Bucharest may have pieces of historic beauty, pieces of historic ruin and a cocophany of flavors, but one thing for sure: Plenty of flowers! That is stands of beautiful flowers for passersby to purchase as they are on their way to visit someone, go to dinner at someone's house, going to church, or for any kind of celebration. On our way to buy groceries we pass three stands which are fully stocked so that if you are going to a birthday celebration, wedding or other happy occasion you would only purchase an uneven number of flowers. If you are going to a funeral you purchase an even number of flowers and/or a very large oval wreath. And the most important thing is the way you carry them. Always wrapped and tied by the shopkeeper you carry them with their heads toward the ground. On the first day of school the children all buy flowers for their teacher. What a delight it is to see the children going to school on the first day in September.
Facebook seems to be the tool for informing the world, however we want to document here that Ian and Marie came to visit and a week later Kelly and James came for a visit. We loved it! Sharing the culture, castles, palaces, public transportation and the Romanian people was a treasured time together. They had the opportunity to experience this country and to relate somewhat to our lives as we serve here. After attending a baptism, Kelly and James went out to get some "lei" from the ATM and came back with a bouquet of yellow lilies and mums (carrying them heads down, of course). Marie and Ian found some adorable hand made baby shoes but couldn't decidde whether tto buy boy or girl colors! They will let the new little one to be born in February 2013 know that the THREE of them had adventures in Romania.
Off to the airport....... so good to have them here!
We are still eating the saramales that our Romanian friend, Aurelia, came and demonstrated how to make as well as our head of cabbage "pickling" in a container which will take about two months! Most every kind of vegetable is pickled for preservation to be eaten during winter months.
Happy Birthday Dad from Kelly and James
Rolling up the saramalies!
We prepared dinner for 16 at the Mission Home to say goodbye to our Office Couple, the Pattons who are now safely tucked away in their home in Provo, Utah. They willl be missed immensly as the new office couple will not be in country until November.
We are excited for the universities starting their classes as we have committed for several of our American Businessmen as well as Preesident Hill to lecture to their students. Our work with government officials continues to progress and we have another wheelchair distribution the end of October. The YSA group is kinda like our own kids, they are willing to come learn and do service projects as long as we feed them : )
We are so grateful for the gospel and the grand opportunity we have had to view Conference via our trusty computer! We are so blessed in many ways as we trust in the Lord each day to do His will and have faith to accomplish "small things that will become great"
Once again we love hearing from you and what is happening in your lives, keep it coming!
Tu iubim tot si ladevedere
Elder and Sora McFadden
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