23 July 2017 - Week 68

Another week, more walking in the forest. It has been interesting to observe the many wildflowers blooming along the roadways. This time we found some pretty little wild
sweet peas.

Our sweet sister Krista passed through the veil into the spirit world on Tuesday. She died in her sleep at home. The missionaries have visited her in her home for more than a year, bringing her the sacrament when the Elders were here. She loved visiting with the missionaries and often cried when she spoke about the church. She loved the temple and the gospel. We are sad to have her leave us, but happy that she is in a better place, free from the pain and sickness she was suffering.

Saturday we made a trip to Oradea for Brent to help with a branch financial audit. As part of the District Presidency, he will visit 2 branches to perform the church semi-annual audit. It went well and he was done in an hour which gave us an opportunity to meet with President and Izabela Geambasu and Ammon, their son. We walked through centru to the "American Grill". We really enjoy the hamburgers they make there. Following our lunch, we walked over the bridge to a section of downtown we had not visited before.

Izabella has studied architecture and helped us understand more about the design we see in the buildings in Oradea. Many of them are build in the secessionism style and moving into the baroque period. We have posted photos of the black raven stained glass in past posts. Also, many of the buildings around the centru area are in other postings. Here are a few beautiful buildings we saw during this visit. The city of Oradea is doing a great job of restoring this beautiful architecture.