Peles Castle

It was a beautiful spring morning when we stopped to walk around Peles castle on our way home after speaking in the Brasov Branch. This castle belonged to King Carol and was built in the mid-1800's. It is gorgeous and is kept in immaculate condition. King Carol was a German king who did much to improve Romania. He built railroads, improved the road system, cleaned the cities and really helped bring the country to a higher level of prosperity. He sold his own properties in Germany and built his castles with his own money. He was a good man who had only one child, a daughter, who died at about age 9 of an illness. His heart was broken. But he loved Romania and loved her people. It was in this castle, on the ceiling of the Arms room, that we found the old Romanian Crest. The words "Nihil Sine Deo" are in the middle of the crest. This means "Nothing Without God" in Latin. We too can do nothing without God and adopted this as our mission motto.