Chernivtsv

Elder Williams and I were talking about whether to put up Christmas decorations or not and when I was in the kitchen the other day and I walked into the living room, he had found most of these things in the cupboard and was putting them up. The snowflakes across the top with the green ribbons on are what our kids sent us for Christmas. They sent the 12 days of Christmas. They each have our kids and grandchildren on them. Our youngest daughter, Candice who is not married is hanging just below in the middle of the tinsel. There were lights from America (110 volts) also in the cubboard and we put an adapter on but they blew out so we went to the Renok and bought some more.
We went to Chernivtsv because Elder Williams had to do a Priesthood Leadership Training meeting for two Branches, one from Chernivtsv and one from Ivano Frankivsk. It went well, they're such good people. On the way home on the train which was a 7 hour ride we had a Koupa which was cold. These rooms have 4 bunks (two on each side) with only enough room between them to turn around. There is a little table to set your water and a few things on at the end under the window. I was reading a book in the dimly lit room that our Mission President had written about his first Mission in the Cook Islands, so Elder Williams put one of the mattresses against the window which really helped and with a few wool blankets it wasn't too bad. I read for about 3 hours and then gave up because there wasn't enough light.
This must be the Opera House in Chernivtsv. They even have cobblestone roads. The thing that's different about this town is that it is very hilly.
This is the Church house in Chernivtsv. The Branch President only has one counselor but he is super nice. They have 3 sets of missionaries there so I'm sure it will continue to grow.
The Hotel that we stayed in. It was quite nice. In the morning we asked where we could get something to eat and she said, "just go to the road, turn left and go down the street. Well, about three blocks later we found a pizza place so because pizza was the only thing we could read that's what we ordered. It ended up being Bar B Q pizza. Then after the meeting they wanted to feed everyone so what did they bring in? Pizza. We were glad to have it because we had to hurry and catch the train for our trip home.