PINK

Hi from MOLDOVA

   I have noticed lots of places are pink.  Our kitchen cabinets are dark pink and our bedroom is light pink.   We were in a school, that we are helping to renovate, and I noticed that the ceiling in the halls are the same color as our kitchen cabinets.  The class rooms were also painted pink.  This school was for younger children.
    The other day I noticed 3 little girls playing on our front entry way, all of them were wearing pink skirts or shorts.
    There is a big apartment building going up near our apartment.  The brick they are using is, you guessed it pink, though not the same color as our cabinets, more muted.
    In our travels we saw a Church with the towers like the Russian Kremlin all painted pink.  A little further down the street was a yellow church and then a blue one.  These colors as all bright.
     Pink is a happy color and these people need happiness in their lives so pink is a way to do that.
   We were reflecting today as we bought groceries.  The prices are about what we pay in the states but some only make in a month what I made in a day at the school.  It is amazing that they survive.
  Their schools are old and need of repair but their children or clean and not going hungry.  Luckily Moldova has the best top soil in the world.  Everything can grow here so no one need starve.


Another color quite prevalent in Chisineu is cement gray.  The building we live in is that color on the outside.  It and many other buildings were built when the Russians occupied this land.  Some of these building still house people and others are empty and need to be torn down.   We have found little shops in these buildings for printing and photo taking.  It is amazing what interesting things you can find in the smallest of places.