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THE EUROPEAN TRIP (August to September 2004), cont'd.

 

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[In the year 2001, the article entitled "MIRACLES FROM LIFE'S JOURNEY" was written.  The article shares miracles that this writer experienced from Slovakia (World War II) to America.  To access the article, click http://www.haloministries.net/AChristianDiary/AChristianDiary/AChristianDiaryPg12.htm.

[09/07/04 cont'd.]  The house numbers were checked by the four-persons group [I, my husband, brother- and sister-in-law].  We then decided to see if the house toward the back of a nice house would be the correct number.  And, sure enough, we located the house number that my brother had told me on the telephone.  First, I was surprised to see the same house number that was still in existence from the time when I, my parents, and siblings occupied that dwelling.  The house was one of the tallest dwellings.

 

The picture to the left side of the above paragraph also shows the creek.  The creek, as I remember, used to have water running through the town.  The photo to the right of the above paragraph was photographed by my husband.  It was, indeed, an awesome emotional experience to have seen the house where I used to live as a very young child.

 

When I saw the garden with fruit trees in front of the Stang house, my thoughts dwelled on my mother.  My mother passed away in 1999.  I remember my mother telling me of a time, in the fall, during World War II, that she went to the garden to harvest plums from a tree.  At that time the enemy was in the surrounding mountains; and someone was shooting at my mother.  She then quickly climbed down the tree and went into the house.

 

I had no idea that the house in Janova Lehota was still standing.  The town itself has a few homes that are renovated; however, the general appearance of the homes have the need to be upgraded.  The town, most likely, has poor people as well as the middle-class people.  I am grateful to be living in the United States of America.

 

On that day (09-07-04), in Janova Lehota, my brother-in-law inquired about the priest that could open the church door for us.  I do not speak Slovakian; however, my brother-in-law, because he speaks the Polish language, was able to converse somewhat with the people that we met.

 

It was then decided that we would leave Janova Lehota.  My instincts were telling me that we once again drive to the higher part of the Janova Lehota town; and, lo and behold, we saw a priest, in priestly garb, walking along the narrow road.  While my brother-in-law conversed with the priest, my brother-in-law understood that the priest would come to the church and open the church door for us.

 

We drove back to the only church in Janova Lehota; and after the priest opened the church door for us, we were then able to enter the church.  The inside of the church is beautiful!  Also the church had been renovated and kept very clean and neat.  Several photographs were then taken inside the church.