First, about the title. Einstein said time was relative but I never really understood that until I began the last leg of our journey here. This leg consisted of a 6 hour bus ride to our destination. The roads in Hungry were better than they are back home but as soon as we entered into Romania the roads suddenly became 10x worse than kings church road when the dump was still in operation. The classic question of ‘how much longer till we get there?’ came up many times… the response was always along the lines of ‘ehh, about 30 more minutes or something like that’. This response came from one of our translators who claims he is from Romania, but judging by his responses to our many questions we are no longer certain of this.
Some of the following may or may not make any sense.
30 hours of travel with no sleep is tough. People look younger here. They stack hay on poles instead of baling it. Light switches are on the outside of rooms. Language barriers are hard to cross while trying to make connections to share the gospel. The Internet is amazing (skype, facebook chat, ect). Don’t smile at people you don’t know in Romania. Food is good here. Ice is rare. “For-Tuna” means storm. Order water “with no gas”.
Enough with the random facts… even though their are many of them!
Today was mainly a prep day but tomorrow we start VBS for 50-75 kids. I am very excited about it! I preach on Monday to a group of teens. I am weary about it because I have no idea how to relate to these people or speak their language. But, I hope in being faithful to God’s calling, His Spirit will do the speaking and all I will have to do is show up as prepared as I can be.
Sorry for not writing as eloquently as is my custom. It is hard to put so much into so few words. Also, excuse any spelling or grammar errors; very tired and drowsy.
PS. We’re all sitting here, slap happy, laughing at John Harlan. lol!
