Ziua de Chisinau

On October 8th Chisinau celebrated their founding day.  The city was founded in 1436 and they celebrate this day every year.  This celebration reminds me of our State and County fairs.  They close the main street in Chisinau (Stefen Cel Mare) and have vendors selling goods, displays of Moldovan life, bands playing traditional music, food (lots of Moldovan food), children preforming, etc. going on.  We had a good time walking up and down the street watching everyone enjoying the celebration.

Water Pojects signed in Colibasi, and Valeni

Elder Hinson and I just signed two more water project contracts for LDS Charities to provide clean water to the villages of Colibasi, and Valeni. We now have 4 water projects in the works, with one more pending. Both of these villages are in the southernmost part of Moldova. None of the village schools, health facilities, or public offices has running water in them. The homes in these villages do not have running water. Water is obtained from public wells, and is carried and stored in cistern located outside the buildings and retrieved with dip buckets as needed. When these projects are complete they will bring clean water to about 9,500 villagers. We are so excited to work with these two villages. They have worked hard to get their engineering designs completed, organize their water committees, and collect their money to implement these water projects. We are really helping people help themselves.