I just can't wait

I am going on a missions trip to Romania, and I just can't wait. I will be working with a camp there that is associated with BHOP and IHOP-AC. I am so excited that I have constantly been looking up information about the country and it's history. I am amazed at what these people have been through.

This guy named, Nicolae Ceausescu, became president of Romania and made it a Communist country. He kind of reminds me of Nero a little bit because in 1974 he started this "systematisation" process and basically that was completely destroying Romania so he can rebuild it all in his own style. Thankfully, he was overthrown like twenty years ago. Communism has left it's mark on alot of the older generation though.

They have real gypsies there. Alot of them travel in wagons going from town to town stealing things from the flats or apartments. Some of them adopt land that was left abandoned due to lack of expenses, until they are taken off by the government. Some of them will trick you right beneath your nose. All the people I ask about gypsies too say they are easily identifiable. That You will know a gypsy when you see one. Here is a picture I found online. I can't wait to take my own :D

I still have alot to learn about Romania. It's too bad I can't speak the language. I will be over there for twenty days so hopefully I will pick up on a few words. I can't wait!!!!