Thank you for following along with our time in Romania. Since 2016 we have bought a home and car, added a new dog and a beautiful baby girl to our family, and utterly fallen in love with our friends and community in Romania. Due to crazy circumstances, we have furloughed back to the United States … Continue reading A Change of Events
As the world watches Russian invade Ukraine right now, thousands of Ukrainian women and children are crossing the border into safer countries. Being a neighbor country of Ukraine, Romania is part of this mass movement of people. I have never been more proud of the Romanian and Hungarian people during this difficult situation. There is … Continue reading Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
Grandma Jojo came to visit We drove to meet Mas Papi in Croatia Continue reading Meeting some Grandparents
We just wanted to share this lovely old woman with you. Continue reading Our Neighbor
CSAKIS Tábor, or family camp for the sake of this blog, was Wednesday through Sunday. This is the third annual family camp we have helped host here in Romania. We eat together, hike, play games, listen to lectures, worship, and grow as a family in this restful environment. This year our camp was held in … Continue reading CSAKIS | Family Camp
Gratefully, we are blessed with friends that support us through our life change. And we have still been able to serve locally and share Christ’s love. We were also able to help the local Reformant church before their VBS. Continue reading Life in Romania with a kiddo
Previously known as “Grain Games”, harvest games came back this year for a double feature. In short, a family from Hungary comes with supplies and teaching plans. We provide the kids, the space, and the volunteers. The kids get gross, wet, and/or messy… and the leader teaches biblical principles based on the games played and … Continue reading Harvest Games 2021
Happy anniversary. We have known each other for 11 years, been married 10, been on mission for 3 1/2, and now have a 3-month-old little girl. We were blessed to have a grandparent here to help us celebrate the life we have had together, and we are thankful for the adventures to come. Continue reading 10 years of marriage
After 10 years of marriage, four years of Romania life, and nine months of pregnancy, we had a beautiful little girl. Once we were all deemed healthy, we took a break and did our first family adventure. The drive was much longer than we expected but totally worth it. We drove two-and-a-half hours to a … Continue reading Bucegi Mountains
Thank you Virág Ágota for these lovely photos. We are very grateful and happy to share them. These photos were taken about 1 month before Zoë came into the world. Continue reading Family Photos By Ágota
van der Dys Family in Transylvania 