“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


Friday, October 19, 2012

LIFE IN PRISHTINA...

Our favorite copy center..it is built under the stairs, very small,the fellow who owns it is young, speaks good English is fast, friendly and knows what he is doing..We downloaded the Institute manuals in Albanian and he  20 of them printed, covered and spiraled in an hour !!!

THE BUILDING THAT HAD BARELY STARTED WHEN WE ARRIVED IN JULY SO INTERESTING TO SEE ..THIS IS TAKEN FROM OUR BALCONY WE LIVE ON A RATHER NARROW STREET...OFTEN BLOCKED OFF BY CEMENT TRUCKS....THERE ARE A FEW PARKING PLACES UNDERGROUND. 

DONIKA'S BIRHTDAY  25 YRS. OLD  (SHE IS OUR INSTITUTE TEACHER) PRES. WONDRA  INTERVIEWED HER FOR BAPTISM 2 YRS. AGO.

ELEA,  OUR PRIMARY GIRL..THREE YEARS OLD.

THIS IS THE BUILDING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION..OUR PRONARI, BLDG. OWNER, OWNS THIS ONE.  HE HAS HAD MUCH TROUBLE,  HE DOESN'T OWN THE LAND IT IS ON..AND AFTER SO MUCH MONEY AND INVESTMENT AND CONSTRUCTION ETC. THE LAND OWNER WENT BACK ON HIS WORD..WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM.  IT WAS A HUGE HOLE IN THE GROUND WHEN WE CAME.

INSIDE OF THE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA

IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY EMPTY HARDLY ANY BOOKS..LOTS OF DARK, STUDY ROOMS  

SO FUN TO SEE MANY STUDENTS EVERYWHERE  

 TWO OF THE THREE SISTERS WHO ARE IN AN ENGLISH CLASS..THE ONE IN PINK HAD BEEN SHOPPING ALL DAY, SPENT 120 EURO , THOUGHT DARLA WOULD ENJOY THEIR STYLE !!!

ELDERS CHRISTIANSEN (FROM WEST VALLEY)   AND ELDER HOXHA..ELDER CORBRIDGE, THE USUAL TEACHER WAS IN MACEDONIA...