We Dedicate our new Chapel!

This past week has been a really busy one. It was transfer week and we lost seven of our wonderful missionaries. Why is it that when they get so darn good at what they do that it is time to send them home?? We will truly miss this group but are excited for this next phase of their lives. They deserve the best! (from left to right) Elders Peet, Irion, Tanner, Nakken (Pres. Ashby) Larson and Sora's Homer and Westwood. May heaven smile on each of you!

On the 24th President Ashby had the awesome experience of dedicating our new (and big!) chapel in Bucharest! It was a wonderful day. The building was packed with about 300 members. It felt like we were in a regular ward back in the USA. We had an hour and a half Sacrament meeting that ended with a beautiful dedicatory prayer and after all of that we held a baptism in the building.
This building is all ready a great tool for our missionary work. People come off the street and walk in to see what our church is all about. The YSA hold activities and Outreach here and bring many non members with them. We don't need beautiful buildings to worship our father in heaven but we have found that having such a nice place to meet really validates the church and the work we are doing here and it is definitely an asset for us. We are so thankful to have this new meeting house.
On an ending note, we had ten new missionaries join us this week! Wow! We lose some of our best and we get an amazing new group to take their place! They are tired, happy, enthused, surprised and ready to work hard. We love them all!