Trinity Coffee House Benefit

Join in the fun as we get together Saturday, November 14 for a good music, good friends, and good coffee!  

You can relax and enjoy as well as support the upcoming Trinity Romanian Missions Trip 2016.  You can learn all about the upcoming trip and catch up with old friends and make new ones!  We will open up at 5:00 pm and stay open until about 10:00.  Hope to see you all there!  You can see the event posting on our FaceBook page.

2016 Trinity Romanian Missions Trip Is On The Calendar!

Believe it or not, it is time to begin praying for the 2016 Trinity Romanian Missions Trip!  We will be leaving May 16 and arriving back in the U.S. on May 30.  We are planning to purchase our plane tickets in January so our team is taking shape now.  We have several on the team already and several others praying.  Please be in prayer for our upcoming trip.

Our Christian brothers and sisters in Romania are already making plans for our arrival .  There will be much more information to share in the coming months.  However, we wanted to let everyone know that we are gearing up again!  

In November, or December, we are planning a fun night of information about our missions trip, music (local artists), coffee, munchies, and friends!  This would be a great time to come, learn about, and support the Romanian Missions Team.  Watch out for future posts with specific details!

Our God is Greater and Amazing Grace

We hope you enjoy these two songs.  The first song, Our God is Grater, is a wonderful example of our team singing with some of our Romanian friends.  On this song we were joined by Alina, Denisa, and Andrei.  This was our opening song on our final Sunday morning in Arad.  It was very moving. 

The second song, Amazing Grace, was sung at Nuziman Church, a village just outside the city of Arad.  We always enjoy going to Nuziman!  The girls took this song on alone and did a great job.

We are so blessed to have been able to go on this wonderful trip to encourage the saints in Romania.  We were also greatly encouraged in the process.  Enjoy! 

Last Supper and Last Gelato

We are now back in the United States and very glad to see familiar faces and signs.  We traveled a long way, it took a long time, and it was very well worth it!  We will post a few more videos from the trip in the next few days.

But for now, here are two pictures of two of our “lasts”.  Our last supper at Pastor John’s house (Marianna, his wife is an exceptional cook) and our last Gelato in the city park with some Romanian friends.  The hospitality of the Romanian people is very heart warming.

Angel Of Apathy and The Chick And The Egg

These two testimonies wrap up testimonies from each of our young team members.  The first: Angel of Apathy is given by Brandt Edmonston.  The second: The Chick and the Egg is a testimony by Kate McKinney.  Each of these is challenging and encouraging in it’s own way.  We pray you are blessed by each!

Judgment and Rebellion Testimonies

The two youngest members of our team are featured in this blog post!  Leah and Anna Heffington are traveling with our team for the first time this year and have done a great job sharing and singing with us.  We hope you are blessed by their testimonies.

Transfăgărășan

Here are a few pictures from our trip on the  Transfăgărășan    (a wonderful winding alpine mountain road).  We couldn’t go all the way to the top because the road was blocked by an isolated snow slide about 100 kilometers from the top.  As you will see, we managed to have a lot of fun anyway!!!

Many thanks to our wonderful hosts (Pastor Cristian and Alina Zaharia and Pastor John Zaharia)!

Photo by Matthew Walker

We stopped at this little alpine stream and decided to take a little hike.

Photo by Amy Edmonston

Photo by Amy Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Amy Edmosnton

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Here is a good idea of the switchbacks on this road we are in the car looking up at the next bridge.  Beauty all around.

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Here is the little avalanche that prevented us from driving further!  But it led to lots of fun and adventure!

Photo by Amy Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

 Our hosts were gracious enough to stop and let us play.  We ran down to explore the wildflowers and river in the fog.  We were also fortunate to find this “bridge” to help us to cross the river.

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Amy Edmonston

Photo by Matthew Walker

The alpine wildflowers are very beautiful.

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker’s camera

Photo by Daphne Edmonston

 Headed back down the mountain!

Photo by Daphne Edmosnton

The Copii Transport navigating the switchbacks.

Peles Castle

The Peles Castle is extraordinary!  It has beautiful craftsmanship everywhere you look.  You can’t get away from it.  More than that, the castle it’s self is set in a picturesque mountain niche with streams and little waterfalls.  God gave us a perfect sunny afternoon for this bit of sight seeing.  

(Photos inside the castle taken by Matthew Walker, outdoor photos by Daphne and Amy Edmonston)

Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest

Our team was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit the Romanian Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest.  While we were waiting for our tour we walked across the street to a park that had an incredible playground.  Our copii (children) played and explored.  Then we headed into the Parliament building.  It is the second largest building (square feet) in the world.  Second only to the Pentagon building in the U.S.A.  It was beautiful and our tour guide was superb!

You can also see many other photos posted by our team by going to Instagram #adventura15.

(Specific photo credits will be given for this blog post.  All photos not otherwise credited are by Daphne Edmonston.)

photo by Amy Edmonston

The back of the Palace of Parliament building.

Photo by Matthew Walker

Front of Palace of Parliament building.

The balcony is above the main entrance
in the middle of the photo.

Photo by Matthew WalkerAll of the following photos are from the inside rooms of the Palace or Parliamnent.

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by Matthew Walker

Photo by our tour guide
The group is standing in front of the longest curtain in the world
(Yes, it is in the Guinness Book of World Records)

Photo by our tour guide

We are on the balcony of the Palace of Parliament.

photo by Matthew Walker
This is the view from the front balcony down the main street
in Bucharest.  Down the middle of the street are a series of fountains, pictured below.