Reflections from Romania

We hope to use this blog to keep you informed with what is happening with our ministry in Romania.

Monday, May 30, 2016

Smile!

Hungary has a reputation for being a melancholy country.  Few people smile on the street.  In fact, we were told once that if someone is smiling for no apparent reason, they are considered crazy.  The attitude is, "if you knew how bad things were, you wouldn't be smiling." 

This observation came to mind when a national radio talk show aired a piece about the "Miskolc Smile" program.  This program is aimed at the hospitality industry in the city of Miskolc, encouraging employees who deal with tourists to smile when serving them.  They have a website that posts pictures of employees who have perfect records of smiling customer service.  The point of the program is to help visitors enjoy their stay in Miskolc and to come back again to the friendly city.

The leader of the Miskolc Smile program said they give classes that teach hospitality workers to smile when they serve customers.  She said it is not easy for everyone to learn to smile, since many Hungarians only smile when they see or hear something funny.  It is a new concept to them that smiling can make not only their customers' experiences better, but their jobs easier, too. 

Hopefully, this idea with catch on all over Hungary.  It would be even better if God would send revival to the country and many more people would come to know Christ. Then we all would have more reasons to smile all the time!

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