Women's Day

      On Tuesday,March 8th, we celebrated International Woman's Day, which is a none working holiday in Moldova. . In Moldova, it is a day where women are honored with flowers,compliments, dinner etc....  Yeah, not to shabby :)  For Women's Day at the home, we went to a pizza shop to celebrate and eat.  It was a blessed time. Most of the women and the staff came to celebrate. People dressed up.  One of my friends said, it is a day on which you should beautiful,which I translated as you should look beautiful and be kind, after she made a gesture to not hit your husband.  After the pizza, we headed over to the home to have ice cream and cookies.  All the women were smiling and enjoying themselves, it was wonderful to be a part of.  After the home, we were invited to an Accordion concert at Organ Hall which was packed out.  The hall is beautiful and the concert was excellent:.  I never new Accordions could be used for different styles of music even Jazz, amazing.

me and Anna at the Pizza restaurant

Organ Hall

I could get used to actually celebrating Women's Day!!!

Visiting the Village

     On Saturday, we went to the village of Beltz and visited with our friend Igor's family.  This is one of the few times I have been to the village, since I have been back in Moldova, and I was really looking forward to it.  The villages in Moldova tend to be rural.  It is common to see horse and buggy on the roads, farm animals everywhere, rolling hills, and all kind of fruits and vegetable plants.  Right now, the village we went to is covered in snow so we didn't get to see most of that.  We took a Rutiera ( big public transportation van) from Chisinau to Beltz. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get there and are van driver was not wasting any time :)  We got there late morning, and I was taken back by how beautiful the village of Recea is.  When we got to his house, his family was waiting for us, and we were able to spend a little time talking before we were served with a feast.  Igor's family has ducks, chickens, pigs, and a really cute dog.  I was able to meet all of them when I went to the bathroom in the outhouse.  I loved it!!!  So Igor's mom prepared us a wonderful meal with about six different dishes.  When it first came out, I was almost in tears at the hospitality.  Everything was amazing, and I think we ate and talked around the table for about four hours.  During lunch we talked about where were from, our parents, weddings, and America.  I also got to meet Igor's niece who is two years old and adorable.  She loves to play and would randomly yell about things.  She is beautiful.  It was so nice to meet his awesome family and spend time in the village.  I am always blessed by the sincerity and hospitality of the people in the village.

 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 

distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. 

Roman 12:10-12