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Birthday Traditions Every family has different birthday traditions. In my (Lauren’s) family, it is all about family. Every birthday the grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins get together to celebrate. My mom always cooks whatever meal and desserts ( yes, multiple) we want for our birthday. I have only missed 1 other birthday before, so being away thisContinueContinue reading “Birthday Traditions”

When a team comes …it is the most exhausting week ever. But we were so glad to have seen friends and family for a week. The team continued to work on a house in progress and decorate 2 children’s rooms, they put on a VBS for a local church in a village near-by, they hadContinueContinue reading “when a team comes…”

We rented a car and traveled to Transylvania last week! Jeff faced his fear of driving in Romania and it was my first time outside of Timisoara. Timi is on the plains and very flat, so it was nice to spend some time in the mountains. It was partly work and partly vacation for us.ContinueContinue reading “Transylvania and English Worship”

We have all been told marriage changes you. We have seen it before. But after only 2 1/2 years, we usually only see how we are different and how to compromise. However, last week we caught ourselves in the change. Lauren: “What do I need to get at the non-stop (a small store here)? Oh!ContinueContinue reading “When you catch yourself changing…”

Hi ya’ll. Sorry I have slipped on the blogging. Right now, our attention has been focused on learning how to do life here in Timisoara, learning the language, and working on our permit to stay in country. It is hard to believe we have been here for 3 months! As we figure out how toContinueContinue reading “culture shock”

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. Our blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 45 trips to carry that many people. Thank you so much for reading our blog and for all of your support as we experience the new adventures God has forContinueContinue reading “Themes of 2013”

In training, we were taught the phrase a “googles-worth of mistakes,” which is what we will make when it comes to language and cultural learning. It is not a bad thing, just inevitable… So, I thought I would share some of my favorite/ most hilarious blunders so far. Day 1 in Romania: A girl workingContinueContinue reading “A Googles-worth of Mistakes”

Ceau! In the last week, we have said goodbyes and hellos. We had a sweet time with friends and family the weekend before we left. Saturday before we left, we had bbq and brunswick stew, finished off with smores while we watched the Georgia game with my whole family. Sunday, we had a goodbye partyContinueContinue reading “Goodbyes and Hellos (or Ceau)”

What are you doing November 19th? Are you packing up your life in suitcases? again…and getting on a jet plane? Are you moving to another country? Guess What?! WE ARE! We got our green light and reserved tickets on Tuesday. It has been a whirl-wind of  days and we don’t expect it to slow downContinueContinue reading “November 19th”

Hey everyone, Sorry it has been so long since we last posted. I had been holding out hope way too long that the next post would be a “we got our tickets” post, but….. not yet. In training we discussed “twangs” and how we have to continue to adjust our expectations closer to reality, andContinueContinue reading “Adjusting expectations to reality”