Week 5

Besides the great adventure Brent already posted, where he took the Elders and Soras to the fortress, here are a few notes from week 5.

We had a hard time getting appointments this week.  Many fell through, but we were able to meet with Sister Krnacs who lives in a small town outside Arad.  This dear sister has to ride her bike to the train station, then take the train for about an hour to arrive in Arad.  Then she walks another 45 minutes to get to church. She lives alone in a small house and rides her bike to work.  At work her co-workers give her trouble because she belongs to the church. However, she has a positive outlook on life.  Smiles easily and loves the gospel.

Left to right: Sora Alger, Sora Anderson, Sister Krnacs, Elder Andersen.

There are big fields of yellow all over Romania.  We first saw them on our drive from Bucharest to Arad.  Sister Leavitt also noticed them and posted on Facebook that she thought they were mustard.  I thought they were Canola like we have in the US.

That's a question we still have to figure out.

Every week brings its share of household duties to be done.  People don't seem to use clothes dryers here.  You see lots of laundry hanging out people's windows and on balconies.  Our apartment has two drying racks for laundry. It takes all day usually, but it works. 

Saturday we were able to FaceTime with Grandma Herd and Lorraine.  Lorraine was taking her over to Perry for Lucy's baptism. 

Sunday was a good day at church.  The members bore strong testimonies and shared examples of God's hand in their lives.  Elder Meek is being transferred on Monday so he and Elder Wilstead sang the closing song in Sacrament meeting.  A beautiful rendition of Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy.  During Sunday school, Brent sat beside me.  I looked down he was wearing a blue suit with gray socks and brown shoes.  Hmmm Jessica has given him some color choice training, but I think I should have checked before we left the apartment.