Adventures of Romania

  Our Monday night activities are gaining momentum.  There is never a shortage of excitement and energy.  They love being together and we love being with them. This was our saddest moment so far while here.  Elder Nate Waldren (far left) shared one last dinner with our district before returning home. He is an amazing human being and will do remarkable things in his next chapter. We also are going to miss Sister Maughn (4th on the left) and Elder Koelliker (last on the right) as they were transferred out of our district. We feel so honored to be serving with these incredible missionaries.  Our dear sweet sister Martaa.  She invited us to dinner, and we spent a remarkable evening with her.  Her buuz (boose, meat filled boiled dumpling) is some of the best we've had. She made us a tie and a small bag.  Amazing handiwork. The air quality has really deteriorated the last few weeks and yes, we're back in an N95.  Thought we had seen the end of that...

  The week started off with a simple tender mercy from our sweet sisters in our district.  They "heart attacked" our door.  The cool thing though was they had written a scripture on a heart in the middle of the door that states, " And whoso   receiveth  you, there I will be also, for I will go  before  your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my  Spirit  shall be in your hearts, and mine  angels  round about you, to bear you up."  How did they know that this is our mission scripture that we had engraved on our plaque before leaving?  They didn't!  They have truly been our "angels round about us".  This week we'll take you along and show you a few sites from the countryside.  It's an amazing and diverse country full of history and wonderful people.  Darkhan, the 2nd largest city in Mongolia and home of one of the country's steel mills.  Statue made out of steel parts at the ent...