AWESOME PEOPLE WE 'HANG OUT'  WITH..... 

SISTER HOOVER & BELLA 

SISTER HOOVER ,  VALMIRA'S SISTER &  SISTER  RICHARDSON

SHARRI  &  EREZA 

 THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THEIR PERMISSION TO DATE....THEIR PARENTS GOT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RELATIVES AND GAVE THEM PERMISSION ...THEY ARE SO EXCITED  (MANY TRADITIONS !)

VLORA, FATMIR & BELLA( BROTHER AND SISTER  FROM GRABANICA, NEAR KLINE)

ARTA & AIDA

 (Arta Berisha was baptised last February and has been working in turkey and Iraq. We just met her in January.) AIDA WAS BAPTISED IN DECEMBER. THEY WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER AND WERE SURPRISED TO SEE EACH OTHER AT CHURH !!!

GJON, BESIM & ARDI FAITHFUL MEMBERS..(ARDI WAS BAPTISED  IN DEC. BY ELDER CLARK AND ELDER KNARAS)

ELDER BROWN AND YLLI HE IS 69 !!

  WE CELEBRATED  HIS BIRTHDAY AFTER CHURCH TODAY....

 

  NASIM, JOE BODELL (ELDERS QUORUM PRES. ), &  YLLI

 

 

 

  P-DAY WITH THE SISTERS

 SIGHTS AROUND PRISTINA: MARTYRS HILL ( over looking  Pristina )

GERMIA PARK,   THE DEDICATION OF KOSOVE   WAS HERE.

SISTER HOOVER  FELT AT HOME HERE, SHE IS FROM MIDWAY, UTAH.

OUR MILITARY WEAR LOADED GUNS AT ALL TIMES !!!

 

 

 

  ALWAYS LOTS OF WAGONS IN GJAKOVA

SOME HORSE DRAWN, TRACTOR DRIVEN OR ROTO TILLER DRIVEN !!!

Surprise Grandma and Grandpa!!

 

P-DAY BOWLING !!!!

   

MISSIONARY  BOWLING.....

ELDER  ROBERTS TAKING AIM ....

 NICE PLACE  FOR BOWLING..

ALWAYS  THE CHAMP !!!!

FHE 

 ELDER ROBERTS GAVE A GREAT LESSON  

PIONEERS:  LEHI......EARLY CHURCH MEMBERS..AND KOSOVO SAINTS... 

WE MADE SNOW FLAKES AFTER.

THANK GOODNESS FOR BESIM!!!

  HE HUNG THEM ALL

THE SNOW FLAKE  CREW !!!

FRIDAY NIGHT

 PIZZA

 DANCING AND VOLLEY BALL 

WITH THE EVERYONE  ( GJAKOVE  KIDS CAME OVER )

TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCING...

THE MEN...

ALL GEARED UP FOR VOLLEY BALL

BURIM,  BESIM,

 ELDERS DIRAN, CORBRIDGE, BROWN & ROBERTS

 A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR THE TALLEST!!!

FATMIR WAS ALWAYS THE WINNER

 A POWER HOUSE !!

THE CHAMPS !!!

EATING LEFT OVERS ...AFTER !!!

THE CLEANING GALS !!!

BELLA, VLORA, ADELENA

VISIT IN THE VILLAGE

 GRABANICE

FATMIR FAZLIU & HIS FATHER

THE THREE ROOMS ON THEIR LEFT BEHIND THEM ARE THEIR PART OF THE FAMILY COMPOUND ..WATER PUMP FOR DISHES ETC ETC... 

A STEP BACK IN TIME

 ON THEIR LITTLE FARM

OF COURSE LOTS OF MEMORIES FOR ELDER JONES .....LOVED IT !!!

FAZLIU FAMILY  PARENTS..FATMIR & GIRLFRIEND VLORA  (SHE TRANSLATED FOR US)

GIRLS  NIGHT !!!!!

MY FOUR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS...

(THIS WAS TAKEN AT THE BOUNTIFUL TEMPLE  IN JULY  JUST BEFORE LEAVING

ALL HAD A NIGHT OUT AT THE SAME TIME...ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE ....

MY KOSOVO GIRLS (THREE LEFT BEFORE THE PIX) 

 FOUR INVESTIGATORS ,THREE MEMBERS AND THE SISTER MISSIONARIES

FIRST  SUNDAY OF THE NEW YEAR !!! 

 THE R. S. SISTERS AT CHURCH....

OUR FIRST VISITORS FOR LUNCH...

THE ADTKIN FAMILY FROM CLIFTON, IDAHO. THEY CAME TO PICK UP THEIR MISSIONARY.

THE NEW YEAR..

2013

THIS IS THEIR BIG HOLIDAY..THE BOULEVARD WAS SO FESTIVE !!!

ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES....

NEW  MISSIONARIES  !!!

ELDER ROBERTS  FROM HERRIMAN, UTAH, 

(STRAIGHT FROM THE MTC ),

 ELDER  BROWN STAYED WITH US !!, 

ELDER CORBRIDGE IS BACK WITH ELDER DIRDON FROM MAPLETON, UTAH, THEY ARE OPENING GJAKOVE....... FIRST MISSIONARIES THERE !!

WONDERFUL SISTERS..

SISTER HOOVER FROM MIDWAY UTAH AND SISTER RICHARDSON FROM CANADA

AFTER INSTITUE...

ARTA  RETURNED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. 

 SHE IS WORKING IN ERBIL, IRAQ.  SENDS ALL HER $$$$$ HOME TO HER FAMILY..NO CHURCH THERE...SO HAPPY TO HAVE HER FOR A MINUTE !!!

A VISIT FROM ALBI  OSMANI.      HE IS FROM TIRANA.. (HE MET  OUR GROUP AT THE YSA CONFERENCE IN  VLOR  IN SEPTEMBER).......CAME TO VISIT !! 

STAYED  WITH US ...

FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIALIZING...

A NEW PING PONG CHAMP..

(HIS FIRST TIME WITH US)

ADELENA,  ARI, &  BELLA

( THEY ARE ALL IN THE ART PROGRAM AT PRISTINA UNIVERSITY)