So, Romania.
This month, we are in Pitesti (Pi-tesht) and I am so excited for a new place. Central America had it's perks being that I was a translator so I was able to communicate with everyone that I needed to, but there's something about being in a new place, with a completely different scene, a new people group, and a new language (with some similarities to Spanish, thankfully)
Overall, I am super excited for the challenge that this month brings.
The city we are in deals with alot of darkness. Pitesti itself was a city that used to have a torture center, basically. Communists came into the mix of things and basically forced Christians of the city to claim Communism or tortured them until they did. They called it "reeducation." One of the torturing methods was having them stand in their cell, which was basically a box around them with no room to move. They had to situate their bodies at angles in order to sleep and it would be really uncomfortable. Re-education? Yeah, right.
This month, we are living in an extremely nice church. We have hot water to shower with, a nice comfortable floor to rest our heads on, and wifi (which is debatable whether or not we have that at times, but hey).
This month, we are in Pitesti (Pi-tesht) and I am so excited for a new place. Central America had it's perks being that I was a translator so I was able to communicate with everyone that I needed to, but there's something about being in a new place, with a completely different scene, a new people group, and a new language (with some similarities to Spanish, thankfully)
Overall, I am super excited for the challenge that this month brings.
The city we are in deals with alot of darkness. Pitesti itself was a city that used to have a torture center, basically. Communists came into the mix of things and basically forced Christians of the city to claim Communism or tortured them until they did. They called it "reeducation." One of the torturing methods was having them stand in their cell, which was basically a box around them with no room to move. They had to situate their bodies at angles in order to sleep and it would be really uncomfortable. Re-education? Yeah, right.
This month, we are living in an extremely nice church. We have hot water to shower with, a nice comfortable floor to rest our heads on, and wifi (which is debatable whether or not we have that at times, but hey).
(picture by kylee)
And all I can think about is that there is a WAR outside of the walls we live in.
One of the villages we are visiting to minister is named Razboieni (Raz-bo-yen), which literally means "war."
And guess what? This torturing that happened in the city of Pitesti. Yeah, it's almost like it's never existed. You know why? They hide it, because there are rumors that some of the torturers are still alive in the city today.
And me? I'm sitting over here and I am freaking pumped.
This city is just WAITING for change. This city is WAITING for joy. This city is WAITING for something different. All this darkness, all this witchcraft, all this law from the overflow of orthodox churches, all of it is waiting and sitting in its crap. And I am glad we can come in and feed the flame of the Holy Spirit that has already started here with those who know the Truth.
Someone told us today during our tour of the prison (that's hidden in the background so barely anyone can see it, mind you) that Romania has been deemed the 2nd saddest country in the world.
Oh, joy that I have, rise up! This city has nothing on the joy that I have found with my Father. Like I said, I'm excited for the challenge. Darkness? What are you hiding for? Time to come out!
