [...]

Honestly- an “unbelievable” experience

This is a factual story from my Dad…
Today I set out to settle an account with the largest supermarket/store in the city. Here is the reason why; two weeks ago I bought two plastic storage bins, and when I got home I realized that the clerk had only charged me for one bin. [...]

Hunedoara City Snapshots

Hi everyone, I just posted a new slideshow on the Photos Page. http://outreachhunedoara.wordpress.com/photos/ This contains 100 pictures of the city of Hunedoara. These pictures are meant to serve as an example of what you would see on a typical day’s walk throughout the city. If you would like to pause [...]

Slideshow: Hunedoara and surrounding countryside

Curtiss took these pictures in May this year, in the first couple weeks after arriving in Hunedoara for the summer.
Slideshow coming soon… I’ve tried three different slideshow services, only to discover that none of them work with WordPress. So I have to migrate them over to one of the oddball services that WordPress actually supports.