Elder Nelson comes to visit...

What an honor it is for our members to have an apostle of the Lord visit them. I can't tell you what a wonderful experience this was. As our meeting houses are very small we rented a hall at the Expo center in Bucharest and had about 700 members from all over Romania and Moldova attend. Thanks to the generosity of friends in the U.S. and couple missionaries many people were blessed with a train ticket and the opportunity to hear this wonderful man speak. I wish you could have seen the many tears and joy in the faces of our members. It was a dream come true for them and one they know will not be repeated very soon.
Elder Nelson dedicated the land of Romania for the preaching of the gospel on February 9, 1990 on a small hill in Cismigiu Park. This park is very beautiful with many trees, gardens and a little lake. The land was dedicated two months after the people revolted and overthrew the communist leader, Ceausescu. Religous freedom was now a possibiity and the missionaries entered Romania.
These photos are of Elder Irion with his grandfather, Elder Nelson, and Elder Nelson's new wife Wendy. It was night time and very dark but Elder Nelson wanted to visit the site where he dedicated this land.


President Ashby goes over the dedicatory prayer with the Nelsons and Elder and Sister Paul, a member of our Area Presidency.