INVITE TO DINNER !!
DONEJTA (DONA) AND DONIKA INVITED US TO THEIR APARTMENT FOR A TRADITIONAL DINNER THEY COOKED...SISTER RICHARDSON,(FROM CANADA)AND SISTER HOOVER(FROM MIDWAY, UTAH)
CABBAGE ROLLS( WITH MEAT), TURSHI (SPICEY PRESERVED PEPPERS), PICKLED SALAD, CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP....
THEY LIVE IN THE TOP FLOOR (11TH NO ELEVATOR) 6 GIRLS LIVE THERE..THIS IS THEIR ROOM( THEY SLEEP ON THE COUCHES)
OUR TWO FAMILIES IN THE BRANCH JOE, KARYN & MOSES BODELL
(OUR EMBASSY FAMILY)
ERJON, ARBERESHA & ELEA TELI
WE LOVE FAMILIES !!!!
FHE FEBRUARY 4TH
EVERYONE RECEIVED A JOURNAL..
WE ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO FOLLOW ELDER EYRING'S COUNCIL AND PONDER EACH NIGHT "HOW GOD HAS TOUCHED THEIR LIVES AND FAMILY THAT DAY" THEN WRITE IT DOWN.
FIVE FUTURE MEMBERS
DAFINA, FLERIM, AFERDITA, MARTIN, (GJON'S BROTHER) & SUZANA(GJON'S FRIEND)
PING PONG
FLERIM, BESIM. GJON, ARDI, MARTIN
( 2 FUTURE MEMBERS ON OUTSIDES)
PING PONG
GJON & VALMIRA
(THE ALBI MARKET OUT THE WINDOW)
FHE
MAKING VALENTINES AND FROSTING COOKIES
EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME..THEY LOVE MAKING CARDS...
BELLA, ADELINA, & FRIEND (BELLA, FATMIR'S SISTER, & ALDELENA ARE HAVING LESSONS..)
SUZANA ,GJON'S FRIEND, & SISTER HOOVER
AIDA,
SHE IS STRUGGLING WITH HER BOYFRIEND (THE ONE THAT SHE DUMPED TO GET BAPTIZED)
SISTER RICHARDSON
AFERDITA...
SWEETEST GIRL FROM THE ALBI MARKET, OUTSIDE OUR DOOR. SHE ASKED THE SISTER MISSIONARIES FOR LESSONS. SHE WANTED TO ASK ME BUT SHE KNEW I DIDN'T SPEAK SHQIP..AND SHE WAS AFRAID OF THE ELDERS. SHE IS FROM A LITTLE VILLAGE(A FSHAT) NEAR KLINE, Dugajevë. HER VILLAGE IS ALL CATHOLIC...SHE IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THE CHURCH, LOVES THE BOOK OF MORMON, IS VERY AFRAID TO BE BAPTIZED..IT WILL BREAK HER MOTHER'S HEART...WHEN SHE HAS TO WORK SHE WAVES TO US THRU THE WINDOW.
SUZANA, ARDI & DONIKA
PLENTY TO TAKE HOME....
VALENTINE CAKE
(WHIPED CREAM & STRAWBERIES) FOR TREATS AFTER INSTITUTE ON VALENTINE'S DAY...
(DONA & SISTER RICHARDSON)
INDEPENDANCE DAY FOR KOSOVO
FIVE YEARS SINCE THEY BECAME THEIR OWN COUNTRY FEBRUARY 17, 2008 !!!
THE KOSOVE FLAG NEVER SEEMS TO BE ALONE..ALWAYS AN AMERICAN FLAG AND/OR ALBANIAN FLAG WITH IT
SINCE AMERICA HAD A BIG PART IN THEIR FREEDOM..ALWAYS AN AMERICAN FLAG EVERYWHERE...
THE AMERICANS WANTED THEM TO HAVE THEIR OWN FLAG...THE BLUE AND YELLOW (THE STARS REPRESENT THE 6 ETHINICAL GROUPS) BUT..THEY TELL US THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS LOVE THE RED FLAG WITH THE TWO HEADED BLACK EAGLE !!!!!
LOTS OF PEOPLE AND ACTIVITIES ON THE BOULEVARD...
BRANCH CELEBRATION
FRIDAY ACTIVITY CELEBRATING VALENTINE'S DAY AND INDEPENDENCE DAY...
BESIM, ELDER JONES,YLLI (NEVER LOOKS AT THE CAMERA), ELDER BROWN, NASIM, ELDER ROBERTS, ARDI
DRAMA....
DR. VALMIRA AND FLERIM IN DRAMA
BELOW..
DONA & FLERIM (NOTICE THE SKINNY PANTS...SEEMS LIKE TIGHTS AND A SHIRT...) EVERYTHING THEY WEAR HERE IS VERY TIGHT AND FITTED NO MATTER THE AGE.....
SO...THE MEMBERS WROTE A SKIT AND PRACTISED IT EVERY NIGHT AND THEN PERFORMED IT AT THE PARTY...THEY PAIRED OFF IN 'COUPLES' FOR VALENTINES DAY AND THE PLOT WAS FLERIM..BEING SICK SPIRITUALLY AND THE MISSIONARIES KNOCKED ON HIS DOOR AND GAVE HIM THE BOOK OF MORMON, HE READ IT PRAYED AND WAS HEALED DR. VALMIRA TOLD HIM THERE WAS NOTING WRONG PHYSICALLY.
A VERY FUN PARTY WITH TREATS FROM DALLON & HEIDI'S GIRLS !!!
EVERYBODIES FAVORITE...
WHIPPED CREAM AND FRUIT
KIWI, APPLES, BANANAS, & ORANGES (PEELED AND SLICED )
CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR BESIM
ERMIRA IS ALWAYS A HELP...
THIS PICTURE IS FOR MADDIE SHE PICKED OUT AND SENT THE NOISE MAKERS...THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THEM...
WE HAD FUN DANCING & PING PONG AT THE END...
SUCH A GOOD TIME
(8 INVESTIGATORS)
KLINE
ON THE WAY TO CHURCH IN GJAKOVE ON SUNDAY, WE WERE EARLY SO WE DROVE THROUGH THIS TOWN...WE HAVE ABOUT 4 OR 5 MEMBERS AND INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE WORKING OR GOING TO SCHOOL IN PRISTINA BUT ARE FROM VILLAGES NEAR KLINE.
THE CENTER ROUND-A-BOUT WITH A WAR HERO.
A BOMBED- OUT HOME (WE SEE THEM OFTEN AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE..BUT MOST HAVE BEEN REBUILT) MOST OF THE VILLAGES NEAR KLINE WERE DESTROYED ..OUR MEMBERS HAVE MANY STORIES OF THE WAR......
THERE ARE MANY CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN THIS AREA..MORE THAN ANYWHERE IN KOSOVE
MOTHER TERESA
GOV. BUILDINGS IN KLINE
THIS IS GJON'S VILLAGE (NEAR KLINE )
ALSO A CATHLLIC CHURCH IN HIS VILLAGE..
VILLAGE OF PANORC
IT IS OFF THE ROAD TO GJAKOVE FROM KLINE
( PRONOUNCED PAWNORTS)
THERE ARE THREE BROTHERS, DALIP LIVES IN GJAKOVE, ( HIS WIFE, MIMOSA AND DAUGHTER , MELISA, WERE BAPTISED IN DECEMBER)
HIS TWO BROTHERS MARRIED SISTERS AND THEY LIVE IN PANORC WITH THEIR FAMILIES..
THEY ARE ALSO CATHOLIC..
THEIR CHURCH WAS DESTROYED DURING THE WAR ALONG WITH THEIR HOMES..THIS IS THE OLDEST BROTHER'S HOME (NEW SINCE THE WAR IN 1999 OR SO...)
BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES WITH SHINING COUNTENANCES.
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE CHURCH..THEY CAME TO CHURCH AND AN ACTIVITY IN GJAKOVE....THERE IS NO BUS...AND THEY HAVE NO CAR...
THEY ALL CAME TO CHURCH (WE BROUGHT THEM) SO FUN TO HAVE 6 CHILDREN IN PRIMARY...SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE....
HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SHOW US THE NEW CALF....
SAM ALWAYS LOVES THE FARM.
.(THIS IS THE BARN)
ABOUT 3,000 IN THEIR VILLAGE
( HIGH AND BACK INTO THE MOUNTAINS)
