Perspectives on Miheleu

Winter/Spring 2011

nelu — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:54:01 +0000

A few picture from the village taken on 6 March 2011

Ulicioara facing the main road

Hoanca towards the Village Well (‘Fintana Satului’)

The Baptist Church (new building very few people and most of them in their ‘autumn’.

The Orthodox church – very well kept

A horse cart parked outside a house in the centre of the village, behind the old store.

The road from the centre of the village towards ‘grajduri’.

A view of the ‘grajduri, end of the village

Birds

Orthodox Church

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:57:33 +0000

There are two churches in Miheleu: the Orthodox Church which is the traditional church in the village but the current building was erected in the 1920s and the Baptist Church which dates from the late 1890s early 1900s. A new church building was erected in 2005 (see earlier posts).

The roads

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:41:39 +0000

The roads to the village are very bad by any standard. Part of the road towards the village was partially tarmacked up to 1 kilometre from the village, but the tarmac is now washed away giving way to large potholes.

the road in the village is a dirt road

People of Miheleu

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:26:47 +0000

Photos of people from Miheleu

Aronea (R.I.P) July 2008

Lica July 2008 (RIP)

Bringing home the harvest July 2008

People at worship in Miheleu Church 29 Aug 2007

People at worship Baptist Church July 2007

Plucked Geese

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:15:41 +0000

It is hard to be a goose in Romania – they are plucked twice a year for their valuable feathers. No anaesthetic is involved in the process. In many villages the feathers quilts were seen as valuable commodities. The more you had in your house the better off you were.

Photos taken July 2008

The centre of the village

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:58:29 +0000

The centre of the village from outside the Baptist church

The Orthodox Church as seen from outside the Baptist Church.

Chicken’s escape – just across the old shop

The house in the middle of the village

Photos taken in July 2008

The Local Shop

nelu — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:43:10 +0000

Miheleu shop

This is the local shop build in the 1970s which is now empty. The photos were taken in July 2008 with the then shop Manager/owner Aurica. In 2009 a new shop was opened. Photos to come.

Baptist church

miheleu — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:19:11 +0000

The new building was finalised in 2006 and had a grand opening. It took about five years to complete. The financial and work burden was too much for the small and older membership. Donations were received from many benefactors. Some of the sons and daughters of the church living now abroad, in particular in USA were very generous. That is one of the reasons that the Romanian and USA flags are displayed side by side in the church.

Slavic Gospel association also helped with the building. This picture is on the SGA website and it was taken soon after the church opening.

More photos of the church can be found on Nelu’s blog, a native of Miheleu.

The new Church in 2008

Miheleu Baptist Church in 2008

The Health Centre

miheleu — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:44:36 +0000

Until early the end of 1970s and early 80s the village had a staffed health centre with a medical clinician. Since then the clinic in Lazareni had been serving the village.

Now the building which used to house the village clinic is derelict, with only horses and other domesticate animals finding refugee in it during hot summers or cold winters.

However in 2007 the mayor sought to locate a doctor in the village, but her efforts did not receive a good coverage from the regional press.

Water a precious comodity during summer

miheleu — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:23:18 +0000

The people who live in the village get their water from the wells.

Most of the people have their own well, but not all the wells hold drinking water.

During hot and dry summer some of the wells dry up and people source water from village common wells.