Glückstal Church. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Russian Orthodox Church at Neudorf. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Typical old German home. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Esther (Mertz) Opp and local man at old Strassburg. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Moldova. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Our group of 14 dining at home of Tatiana, at Glückstal. Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

School children entertaining us at Glückstal.Photographs by JoAnne Mertz Gauper.

Side view of former Catholic Church at Strassburg, today used as cultural center and theater. Photographs by Michael M. Miller.

Former St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kandel. Dorothy Roth Rapson, Bow Island, AB and Isabelle Roth Allen, Kamloops, BC, stand by the Kandel church. Their father was born in this village and attended this church. Photographs ...

Interior view of Kandel church. Photographs by Michael M. Miller.