Pictures

I have a cold, so between that and the language, my creativity levels have plummeted. So just going to post some pictures. Sorry for lame-ing out this time, but I hope you enjoy! Cheers, ~R

Feri's wife blowing a bubble with some gum. :-) When I took this picture she was standing at an angle that really showed off her style of clothes, but she moved and the flash went off wrong, so the picture didn't come out quite how I wanted. But anyway, you can kind of see them. And the picture shows 1/4 of the house we were staying in. Its one of the bigger ones I've been in.

The girls were braiding my hair when we heard a Gypsy man yelling at a horse and some odd creaking crashing noises from a cart. So we all looked to see what was up when this picture was snapped. I thought it was soo cute that they all wanted to braid my hair, they kept doing it and undoing it. The funniest part though was when I washed my hair the water I rinsed it with had turned black. ;-) But our water was off for a week, so that may have been part of it too. :-)

We found a wild rose bush and I put flowers in their hair. Since they did my hair, I did theirs. ;-)

It's interesting because when the Gypsies wash their hair, they put a wax in it instead of hair spray or gel to keep it in place. I don't know what kind of wax it is but it smells interesting. So what I had previously had thought was them having really greasy, dirty hair is actually wax to keep it in place.

Skin comparison. :-) The Gypsies know where to find delicious, edible mushrooms up in the mountains. They can sell them for a lot of money to Romanian and Italian companies who use them in Spagetti sauces etc. One of the ladies in the village gave Silvana a small bag of mushrooms for us to eat at home. :-)

Dita washing clothes. She and her daughters have a bath every day and Dita washes clothes and cleans the house every day, even in the wintertime. She said she loves being clean and wants to only have as many children as she can take care of, so she just has her two daughters. She's a very friendly, lovely lady and it's been a pleasure getting to know her better.

Bapu and Feri during wednesday night Church service. A lady, Argentina, (Lemoia's sister) brought her little son to Church, and we all took turns holding him. Feri wanted to have a turn, and you can see how teeny tiny the baby looks in our friendly gentle giant's arms!

Don't know why, but I've been facinated with the people's hands and feet here. They are rough and calloused from hard work, and sometimes even shaped differently due to different lifestyles of walking long distances and carrying heavy loads.

On the road from Sacueiu to Sancrieu. Church ended at 10, and we thought it was like 9. Woops. :-)

Thanks for all your prayers! I can't believe I only have about 9 days left before its time to head back home.

In Christ,

~Princess Ouch~