Facts about Romania

Capital

Bucharest

Total Area

total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km

Population

22,329,977 (July 2005 est.)

Languages

Romanian (official), Hungarian, German

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7% (2003 est.)

Religions

Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 86.8%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformate and Pentecostal) 7.5%, Roman Catholic 4.7%, other (mostly Muslim) and unspecified 0.9%, none 0.1% (2002 census)

Life Expectancy

total population: 71.35 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 75.06 years (2005 est.)

Government Type

Republic

Currency

leu (RON)

GDP (per capita)

purchasing power parity - $7,700 (2004 est.)

Labour Force
9.66 million (2004 est.)

Exports
$23.54 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports
$28.43 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Natural Resources
petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower

Telephones (main lines in use)
4.3 million (2003)

Telephones (mobile cellular)
6.9 million (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Internet hosts: 50,807 (2004)

Internet users: 4 million (2003)

What we have been up to!

To be honest we have not had much time to get ready. The team has come together very quickly and God is knitting us together. We began with 10 weeks to prepare and there are only 6 weeks left until we leave.

All we really know right now is that we will be leaving on May 15th.

We have been meeting to watch videos to prepare us. We tend to eat a lot when we get together. God loves fellowship and so do we.

Currently we are working on finding some songs and dramas that we can do. We will also be visiting some schools so we will be needing information about Lacombe, Alberta and Canada.

Sarichioi Mission Team Photo

Front Row: Cynthia, Lori, Tami, Alysa, Lydia, Stephanie
Back Row: Dave, Ken, Tim

First Entry

Lacombe to Sarichioi

To Romania with Love. This is the first entry of our blog. We will use this blog to reach out and let everyone know what we are doing to prepare.

Please feel free to comment or email us and say hi.

email: lpcsarichioi2008@gmail.com