"Vis de Copil" (A Child's Dream)

When we came to Arad, we were introduced to Kate Cloke by our Humanitarian Aid Missionaries, Elder and Sora Wolsey.  With her husband and other family members Kate runs a facility for street children and poor people.  It is referred to as The Secret Garden because of where it is located and all the greenery that covers the gates and walls.

This young man was just arriving for the day and wanted to be a part of the picture.

 

The Wolseys are here with Kate, her granddaughter, and Philip, her son-in-law who does most of the cooking.  They presented him with a huge pot for cooking rice.  About 20 people eat here every evening.

 

Whenever we visit, someone wants to have their picture taken.

 

 

This young man likes to help with whatever project is going on.

 

 

At the beginning of every transfer there is a Zone meeting with all the districts coming together for a report of the zone council (all the zone leaders plus the APs) which is held in the mission home the day after transfers. Elder Wahlquist and I decided to plan one last service project for the missionaries and YSA before we left to go home on October 15.  With President and Sora Hill's permission we planned to work at the Secret Garden organizing and sorting donated clothes and fixing a meal for the people who come there every day.

 

So after the zone meeting, the missionaries got into their working clothes.

 

They arrived ready to get started,

 

Elder Myers was the team leader in the kitchen and chose 4 people to assist with the meal preparation.  He was cooking for 40 people.

 

 

 

Elders Lund and Speth were choppers.

 

 

 

 

Soras Heim (top) and Hosking were stirrers.

 

*Romanian style chili*

 

 

Elder Schroedter represented the missionaries in taste testing.

 

Eni, a YSA, gave it the Romanian stamp of approval.

 

Eni was also our official photographer.

 

 

There was a discussion about how spicey the chili should be.  So one pot was spicer than the other and that was the pot the missionaries ate from.  We all went home with our sinuses clear.

 

Sora Cook was the team leader in the attic with the remaining 8 missionaries.

 

There were boxes and boxes and boxes of donated clothes that needed to be sorted and organized.  It looked overwhelming but the missionaries got right to work. 

The question was, "where do we start?"

 

Girl?  Boy?  What size?  Hmmmnnnn.

(Elder Taylor and Sora Smith)

 

Elder McBride was distracted by a snappy vest. 

 

Sora Cook did a great job keeping them on task.

 

Elder Wahlquist came up to make sure everyone was hydrated.

 

Eventually, it was time to clean up.  Elders Wahlquist and Lund made quite a team at the sink.

 

Elder Tefft helped with the mopping.

 

Elder Lund putting the finishing touches on the clean kitchen.

 

The Arad Zone is the best zone in the world!