Some committee members are especially motivated because they have had chronic conditions cured or ameliorated by Tibetan medicine. Additional committee members would be most welcome. 2001 Tour and Transformation Nestled in the beautiful Homorod Valley of the Transylvanian region of Romania lies the small village of Homorodujfalu. Here, about 100 families, primarily Unitarian and ethnically Hungarian, form a close knit agricultural community. Each household owns sheep and cows that pasture in the hills surrounding the village during the day, and return in the evening.
Kitchen gardens abound and the village is surrounded by corn fields.
While some villagers have found work in nearby cities, many of the young adults have left the village, and the elders remain to work the ancestral land for their livelihood. A group from our church first visited in 1990, when the partnership was established. Life is hard, and the villagers welcome the connection and involvement that our partnership has generated. Each summer for the past six years UUCB members have visited these people, forming lasting friendships and meaningful connections. We have participated in the confirmation ceremonies for their teens, helped renovate the parsonage and build a barn, helped purchase a house for a long desired community center, purchased their hand crafts and embroidery and learned each others stories.