Sunday, July 13, 2008

Brother Daniel, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Mihalt, along with the Director of the school in that village. We appreciated the assistance of both!
This mother and her young son who is partially handicapped were the recipients of one of the food parcels which was bought with the offering money we received each night of the Bible School. They seemed very appreciative.

Pictured here is the American team along with some of the Romanian teachers and interpeters.
Davey Swartz and Vali, putting up posters inviting the children to Summer Bible School in Mihalt.S
Singing with the children.
Some of the parents and Grandparents who came for the ending program in Mihalt.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Ligia called this morning, inviting us to come and watch them extract honey from their 200 bee hives. This was too good to miss, so we made a few calls to rearrange our plans and headed out to the village of Colibi! The whole process of how a colony of bees reproduces and works together to produce honey, shows the wisdom of our Creator. Above: One of the neighbor ladies who helped gave us a good laugh as she posed for a picture by licking honey from one of the many frames!

Cornel's brother and a neighbor man, taking the frames from the hives, while bees buzz all around them.
Daryl, taking a turn at cranking the extractor. Cornel's brother showed us male bees, female bees and the queens.
The whole "Honey Crew!" Cornel and Ligia, brother George and his wife, two neighbor ladies and a neighbor man. A very interesting day! We also enjoyed a barbeque when the work was done.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

While board members Pete Gingerich and Marvin Beiler were here there were many meetings. Pictured here from left to right: SLM's accountant Reuben, Horatiu, Adi, Pete, Gabi and Marvin.
Below: Cornell showing Pete some of his bee handling equipment.

Marvin and Pete with Dr. Lydia, her husband Otto and two boys, Lukas and Marc. It was Dr. Lydia who first gave Daryl an ultrasound and advised us to go for a further consultation to Cluj.
We enjoyed having them in our home Saturday night for a pizza supper.
On Sunday we enjoyed the kind hospitality of the Daniel Gruian Family. The rabbit and chicken was great along with all the other food!

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Dad and Mother Brubaker, Jane, Myron, Barry and Andrew spent a week with us. We enjoyed giving them a taste of life in Romania!
Dad spoke Sunday night at the Hapria Church, with Gabi interpeting. Jane went to Straja with the team on Friday evening and gave a flannelgraph lesson.
While Dad, Daryl, Myron and the boys went with Gica to tour a 600 cow dairy in Turda, Mother, Jane and I did some shopping in Alba.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

These two widows from the Hapria Church (sister-in-laws) came to Daryl asking how old his mother is? One of them is 78, the other is 87. Although we cannot communicate very well, they shake our hands warmly each Sunday.
Pastor Daniel and his wife Deborah, who are expecting their first child in July!
Adi, Ariana and their two children - Sara and Andrei on the steps of the Hapria Church.

Ionel and Ana Todor, also members of the Hapria Church. Mama Ana (as everyone calls her) makes wonderful yogurt which she generously shares with us, along with eggs, strawberries or anything else has.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Beautiful mountain scenery!
Adi, his wife Ariana made the 4 hr. trip to Brosov this week to pick up the "wheelchair man" and his wife who are from Teleac. He and his wife both have Muscular Distrophy and need to go once a year to Brosov for 4 weeks of treatments. He is pictured here, seated just inside the van with his wife in the red blouse, as they say "goodbye" to others who have received treatment as well.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

With the help of the youth girls of Hapria Church, we had a supper for the widows of Hapria. Of the approximately 500 villagers of Hapria there are 52 widows. Not quite all attended and we took plates to those who would have liked to come but are housebound. Jeni Nicula, one of the ladies from the Hapria Baptist Church was our speaker for the evening. Most of these ladies are Orthodox, so this was a wonderful opportunity to remind them of God's special care for widows and the importance of choosing salvation through Jesus Christ.