Easter in Bucharest - April 27th

The Office elders, Rose and McKinlay, the Assistants, Linesenmeyer and Jepsen and President and Sora Ashby attend an Orthodox Easter Mass. We had to dress casual and not wear out name tags out of respect for their service. It was very interesting and amidst the hundreds of people there I realized that these elders were the ones who held true priesthood power....a humbling thought.

Easter eggs are colored red to represent the time when Jesus died on the cross and his mother, Mary, was in the market buying a basket of eggs when she got the news. She hurried to the cross and set her basket beneath her Son. The wound in his side dripped blood onto her basket of eggs.

President and Sister Bucur fed the Assistants and the Ashby's an Easter dinner in their home after we attended a special Sacrament meeting in the Ponduri building. Elder Jepsen and President Ashby "break" eggs together. President Ashby's egg beat out all of our eggs!

The Bucur's were generous and kind and made our day very special.