Today's mug is decorated with a traditional Hungarian design, though bought in Romania when on a church twinning visit, so another reminder of partnership and of international links. The congregants of the Reformed Church in Romania are Hungarian speaking, and of Hungarian origin. In Temesvar/Timisoara, where we visited, they are in an area that has moved from country to country as different nations have gained supremacy. It is also an area that was behind the Iron Curtain (remember that) not so long ago.
The links we developed there are a telling reminder of how things can change, even when we may have thought for years that they won't. I have always found it good to visit and learn from Christians in other situations, and have been fortunate to have a variety of such experiences.
It's an important reminder that God - and the church - doesn't see our boundaries.
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