“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, March 17, 2013

  SISTER RICHARDSON'S LAST SUNDAY !! 
SISTER RICHARDSON FLIES HOME TO EDMONTON, CANADA WEDNESDAY.....
 
   ALL OF OUR MEMBERS IN PRISTINA WERE AT CHURCH TODAY..EXCEPT DONIKA (SHE WENT HOME).

  KARYN, SISTER HOOVER, AIDA, VALMIRA, ARBRESHA,  SISTER RICHARDSON, DONA ,ERMIRA(STILL INVESTIGATING)

ERJON, ARDI, BESIM, JOE,  BABY  MOSES,  ELDER BROWN,  YLLI,  ELDER ROBERTS, NASIM,  GJON, ELDER XHONS, ANTON(HE IS FROM SWITZERLAND WORKING IN PRISTINA)



                                                     FRIENDS LEAVING TOGETHER ... 

 
  RELIEF SOCIETY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION  !!!

 (Shoqatës së Ndihmës)



 

YELLOW  GIFT BAG WITH TREATS... PICTURE OF THE RESURRECTED CHRIST WITH MARY  ( QUOTE ON THE BACK.. )

"THE GREATEST CHAMPION OF WOMEN AND WOMANHOOD IS  JESUS CHRIST"...JAMES A. TALMAGE 

THE SISTER MISSIONARIES TRANSLATED  EVERYTHING  !!!

  THE BOOK MARK WITH THE RELIEF SOCIETY PURPOSE..  

WE TAUGHT THEM  HOW MUCH THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST VALUES WOMEN AND THE SAVIOR LOVES WOMEN..PICTURES OF THE FIRST RELIEF SOCIETY AND THE FIRST R.S. PRESIDENT 

 EMMA SMITH

WE HAD A LOVELY DINNER

 THE BODELLS, OUR EMBASSY FAMILY, ARE SO GOOD TO LET US USE THEIR HOME (IT IS A SIX LEVEL, BEAUTIFUL HOME..NO WONDER OUR MEMBERS COME..THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT !!!) 

 I  WENT TO AIDA'S FAMILY'S BLANKET SHOP AND BOUGHT A SHEET FOR THE TABLE CLOTH  THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT WE WOULD USE A SHEET AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT TELL  ANYONE!!!

 (4 OF OUR GIRLS ARE INVESTIGATORS)

 WE WERE MISSING DONA (SHE WAS SICK)..AND BELLA, ADELINA & SUZANNA WENT HOME TO THEIR VILLAGES (THEY ARE IONVESTIGATORS.)

 

      LASAGNA, CABBAGE SALAD & TRILECHE FOR DESERT, SOME HAD NEVER TASTED ANY OF IT BEFORE !!! THEY THOUGHT IT WAS  GREAT !!!!

WE ASKED THEM TO DRESS UP AND WE TALKED ABOUT SUNDAY BEST ! !!

 VALMIRA, DAFINA, DONIKA, AIDA ,ARTA (AIDA'S SISTER), SISTER RICHARDSON, SISTER HOOVER, ARBRESHA, ERMIRA, AFERDITA

  KARYN MADE A VIDEO OF THE GIRLS SHARING THEIR TESTIMONIES AND WE PLAYED IT FOR THEM !!  THEY ALL LOVED IT !! 

 BAPTISM

 (ONE OF OUR MILITARY)

WE HAD 6 MISSIONARIES AND THE ELIASONS (THE OFFICE COUPLE FROM TIRANA).AND TWO MILITARY MEN.

WE HAD THE SERVICE AT OUR CHURCH AND THEN WENT TO A SWIMMING POOL 14 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF PRISTINA.


IT WAS  A WONDERFUL OCCASION...

 

BESIDES CHURCH ON SUNDAY WE MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE BASE FOR FHE...WE LOVE OUR MILITARY !!!