Alex the sous chef, cooking away a delicate dish of sausage, red pepper and pasta!

The recipe was inspired by Alex's mom, Kathi.  Alexa is gobbling up this dish.  Nice to have a homemade dish in another country.  The ingredients here in the stores carry a lot of the same food that you would find in the U.S. or Canada, so it's not as frustrating as it was when we were in Peru a few years back!  

Several deaf members from Bethel Church sang a song on Sunday.= (yesterday).

Both of those men are deaf brothers.  The one on the left is Daniel while the one on the right is Benjamin.  They both know a little English, so they helped with translating some of the Romanian signs!  We are grateful for them.

Leader of the deaf church, he was real friendly when we came in and greeted us immediately. He is a very good teacher.

Alex trying to explain how he met Alexa and on what the purpose of their trip is.  He had plenty of help from the members as they would give the correct sign for concepts that he attempted to gesture.  

The one with the white veiled bandana is the hearing mother of two deaf boys and two hearing girls. She is just learning sign language. The lady in black on the right is the wife of the leader, hearing also and signs well and knows English. She is a teacher of a deaf school that we will be visiting.

Trying to say something.  Good luck figuring it out!

Alex chatting with several people in regards to where deaf churches and deaf schools may be on the map (see on white board).

Our apartment in Timisoara is on the 8th floor so we always go down/up this winding staircase! 

Our most reliable transportation on a daily basis. The "autobuzul" takes us around town and wherever we needed to be. $1.50 LEI (around .50 USD). The bus stops right in front of our apartment complexes so its a nice, short walk.

Downtown Timisoara.  Here are the rails for the trams.  We haven't used them because the bus routes are perfect for us.  You can see that it's cold and icy!  Doesn't stop us or everyone else from walking around town, though!  In the U.S. or Canada whenever it's cold outside we'd not see a soul on the streets, - because everyones in their heated cars!  

Old Town.

The walkway between the Old Town and Plaza Victory.  Can you find Alexa in this picture?  

Attack of the pigeons! (Luckily, no white stains)

The building straight aheads the "Opera House".    

The statue in the middle is from the legend of Romulus and Remus (not sure of spelling) where the two babies are left in a forest and they have a wolf as their mother, drinking from her milk.