We have been in Cluj-Napoca for two days now. The elevation is higher so it is mercifully a bit cooler during the day. Cluj is at the North western tip of what used to be considered "Transylvania" (and - no - we are not going to Vlad Dracul's castle on this trip).
Thursday we were able to visit a gypsy village and give out the book of John and Romans written in their dialect. We had two unfavorable confrontations where the people seemed very upset about some questions about the local church's feeding program that we had no answers for. We had planned to return today to visit again, but we learned that the people went to the Mayor of the city complaining that the "Americans" were not giving them what they needed (?, we aren't sure what that meant either) To protect the current church ministry (and for our own safety apparently) we stayed away from going back in.
We did give a presentation at the church's feeding program where the school picks ten gypsy's, the church picks ten gypsy's and the mayor picks ten gypsy's and they are allowed into the church to learn proper manners, hygiene, nutrition, and scripture. The program was well received by the 30 children.
We've been hosted by a church where we had a youth event on Thursday and a VBS on Friday. They killed a pig in honor of our visit and the food has been incredible! None of us have tasted food this good in many of the four star restaurants we've eaten in through our lives. Many of us are blaming our American obesity on Romanian food.
Tomorrow we are having and "off" day. We are going to the top of a mountain for a picnic (more food again) hosted by another local church and while we've spent the last week going to different churches every night we will take Saturday night to go looking for the souviniers you people at home are begging us for.
Good night
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