BABY MOSES TURNS ONE !!
AT THE BODELLS
VALMIRA, AIDA & HER SISTER, ARTA CAME WITH US
GREAT LITTLE FAMILY
JOE, KARYN & MOSES
WE HAD A PARTY FOR HIM AT INSTITUTE EVERYONE LOVES HIM THEY ARE SO GOOD TO SHARE..
DISTRICT MEETING
IN
SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
ELDER BROWN, ELDER ROBERTS, SISTER RICHARDSON, SISTER HOOVER
WE DID SOME SIGHT SEEING BEFORE THE MTG.
A HUGE FORTRESS AND MOSQUE
SO MANY HISTORICAL SIGHTS..
THIS IS THE ALBANIAN SIDE OF THE CITY, COBBLE STONE STREETS AND LOTS OF FUN SHOPS !!
ALWAYS GREAT TO 'HANG OUT' WITH THE SISTERS
OUR DISTRICT...
IN FRONT OF THE ANDERSONS HOME (HUMANITARIAN MISSIONARIES FROM OGDEN)
BEST PART !!
BURGER KING WAS FIRST..THEN PIZZA !
FHE
THE ELDERS TAUGHT A LESSON ON MUSIC AND WE PLAYED MUSICAL CHAIRS...EVERYONE LOVED IT....
P-DAY
THIS IS AN ANCIENT BRIDGE BETWEEN PRIZREN & GJAKOVA
IT IS 623 FEET LONG, BUILT AT THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY, 11 ARCHES, ONCE THE LONGEST BRIDGE IN KOSOVO
IT RAINED THE WHOLE DAY !!
VILLAGE OF KORENCE
A SERBIAN WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WAS KILLED OPEN FIRED ON A GROUP OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (THE MEN WENT OFF TO WAR) AND KILLED ALL BUT ONE WHO WAS LEFT TO TELL THE STORY. THEY ARE ALL BURIED HERE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THEY ARE BURIED WHERE THEY DIE.
WOODEN MARKERS AND PLASTIC FLOWERS
BOMBED OUT BUILDINGS FROM THE WAR (1999)
BABAJ BOKES
VLORA'S VILLAGE (IT MEANS FATHER MOUNTAIN) IT IS AT THE BASE OF MOUNTAINS.
THIS IS VLORA'S UNCLE'S HOME. VLORA AND HER FAMILY WENT TO GJILAN ( EASTERN KOSOVO) DURING THE WAR AND WERE HOPING TO RETURN TO THIS HOME.
BUT HER UNCLE, AIMING AT A MAN, KILLED HIS WIFE AND SO NO ONE CAN EVER RETURN TO LIVE IN THE HOME. IF YOU KILL SOMEONE THEY KILL SOMEONE FROM YOUR FAMILY. (MAYBE A WHOLE VILLAGE )
DAD LOVES THE SHEEP ...
THIS IS VLORA'S FATHER'S GRAVE. HE DIED FROM SICKNESS LEAVING THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND HIS WIFE TO LIVE WITH HIS FAMILY WHO MISSED TREATED THEM ( HIS FAMILY HAS THE RIGHT TO THE CHILDREN) SO THEY COULDN'T LEAVE......VLORA IS 26.
THIS IS VLORA'S SCHOOL SHE LOVED SHOWING US AROUND..SUCH FOND MEMORIES FOR HER..SHE LOVES HER VILLAGE..WISHES SHE COULD LIVE THERE.
NOTICE THE WHEELBARROW OF WOOD USED TO HEAT THE ROOMS AND THE HIGH PICTURES ON THE WALLS
THIS BOX IS WHERE THE STUDENTS PUT COMPLAINTS...BAD NEWS IF YOU'RE THE TEACHER..
THIS IS WHERE THE CHILDREN KEEP THEIR SHOES..THEY WEAR SLIPPERS INSIDE JUST LIKE THEY DO IN THEIR HOMES...
CHILDREN COMING INTO THE SCHOOL
(A FEW MISSIONARIES ALSO ! )
VLORA LOVES THE CHILDREN
IN FRONT OF A MUDDY SOCOR FIELD (doesn't look like there is ever grass)
IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL
THIS IS A MONUMENT IN BABAJ BOKES
FOR THE ONES THAT DIED IN THE WAR.
WE WALKED IN THE POURING RAIN UP TO THIS SHRINE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO WORSHIP A SAINT WHO DIED THERE. QUITE THE RITUAL, WHEN ENTERING, KISSING TO TOMB, AND BEADS AND GOING OUT BACKWARDS...
WE BROUGHT A PIC NIC LUNCH... ORANGES, LEFT OVER SUNDAY ROAST, ADD BBQ AND PUT INTO SANDWHICHES & CHOCOLATE BARS...
FATMIR,VLORA'S BOYFRIEND WAS WITH US
THIS IS THE SHRINE AND PLACE FOR THE CARE TAKER. VLORA ALSO TOLD US THAT MAY 6TH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COME TO THIS SHRINE TO MAKE PRAYERS. SOME STAY OVER IN THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS A MONUMENT
AT A ROUND-A-BOUT IN GJAKOVA. HE IS FROM VLORA'S VILLAGE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT THERE..BUT THIS IS WHERE HE DIED ....
