something familiar
well, we made it. back home to familiar soil, familiar faces and the works... the last 8 months in poland have been pretty crazy, let alone the last month in romania. but romania, wow... what a place...
as we crossed the border we were greated with men cutting the grass with sythes, abnoxiously loud music and dirty haired kids curiously waving at us as we passed by.
we were working alongside a canadian couple who have been living in romania for the last 10 years working with gypsies in a small village. the relationship between the romanians, gypsies and the missionaries is pretty complex and confusing... such different cultures and strong opinions working against one another, simply writing something wouldn't do it justice.
as we crossed the border we were greated with men cutting the grass with sythes, abnoxiously loud music and dirty haired kids curiously waving at us as we passed by.
we were working alongside a canadian couple who have been living in romania for the last 10 years working with gypsies in a small village. the relationship between the romanians, gypsies and the missionaries is pretty complex and confusing... such different cultures and strong opinions working against one another, simply writing something wouldn't do it justice.
main street before the traffic jam
main street during the traffic jam
some big smiles for the camera
but we spent most of our time teaching the kids english, helping out with whatever projects were going on and trying to not get attacked by any bivols (which are these huge, super aggressive sort of cow animals). what else... beautiful children, dark haired and big brown eyes... usually dirty and shoeless but craving love. such a contrast of amazing scenery alongside such poverty. it felt like it could have been 1950 and that these people didn't know any other way than the one they have to live daily.
4 Comments:
At 4:32 AM , Anonymous said...
hey christina and kasey,
i was just looking at your blog yesterday and there was nothing about romania and mom looked today and there is! i am interested because i am going on a mission trip to romania on aug 4 for 2 weeks. we are going to a town near cluj in the northwest mountains to work on a community centre... i don't think we'll be working with gypsies, just 'regular' townspeople...i'm on my way to a group meeting right now :)
anyways, welcome back to canada!
wendy (smeding)
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At 10:18 PM , Anonymous said...
Excellent, love it! »
At 7:31 PM , Anonymous said...
Best regards from NY! » »
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