Adventures of Romania

The cleansing continues So, these two pictures sum up the weather for the past several days.  Rain every day and every night.  These last two weeks have been a blur, literally with the rain, and cooking consistently, almost every day.  We are short photos but hope you are all well.  We had a wonderful General Conference weekend and were able to view all of the sessions, even though a bit delayed.  Powerful messages all around.  We can gain strength knowing our Heavenly Father knows us personally and loves us unconditionally. This is just a taste.  We cooked for a small gathering at the church to watch conference on Sunday morning, breakfast for District Council, cookies for Family Home Evening, soup and cookies for Institute class, dinner with friends and salad and apple crisp for our linger longer at church.  WOW! That was a busy week of cooking.  It was wonderful to be fed by the spirit, fed physically and made amazing friendships throughou...

  Ripening Souls The harvest is on.  These stands are everywhere.  We've seen them often since being here and they continue to grow in offerings as the year of the harvest comes to a close.  Probably the most prevalent are the watermelon.  They are amazing, just like the old days at home.  We laugh that in the US we have bred out the seeds, and the flavor went with them.  Not here!  I just wish I had an irrigation ditch to drop it in for a few hours.   The harvest we are engaged in is about more than produce.  This is a labor of love as we reap in the field which is "white already to harvest".  This quote from President Nelson about Eastern Europe is so applicable to us here in this part of the world.  Our call to serve is also from the Prophet.  "I had spent much of my professional life opening hearts to perform lifesaving operations, but I had no experience that would lead me to believe I could open countries for th...