Romania 2001

Settling in

1 June 2001 09:16

The Internet cafe's here are reasonably plentiful and very inexpensive (typically about 83 cents NZ per hour) but the time seems to flash by while using them, and I've only been sending emails to a few people with very easy to remember addresses. My webmail doesn't have an address book in it which is really dumb, but I wrote a long list that I have in my bag somewhere.

Unfortunately, since I've arrived in Romania I seem to have been very busy and haven't managed to take advantage of the cheap internet cafes. Recently I've been laying a cobblestone path at a home for former streetgirls. You wouldn't believe how wonderful the girls are [now] when you hear their stories (from reliable sources, too).

Go to Mana Ministries to read about the organisation I'm working for at the moment in Timisoara and the problems they face.

From a reader: Things here are rainy and cold and so I'm guessing that the painting we wanted to do before winter is now going to be done on a fine day in winter (if one ever comes about). What's the weather like where you are? Are they doing the opposite from us ie. just going into summer? Hopefully you're not freezing your butt off.

Ummm... in a word, no. It was 29 deg C at 6:30pm the other day. Amazing weather with low humidity, I spent the whole day in the sun starting the path on Tuesday and was just a little pink skinned at the end of it. (Which means maybe I'll get a tan here.) I'm drinking lots of pineapple juice.

Love and God bless,

Ian
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