“We need thousands of more couples serving in the missions of the Church. Every mission president pleads for them. They…can leave the grandchildren. Those little darlings will be just fine, and I promise you will do things for them in the service of the Lord that, worlds without end, you could never do if you stayed home to hover over them. What greater gift could grandparents give their posterity than to say by deed as well as word, “In this family we serve missions!”

-Jeffrey R. Holland


Saturday, July 28, 2012

P-day with the elders.

             
P-Day   with the Elders. We went up to Germia Park (where this land of KOSOVO was dedicated).....it is high in the mtns.  Great view  of all around. We had a picnic. (Better pix of view on older post.)  Nothing is too green here.

Exploring for a good baptism  place.
 This is Batlava Lake  about 30 minutes north of Pristine.


 

Village on Batlava Lake.


                                                        Greek  Orthodox Christian church.

  LEARNING ALBANIAN

    So, I bought a couple of children's books to help me learn Albanian..I am sure they are for Albanians to learn English.

     
                           This is Herclules. The only one that had English and Albanian on the same page.

  So, we kept seeing all this wood being cut and hauled around. So we asked what it was for...AND, of course, they couldn't understand us and we hadn't prepared out Albanian well enough. We think it is for the bakeries to do their baking !!!
                                                         
     Way too much smoking in this country.. sold everywhere, on every corner, tons in the Bazaar (treg/market) and by young children peddling them everywhere..their favorite President died young from lung cancer from chain smoking !!!!!  The only 'no smoking' signs we have seen are in a chinese restaurant...pretty good food too !!!
  Sam fits right in wouldn't you say ???
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