Lone Traveler

Please pray for Mark Holden as he is flying back to the USA today.  I just returned from the airport (left at 1am returned at 7:15), where Joanna and I left him off for his flight to Vienna.  He will have a layover of a few hours there and then a flight to Dulles.  Please [...]

Residency Cards Arrived

We have a major praise item to share with you all.  On Thursday, we picked up our Residency Cards, which allow us to remain in the country for 5 years at a time.  These cards take the place of visas/passports, and they will be our primary method of identification here in Romania.  If we had [...]

Guests arrived safely

Hi all, this is just a quick note to say that our guests have arrived safely.  We went to the airport in Timisoara yesterday to pick up Mark and Joanna Holden. Mark is on our Romania Advisory Board, as well as being the Pastor of one of our supporting churches.  I will get the honor [...]

English Classes in Bretea Romana

On Tuesday we held our first English classes of the summer here in the village of Bretea Romana.  We had 24 kids signed up over 3 different groups between the ages of 7 and 17.  Out of the total of 24, 19 showed up; that’s actually pretty typical here (or anywhere for that matter).  The [...]

Archer’s June 2008 Prayer Letter

Dear Family and Friends,
These past three months have been quite an experience for us as we have moved into our village apartment in Bretea Romana. We are in the center of the village and the noise and commotion is something we have to get used to. Our neighbors have been helpful and we see more [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Long Term Visa

I would like to post a specific prayer request: We are going to be starting the process to acquire visas for long term residence here in Romania. To stay in the country for more than 90 days this is a legal requirement. It is a lengthy process, and I won’t [...]