Arlana's new custom-made wool-lined leather boots made by Constantin in Chisinau.

 With her new Moldovan winter coat and custom-made boots, Arlana can't feel any wind and cold except for her cheeks and nose.

 At zone conference in December the packages from the States are waiting distribution to the missionaries.

 President Ned Hill of the Romania/Moldova Mission sits with Arlana at the December zone conference.

 As a part of the zone conference, a dinner of pork roast and salads is being consumed by the missionaries who come from the Iasi and the Chisinau zones.

 The first snow accumulation of the season came to Chisinau on December 12.  It was a couple of inches of wet snow and lasted for three days before it all melted.  Shown is the entrance to our building.  Our apartment is on the first floor.  The first three windows to the right of the door is to our apartment.

 At the Philharmonic in Chisinau, a folk dance show is presented on December 15.  A member of the branch is the director of the show and the folk dance group in the show.

 All of the dancers are dressed in native costumes.  The music and the dancers were both fast.

 We sat at the Philharmonic with Sister and Elder Schwartz, the other senior couple in Moldova.  Their home is Rexburg, Idaho.  They are in the last 9 months of a two-year mission.  He has also been the mission president in the Ukraine on a previous mission.  He speaks German and Russian as well as English.  They both taught at BYU-Idaho.