Winter in Romania

For some reason we thought we weren't going to see snow, but it finally came.  This week has been cold and next week is forecast to be cold as well, with highs of -11C and lows of -18C.

We made another trip to Bucharest for our visa's. We love the office Elders, they pick us up at the garra (train station)and take us to the (metro)subway on our way to the visa office.  Where we wait..........

This time they were not ready and we needed to have finger printing done.  So we got that done and then they said to come back in 20 days.  Great.......... So of course we needed to do something fun so we went out for dinner with two other senior couples in Bucharest,

It's always fun to see the cool buildings and architecture in downtown Bucharest.

This is the Arc de Triumph, copied from the original in Paris France. This is located in a large traffic circle in town and very cool.  Here are some other pictures of Bucharest

This last building was being built for the center of communism for the world.  It is primarily empty because of the fall of communism in Romania.  It is the second largest building in the world.

We had a wonderful meeting with our mission president.  He is such an outstanding man.  We loved brainstorming and getting excited about our work.  Stay warm, love Heningers

la Multi An or Happy New Year

This is a picture of our branch on New Years Day.  They love to take pictures of everything.  I spoke in church New Years on moving forward and not looking back in our lives. 2 Nephi 31 :20.   Of course things were slow during Christmas and New Year but hopefully now we will be back in the swing of things.

Here's a fun pictures of my handsome companion.  Our weather has been mild and we have no snow but a few mornings are very chilly and a cachula is required.

We had a real adventure this week trying to find the post office.  Apparently there are 13 postal stations in Iasi so we went to the one closest to us.  They said "oh no you can't mail a package to Canada from this station" so they gave us the address of the one we needed to find.  When we got there they said the same thing "oh no....."  apparently we were not at number 13.  So she wrote down the address again and said see Duane.  Too bad there are no street signs with names of roads in Iasi.  After 3 hours of looking and wanting to give up we actually found it.  Miracle of miracles!!  so our youngest grandchild Lyla may be getting the one and only package we send home from Romania, if it actually arrives.  Happy Birthday Lyla.

This Sunday we went to church in Bacau.  We got up at 5:30 got ready and hopped on the tram-vi to take us to the Maxi-Taxi.  Left at 6:50 for the two hour trip to Bacau.  This is a picture of the beautiful building where they meet for church.

When we arrived at 9am we bought our ticket to go home and walked to the church. 

Church was wonderful, and there were 11 members and 3 invesitagors and 6 missionaries.  The place was packed.  The testimonies were very special and we taught a lesson in Sunday school on "How to teach a Lesson" It went well and our Eng/Rom mix was ok.

After church a new convert was given the Aaronic Priesthood which was very special and we got ready to head home.

The Maxi-Taxi filled up fast and once again 2 ladies had to sit on stools in the middle of the isle.  It was when the driver picked up one more person and she had to sit on the floor for about an hour that I felt so bad for her.

It was dark by the time we got home but it was a great day.  We look forward to going each month.

We send our best wishes for the new year and our love to you all.