COUPLES CONFERENCE !!!
SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2012...DAJTI TOWER HOTEL
TIRANA ,ALBANIA
WE TOOK A CABLE CAR UP TO THE HOTEL 1420 M UP THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN TIRANA
THE VIEW WAS SPECTACULAR !!!
THE HOTEL WAS WONDERFUL..
EVEN A TUB !!!!! (first one!)
THE VIEW FROM OUR ROOM WAS GREAT !!
A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL
BREAKFAST ON THE TOP OF THE TOWER...
GREAT VIEW OF TIRANA..WITH ITS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE !!!
VERY NICE RESTAURANT...PRESIDENT FORD'S DAUGHTER, HER HUSBAND AND TWO CHILDREN WERE VISITING FROM ENGLAND.....
THE SALAD........
WAS SO, SO GOOD (WE DON'T HAVE MUCH LETTUCE IN KOSOVO) UNTIL ONE UNLUCKY BITE..I HIT AN OLIVE..WELL...THEY ARE NOT PITTED...IT BROKE OFF MY TOOTH !!! ( THE OUTSIDE 1/3 OF THE TOOTH ON THE SIDE)..
IT EXPOSED THE NERVE AND WAS VERY SENSITIVE...I WORRIED ALL NIGHT WHAT I WOULD DO..WHERE I WOULD GO TO GET IT FIXED. I WASN'T IN AMERICA !!! THEN I REMEMBERED, TWO OF THE MISSIONARIES IN OUR GROUP WERE DENTISTS !!!!!!
ELDER & SISTER ELIASON
THEY RUN THE OFFICE (AND THE WHOLE MISSION..THEY ARE INCREDIBLE) AND A COUNCILOR TO PRESIDENT FORD.
THEY ARE FROM ALIMEDA, CALIFORNIA WHERE HE HAS BEEN A DENTIST AND TAUGHT DENTAL SCHOOL FOR 40 YEARS (HIS WIFE WAS A DENTAL HYGIENIST)
ELDER & SISTER CASSIDY ARE FROM APPLE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, A RETIRED DENTIST!
BOTH DENTISTS TOOK A LOOK!!!!! THEY KNEW OF A DENTIST IN TIRANA THAT THEY HAD SENT THE ELDERS TO, BUT NEITHER HAD MET HER. SO AFTER THE CONFERENCE, ELDER ELIASON TOOK US TO SEE HER. I MADE HIM COME IN WITH ME TO SEE IF HE APPROVED.. HE LIKED HER EVALUATION AND SAID SHE WAS GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE. HE SAID HER EQUIPMENT WAS GREAT..AN UPGRADE FROM HIS OFFICE. SO, SHE DEADENED ME UP AND 1/2 HOUR LATER I HAD A NEW TOOTH...SUCH A MIRACLE..THEN WE HEADED THE 4 HOURS BACK TO 'OUR PRISTINA'
ELDER & SISTER WILLIS
HUMANITARIAN MISSIONARIES IN ALBANIA
ARE FROM CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
ELDER & SISTER BROWN ARE HUMANITARIAN MISSIONARIES IN MONTENEGRO
FROM RICHLAND, WASHINGTON(TRI-CITIES)
ELDER & SISTER BODELL ARE MLS MISSIONARIES FROM LONDON, ENGLAND
THEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS OF PRES. FORD AND A COUNCILOR IN THE MISSION PRESIDENCY.
THE DENTIST.. DR. MARSELA DODBIBA
SHE WENT TO DENTAL SCHOOL IN TIRANA AND PRACTICED IN CANADA FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO TIRANA. IT SEEMS MOST OF THE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS ARE WOMEN !!
