summer travels

Above is a picture from the Pro-Vita International women's clinic where we celebrated our colleague, Anda's birthday shortly before we left for the U.S.

The blog has not stopped because of our recent move from Bucharest, Romania to Seattle, Washington.... in fact I have found that there are quite a few Romanians in Seattle due to the local Microsoft staff. Nate and I have been from Bucharest to London to Boston to Columbia to California. We are looking forward to settling into our new home in Seattle, Washington where I will be finishing my nurse midwifery internship.
Romania is still pulling on our heartstrings... I have included a recent article from a local English newspaper indicating that with the increasing economic and social crisis Romanians are looking back to Communism with longing eyes.

I am praying for God's direction for HPR. I would like to be involved in bringing country-wide change to Romania's women's healthcare system but am searching for tangible ways to produce lasting change. This is a question in my mind that only God can answer!


41% of Romanians declared that they would vote former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu as President of the country

de AC HotNews.ro
Luni, 26 iulie 2010, 21:39 English | Top News

Almost two thirds of the Romanians believe that they were better off before 1989 in Communism, and 41% of those interviewed said that if former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu would run for President they would vote him, an IRES survey reveals.

If almost one of two Romanians believe that Nicolae Ceausescu was a good leader, 67% of the respondents say that his wife, Elena, was a bad leader. 87% of those interviewed heard about the decision of the heirs to exhume the remains of the couple.

71% believe that Ceausescu did not deserve the punishment and 23% agree with the way his dictatorship ended. 63% of the respondeds said that they were better off in the Communism, 9% said they were just the same and 23% said that life was tougher in Communism.