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| Praise the Lord, we're alive and well!
The '06 globetrotters are all present and accounted for this side of the US border and are glad to be back on American soil. All connected flights were caught, praise God, so a good deal less time was spent in transit this time.
We're all glad to be home where we're not dependent on a translator and can't wait to see you, our family and friends.
Since this will probably be my last post on this blog, I'll sign off officially.
posted by Becky Thomson in Flint, Michigan
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| Comrades,
Strangely, this will be our last post from Romania. I say
strangely because it seems like we have been here both forever and not
at all--all at once.
Continue to pray, warriors. The Lord welcomed several young
lives into his family within the last week and we are loath to leave
them. The culture here is similar to America in that Christian
young people will find it difficult to chose the path of most
resistance in their every day lives. Pray for the seeds we've
planted, the ground we've watered and the lives we've birthed.
They will all need it in the days to come.
We will leave here in approximately three hours for Budapest where
we will board our flights home. We can't wait to see all of
you! We come back exhausted (we did a lot of shopping today  ) but stronger in the Lord and tighter as a group.
Oh yes, and pray that the Paris group makes their connection. 
P.S. Watch the Verity website after spring break for a Romania Trip photo gallery in the Student Life section.
posted by Becky Thomson from Oradea, Romania | | |
| A late photo post...Sorry about the wait. It's not about not having images to view
but having the means to put them up to view. These pictures are
from our days in Marghita—we are in Stei right now.
| Tuesday's adventures...
Went to the black forest on this day and then had supper and a walk at
some castle with a name I
will not try and spell. It was a lovely day.
Below are some group shots
and I have more on my blog. 
Some great chaps on the first step...
Wednesday's visits...
Verity students making friends with the students at one of the schools we visited.
Sarah getting down to the students level...this works in opening doors for good communication.
Verity students make friends were ever they go, just as Rachel is doing now.
Several
of the teams were able to return to one of the orphan houses
and see our "old" friends
again.
This little tyke loved the post card that was given to him.
Some of the girls couldn't put them down...can't blame them.
Thursday's travels... 
The
team in front of the city hall in Beius. The mayor, located in the middle, was very welcoming
and made our short stay most pleasent.
After
peeking in a interesting market and eating at a highschool, we
traveled up some mountains
and froze. Eighteen inches...and dress shoes...not a great combo...people like
me enjoyed our North Face hiking shoes and
made a packed trail for the
frozen ones.
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We are currently in Stei. I will hopefully post more photos later. God bless and thank you for your support. Posted by Grayson Stallings in Stei, Romania. | | |
| Thoughts from the Road...Who are you when there's someone looking?
As Americans in Romania, we're pretty high profile over here.
Even the most awkward among us is hugely popular, which basically means
that everywhere we go, someone's looking. They watch our bus as
we roll into town, pause in their chores as we walk by their yard and
essentially just stare quite unashamedly at anything we happen to be
doing.
The responsibilty is pretty overwhelming.
For some of the people we've met, we may be the first--and possibly
only--living representatives of both America and her church that they
have ever seen. Do they see Christ in us?
I certainly pray that they do, but it makes me consider my life back
home too. People say that you are the person you are when no
one's looking, but it's also important that your life when people ARE
looking is reflecting what you believe.
Do Americans see something different in you?
posted by Becky Thomson from Stei, Romania | | |
| Greetings from Beius!
We traveled here this morning from Marghita and will be staying
at a nearby town until Monday. (I don't know how to spell it, so
you'll just have to live in suspense.)
This morning we met with the mayor and were treated to a delicious
lunch--we've started counting the silverware trying to anticipate how
many courses we'll be served. Most of us are afraid they'll have
to roll us onto the plane to go home! The people's hospitality
here has been overwhelming. They are truly gracious and give
generously where ever they can. We've been pleasantly surprised
to find that many of the city officials where we've been are
Christians--this being the case, they are happy to have us visit local
churches and socialize with the high school students.
We're a little behind schedule, so I'm signing off now. We should have internet access again tomorrow.
posted by Becky Thomson from Beius, Romania | | |
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