WOW……I can’t believe it. 45 hours after we left the Mission of Hope compound in Haiti, we are finally in Arad, Romania. And it only took 3 planes, 1 train, and a bus to get us here. Honestly I couldn’t tell you much about our travel days. It was just one big blur to me. But what I can tell you is that we were all VERY happy once we reached our new home. We met our contact Michael (pronounced Me-hi in Romanian) who showed us around, and explained to us some of the things we would be doing this month. We are staying in a very nice house on about 15 acres of property. In the summer it is used as a summer camp for kids but now in the winter we are its only inhabitants (except for Michael, some goats, sheep, ducks, geese, cats, and dogs). Our job while we are here is to get it ready for the kids who come in the summer. Mostly yard work, painting, making minor repairs, and that sort of thing. After our tour we all crashed. Really crashed……like for 13 hours. It was an amazing time. We woke up at 11am the next day and 4 of us (including me) went with Michael to pick up some food at the nearby town. When we got to the town we went to some second hand clothing stores to pick up some winter clothes. It was soooo cheap!! I got a sweet trench coat for 2 lei (that’s less than a dollar!). Then we went to get fruit, meat, and then to a grocery store for the rest of the supplies. Overall, it was an awesome day! When I got back I explored the area around our house. I met the sweetest Romanian woman named Sophia. She is at least 70yrs old and is the one who sells us milk for 5 lei. That’s less than 2 dollars! Well that’s about all the time I have right now. Since the internet is a lot easier to access here I will be sure to write a lot more often. After having only been in Romania a couple of days I can honestly say I know I am going to love it here!!
