Author: Violeta
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A social season
It has begun. A few weeks ago I wasn’t feeling ready for the busy social calendar. But now I do. I decided to keep on fewer regular weekly meetings. The decision was hard but I don’t regret it. It has been a great, lively, adventurous, busy, hard-working, diversity filled, marathon-like year. We would finish one…
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Monday night
Fifteen people gather in one room. This building, all its rooms filled with different groups. It’s pure grace, a gift of community, but sadly, many count the numbers to compare with the days of glory and no matter what miracles happen now, being stuck in the past only drains the ounce of hope and joy.…
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October
Feeling overwhelmed is the most common plague of my generation. A flexible schedule actually accentuates this. As the fall starts again with its busy schedule, I let go of trying to do everything. Not everything is a priority. In the order of the events, last night we started the couples fellowship with setting expectation, listening…
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London
In March we booked our roundtrip tickets to London. Fist time in UK. At the time we had no other plans to travel in 2015. In the meantime we ended up traveling to 12 countries. This trip was very purposeful. My friend’s wedding. Her and I became closer friends working and traveling together in California…
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Wanderlust
Starting a business anywhere is daunting and downright hard. Combine it with moving across the world, new language for Conrad, new community, conferences and other big plans, maintaining the bills-paying current design business … you get the picture. The new business has given us many headaches. 90% is complex, behind the curtain hard work. But…
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Gossip
Gossip Do you ever do it? What is it actually? The first definition that pops up on google is this: “casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details which are not confirmed as true.” We are all prone to it. To not engage in it is a matter of self awareness,…
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Gmunden
The map says it will take us 10.5 hours to get there, but in reality it takes 14. If you take into consideration much needed breaks and the fact that the road through romania passes through a village every few kilometers and the speed limit is 50km/h.
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Psalm weekend getaway with Noua Generatie
We went to Belis. A day later than the majority as we had a lot of work to do. And it was heavenly. From all points of view. I often wondered if a certain atmosphere is strictly affected by the presence of certain people, namely from PBCC, but I think we finally got it. And…
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Bergamo
The shutters are half way down. It’s a hot Sunday in August in Bergamo. We came back from the absurdly long walk all the way to the top of the old city, the fortress, and back. And now I’m reading Journal cu Petre Tutea. Alina has a wonderful collection of books. It has been a…
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WWM
Our Monday morning meetings, rain or dark, we look forward to getting together at 6:30 AM. It is real, comfortable and core. And God is present.
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Walk
I took Rufus for a walk, and called my mom to join me. It’s a windy day. The sun feels warm after days of rain. It almost smells like autumn. As we got to the top of the hill, Nini and Rebe were driving up. We connected and then we walked on every street of…
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Connie Fortunato
Friday night we arrived on the dot for a concert given by Connie Fortunato and the children from the Cluj city dump. This is a powerful story. For a few years now she has breathed new life in the community, with her freedom, lack of social boundaries, joy and vision, all paired with impressive know-how.