We are blessed to have spent the last 3 months in the States with such wonderful family and friends. We traveled through Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte, Cheraw, D.C., Los Angeles, Waco, New Orleans, Savannah, and more. We had fun trying yummy foods, driving for the first time in 2 years, the beach, Disneyland for the 1stContinue reading "#Blessed"

Just some funny things we are noticing our first days back in the States. When you are on the American Airline flight to Chicago and the stewardess asks if you would like ice cream in the middle of winter.  (Of course I do!) When you miss the airport bathrooms in Europe. When you understand everyones'Continue reading "You know you are in America when…"

The musings of an introvert ... As an introvert, life in ministry has been interesting and difficult at times. I have been told by different people throughout my life, especially as we prepared for moving to Romania, that I really need to be an extrovert to be a missionary. I was told that as anContinue reading "When an Introvert becomes a missionary"

  As we came upon celebrating 2 years here in Romania (Nov. 20), I was looking through my old journal entries around that time. I specifically remember my mom telling me to write it down so I would remember what I was feeling during that time of transition.  So I found my entry from ourContinue reading "Remembering Two Years Ago"

Often, when things do not go as planned, I have a tendency to freak out. You know me... we have talked about this type A personality and love of lists and order. Lately, we have had some detours as to how we expected events to happen and it has been amazing to see how GodContinue reading "When the unexpected happens…"

During the winter everyone retreats. It is cold. The sun is brief and the buildings seem to match the sky, a nice shade of boring grey. The trees retreat. The birds retreat. The people retreat. I retreat. This is an exhale. I wait in anticipation for   Spring. Some people think of spring as aContinue reading "Why I Love Spring in Timisoara"

Hey Guys, Jeff here..I know I don't usually blog on here, Lauren has been amazing at it. But I wanted to take some time to share about some takeaways of our time at Paris. Now I could go on and discuss how amazing the food was and how beautiful the city was, which it was,Continue reading "Paris, Culture, and the Church…"

"A man without a timezone." Famously quoted by my dad at a late night game of cards, as he described his jet lag proudly.  We had the privilege of mom and dad coming to visit us in Timisoara for a week at the beginning of October. We have been here for 10 months and weContinue reading "When the Browns come to town"

Whether you think language learning is easy or hard, there is one common standard: it is great for comedy! In honor of our first week back at school, here are a few of our most favorite language blunders! Lauren going to the bread store and asking for bread and a set of grandparents, instead ofContinue reading "Blunders of the Tongue"

3 years of marriage So exciting and so much fun! I think I say this every year, but how can it already be 3 years, and all in the same, it really has only been 3 years? We celebrated on Wednesday with a day to ourselves in the city. We started the day off withContinue reading "3 years…Already?….Only?"