We have been transferred!

WE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED!!

From the far west all the way across the country to the shores of the Black Sea in Constanta

With the following pictures we sum up our beautiful Timisoara which we will miss very much, both the city but especially the wonderful people we have grown to love.

CENTRU

THE ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL

• ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PARKS

ON THE STAIRS OF THE CHURCH

THE MEMBERS OF THE BRANCH SURPRISED US  AFTER CHURCH ON OUR LAST DAY  WITH THIS WONDERFUL LUNCHEON

WE SAY GOODBY TO OUR WONDERFUL YOUNG MISSIONARIES WITH A FAREWELL DINNER AT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS. 

AT EACH TRANSFER WE GREET THE NEW ARRIVALS WITH A GATHERING AT THIS SMALL SIDEWALK CAFE AND THE BEST HOT CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD.  HERE WE ARE ENDING OUR TIME HERE IN TIMISOARA THE SAME WAY WE ARRIVED

WE BID GOOD BYE TO SOME OF THE MOST AWSOME MISSIONARIES EVER, OUR MISSIONARIES

THE BET IS ON,  CAN I GET ALL THIS IN OUR MISSION CAR

I AM OPTIMISTIC 

WHO DA MAN????

FRONT SEAT ROOM ONLY BUT  AS THE OLD SONG GOES

"OUR BAGS ARE PACKED WE'RE READY TO GO"

THIS WAS A ONE DAY 11 HOUR ROAD TRIP! SHOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN 9 HOURS BUT I CAN GET LOST ANYWHERE AND ROMANIA IS AN EASY PLACE TO GET LOST IN.  OUR GPS QUIT ALONG THE WAY.

THE TRIP WAS LONG BUT THE FALL COLORS AND SCENERY WERE AMAZING! HERE WE ARE FOLLOWING ALONG SIDE A RIVER IN THE MOUNTAINS.

COLORFUL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAZY RIVER

TWO LANE ROAD THE WHOLE WAY.  SLOW, SLOW, SLOW.

WE WERE ASKED BY THE MISSION PRESIDENT TO STOP IN BUCHAREST ON OUR WAY TO CONSTANTA AND FLY WITH HIM AND HIS WIFE, ALONG WITH A MEMBER OF THE QUORUM OF THE SEVENTY TO IASI.  IASI IS ABOUT AN HOUR FLIGHT TO THE NORTH.  WE WILL BE ATTENDING  ZONE CONFERENCE THERE.  I TOOK THIS PICTURE BECAUSE THIS WAS WHAT THE CLOUD COVER LOOKS LIKE FROM ABOVE.  I THINK THIS TELLS THE STORY ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING DOWN BELOW. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANTA FOR EXACTLY ONE MONTH TODAY AND WE HAVE SEEN THE SUN FOR ONLY THREE HOURS AND IT HAS RAINED OR SNOWED EVERY DAY THE SUN WAS NOT SHINING.  WAY DIFFERENT FROM TUCSON.  WE LOVE THE ADVENTURE IT PRESENTS.

HERE WE ARE IN IASI JUST BEFORE DEPARTING FOR OUR FLIGHT BACK TO BUCHAREST.  ROMANIA HAS SO MANY BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS TO SEE

ARRIVAL IN CONSTANTA, THREE DAYS AFTER LEAVING TIMISOARA.

HERE WE ARE FINDING OUR WAY AROUND THE CITY AND GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE.

CELEBRATING, MISSIONARY STYLE.

LOTS OF HARD WORK, BIG PAY DAY.

HOW MUCH CUTER CAN YOU GET THAN THIS?

LEARNING THE ROPES.  HERE I AM WITH TWO ELDERS AT A LOCAL PIATA, INDOOR OUTDOOR MARKET PLACE

GINNY WITH SISTER MISSIONARIES AT THE PIATA.  THEY ARE ALL SO HELPFUL

MISSIONARIES GOOFING OFF WITH BRANCH MEMBERS AND A COUPLE OF YOUNG PE0PLE INVESTIGATING THE CHURCH. LOTS OF ENERGY AND GREAT FUN

PREPPING FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER AT OUR APARTMENT.  WE HAVE INVITED THE SIX MISSIONARIES TO JOIN US.  WE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW UNTIL WE FOUND THIS PUMPKIN.  PUMPKIN PIE IN ROMANIA, NOW THAT TRULY IS A REAL TREAT

GINNY MAKING LIKE A MILLION ROLLS, AS USUAL

THATS NOT A LOAF OF BREAD, THIS IS A LOAF OF BREAD

AND YES THIS IS NOT A GAG THE ELDERS WENT TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET AND PULLED THIS OFF THE SHELF.  ROMANIANS LOVE THEIR BREAD

POPPING THE CORKS ON THE SPARKLING CIDER.  THIS PHOTO IS ON OUR BALCONY WITH THE CITY ACROSS THE LAKE IN THE BACKGROUND

THE FEAST, COMPLETE WITH ROAST BEAST.

TWO SCRAWNY SIX POUND TURKEYS.  THE LARGEST TWO TURKEYS WE COULD FIND

WE WERE ALL HAPPY WITH THE MEAL AND GINNY WENT WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND PREPARING THIS WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING FEAST.  I TELL YOU I HAVE THE BEST COMPANION EVER.