Still Learning

This was a good week.  Our Mission Pres. Ned C. Hill  arrived in Iasi for a visit and interviews.  What a thrill it was to have him and his wife attend our branch for church Sunday.  He carries a huge resposibility as the mission president and leading church authority over 4 Districts covering two countries, Romania and Moldova.  This is a huge job and he is so inspiring with his big happy smile and kind words for all those he meets.

He taught me great things this week as I watched him speak in church in English with a missionary translating.  I learned that as he spoke in English his spirit was strong and powerful and came across beautifully even though he spoke in short phrases and waited for translation.  It is better to speak what I know and can say than worry about trying to say something I wasn't trained for and cannot possibly say.

We rode the train to Bucharest to get our visa's, 14 hour train ride but they were not ready.  So we will make another trip. (you can't call first) This time we had a new train and it was quite pleasant.

We saw the Romanian countryside and enjoyed getting out of town for the day...and night.

This is a sight we see often in Romania.  A wooden wagon pulled by horses.  I wanted to get a picture of the shepherds that we see with their sheep, here as well in the country and alongside the road.  I was unable to get a picture but we saw two groups of them that day.  I cannot see a shepherd without thinking of the Savior.

This is just me walking to church.  We are very excited to attend church in Bacau this Sunday.  It is a town 2 hours away where we will travel once a month to support the branch.  The branch President is a young elder missionary called to serve there and there are 7 active members.  He has hopes to be at 12 members by the end of the month.  We will travel by Maxi-Taxi or( mini bus).  Thank you to so many of you who have written emails and posted comments.  We love you and miss you.