Here is the rundown of our "travel day" to Romania:
We wake up at 6 a.m. and board a bus at 9 a.m. to leave Haiti. When I say board a bus, I mean a 35 passenger bus with 45 people, 45 packs, and 45+ daypacks and purses. Now that is community!
We arrive at the Port au Prince airport at 11 a.m. and we board our plane after about 5 delays at 7 p.m. that night. We arrive in JFK at 11 p.m. and we literally run to make our connection at 11:55 p.m. Experiencing America again for 30 minutes was nice.
We get to Istanbul, Turkey at 4:15 p.m and board our final plane about 15 minutes after we get to the airport.
We landed in Bucharest, Romania at 6:30 p.m. and got on a bus (without our big packs, they did not make it with us) which takes us to a train station.
We board a train at 10:45 p.m. and take a 9 hour train ride to Timisora, Romania. We had a 4 hour layover there and got to explore the town, which was awesome!
My awesome team in Timisora!
My Smith Station girl, Abby! Love her!
Wearing Chacos with socks in this cold weather. i am NOT above it!
Then we board our final train to Oradea at 12:45 p.m. and arrived in Oradea at 5:15 p.m.
So, 50 hours later….and this is what we walk into:
The front part of the house
Our HUGE living room
The long dining room table
The girls' bedroom
Another view…
Talk about Paradise! Stay tuned for the next blog about what our orphanage ministry looks like this month!
*All pictures courtesy of Abby Steverson
