CHRISTMAS IS COMING... SO IS WINTER...
YES...WE ARE HAVING CHRISTMAS....
WE HAVE "MR. KRUGER'S CHRISTMAS" MEMORIZED...BEST CHRISTMAS MUSIC WE HAVE SO WE LISTEN/WATCH IT 24/7 !!!
SO...THE BRIGHT GOLD AND RED WRAPPING PAPER WAS REALLY A 'FIND'....WHEN I WENT TO USE IT.....THEY WERE TUBES OF CONFETTI...COULDN'T FIND WRAPPING PAPER ANYWHERE !!!!!!
FODE & MEL SENT US THIS NATIVITY...LOVE IT !!!
(SITTING RIGHT ON TOP OF OUR "DVD/DVX PLAYER) COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY WE COULDN'T PLAY AMERICAN DVDS....(SOMETHING TO DO WITH DVX.?????)
BACK TO PRIZREN FOR P-DAY
SOME OF OUR ELDERS HAD NEVER BEEN UP TO THE FORTRESS SO WE WENT SHOPPING WHILE THEY HIKED UP..TOO ICY FOR ME..ONE FALL AND I'M TOAST !!!
SNOW IN GJAKOVE
THEY DON'T SCRAPE THE ROADS OR THE SIDEWALKS..SO EVERYONE WALKS IN THE ROAD...MAKES INTERESTING DRIVING !!!!
EVERY ONE USES UMBRELLAS...IN RAIN OR SNOW THEY ALWAYS CARRY AN UMBRELLA !!!
AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS FORGET THE UMBRELLA
ELDER BROWN & MIRLIND (7 YEARS OLD)
HIS MOTHER AND SISTER ARE GETTING BAPTIZED END OF DEC.
PATHWAY INTO A HOME FOR A LESSON...
SKOPJE... FOR DISTRICT MEETING... ALWAYS TIME FOR BURGER KING..... 
MACEDONIA
WE TAUGHT CHRISTMAS SONGS ( IN SHQIP..ALBANIAN ) AT INSTITUTE......
MIRACLE OF THE NATIVITY.....
DAVE, EM & FAMILY SENT A NATIVITY..ALL OF THEM PRAYED THAT IT WOULD COME IN TIME ...WE PRAYED TOO..IT IS ALL GLASS AND THE BOX WAS SOAKED.AND FELL APART..BUT INSIDE EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT!
WE TOLD THEM THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH PICTURES AND THEN OPENED THE NATIVITY AND PUT IT TOGETHER....
THE BEST PART WERE THE LETTERS FROM THE GRANDCHILDREN TELLING THAT THEY LOVED JESUS AND WERE HAPPY WE HAD THE GOSPEL HERE IN KOSOVO. THEY READ EVERY WORD OF EVERY LETTER AND LOVED THE PIX OF DAVE'S FAMILY..THEY THOUGHT ISAAC WAS THE BEST !!
AFTER DINNER ENTERTAINMENT...
THE ELDERS HAD US OVER FOR SUNDAY DINNER..THEY COOKED IT ALL... VERY GOOD!! GREAT COOKS !
F H E
THE CHRISTMAS STORY FROM LUKE
FROSTING COOKIES TO GIVE AWAY....
WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED COOKIES... (CAN'T BELIEVE I MADE THEM...IF YOU KNOW HOW I LIKE MAKING SUGAR COOKIES.....(AND ..THE POWDERED SUGAR HERE IS WAY GRAINY) THANKS DANA FOR THE FOOD COLORING
