Saturday, June 18, 2016

Settling In | First Day

We arrived in Budapest late Friday morning and then took a bus to our destination: Oradea, Romania. After getting settled-in our hotel along the river, we had dinner with the local pastor we're ministering with, his family, and another missions team from Texas.

Today, we started out by visiting "the Bear's Cave" (Peştera Urşilor) on the edge of the Transylvania region. The scenery en route was breathtaking--rolling hills and stunning landscapes studded with eastern Orthodox churches. The Cave itself was spectacular . From the floor to the ceiling was at least 30' high and expansively wide. Stalactites and stalagmites formed the interior which housed bears hundreds of years ago. God's handiwork was clearly on display for us today!

We had planned to have a special children's event today, but those plans fell through due (at least in part) to the threat of inclement weather. On Sunday, we will be celebrating Pentecost with local believers--I'm looking forward to joining the local style of worship!

Arrival at Budapest Airport

A rainy view of the river from the hotel

A view of the countryside from outside the Cave

Inside the Bear‘s Cave

Papricaş de cartofi

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