“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


Sunday, November 18, 2012

MAKING TURKEYS FOR FHE !!!


EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME !!!

WALKING HOME FROM THE TREG WITH A VERY HEAVY PUMPKIN TO MAKE PUMPKIN PIE !!!

DAFINA'S BIRTHDAY..SURPRISE AFTER ENGLISH CLASS... (SHE IS IN  GREEN IN CENTER)


PREPARING FOOD FOR THE THANKSGIVING FEAST

 AT THE BODELLS (EMBASSY HOUSING)

WE PEELED A MOUNTAIN OF POTATOES, SLICED CABBAGE FOR SALAD, MADE ROLLS, AND MADE STUFFING(WHICH THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF)  THEY HAD NEVER SEEN OR TASTED CELERY BEFORE, THEY WERE AFRAID TO EVEN TRY IT!!!

THE GIRLS WORKED AND THE BOYS PLAYED SOCCER AND THEN CARD GAMES AFTER EATING A MOUNTAIN OF SPAGHETTI !!!

PLAYING SOCCER ON A BASKETBALL COURT AT THE EMBASSY HOUSING (THIS IS HOW THEY PLAY) AND..IT IS 4 P M IN THE AFTERNOON,GETS DARK SO EARLY.

A VISIT TO THE SCHOOL WHERE THE CHURCH GAVE COMPUTERS, DESKS

 AND HEATERS(WOOD BURNING STOVES)

(ONE OF THE NEW STOVES)

PRESIDENT FORD WITH BRO. PRESTON

THIS IS ONE OF THE OLD HEATERS THAT DIDN'T WORK ANYMORE.


THE CHILDREN PUT ON A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR US...THIS IS THEIR TRADITIONAL DRESS..

THIS IS A TEACHER AND HER DAUGHTER,SHE HAS TAUGHT FOR 36 YEARS AT THE SCHOOL DURING THE WAR FOR NO PAY (2-4 YEARS)

NOTICE THE  WALLS, PRETTY BARE...

 SEEMS THE PIX ARE SO HIGH

THE FORDS AND PRESTONS

 WITH THE SCHOOL STAFF.. 

DESKS DONATED BY THE CHURCH..



THE PROGRAM

THIS IS THE FACULTY ROOM  


ZANIR Q. PAJAZITI SCHOOL THIS SCHOOL IS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND VERY SMALL. 

THE CHURCH HAD A FLOOR PUT IN LAST YEAR..AND THE PRESTONS TOOK BLANKETS AND CLOTHS.

THEY HAVE A HUGE MONUMENT TO THE HERO FROM THEIR VILLAGE.  HE WAS THE FIRST ONE TO FIGHT THE SERBS.  FORTY-THREE CHILDREN WERE RUNNING FROM THE SERBS FROM THIS VILLAGE AND DIDN'T MAKE IT. (ALL WERE KILLED BUT 2 WHO PRETENDED DEAD ) THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH HARD TIMES !!!

THESE ARE THE TEACHERS AT THE SCHOOL

CLASSROOM...


THIS IS THE SCHOOL YARD 

(AN OPEN WELL WITH A BUCKET AND THE BATHROOMS !!!)

VERY WARM LOVING CHILDREN...