Holy Week in Targu Mures

We spent the second week of Sarah's visit at home in Targu Mures. After being on the road for almost two weeks (one for ministry, one with Sarah), I was glad to finally get home, sleep in my own bed, do laundry, and cook my own food.

This week was Holy Week, and in Romania that means church...and lots of it! The church program is designed to help believers remember and really think about the events leading up to Christ's arrest and crucifixion - all in preparation to celebrate His resurrection, victory over death and sin. In total, 6 services in 5 days (some village churches have more!), starting with the Lord's Supper on Thursday and continuing through the "second day of Easter" which is apparently celebrated in many places around the world. I'm still not used to Romanian Easter music, much of which sounds more like a funeral dirge to me than a resurrection celebration (cultural adaptation never ends...my ears aren't there yet).

After church one evening, we did make time to go take pictures of the city. I'm still playing with my little camera, trying to find out just what it is capable of (or what my brain is capable of telling it to do). I'm still trying to figure out night shots - but here are a couple of tries!





Bet your city doesn't have random "Happy Easter" lights...