VALMIRA'S
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF BEING A MEMBER
ARERESHA, KAREN BODELL, VALMIRA,
SISTERS FORTE & HOOVER
SHE SAID SHE IS WEARING THE SAME CLOTHS SHE WORE TO HER BAPTISM WE HAD LEMON BREAD TO CELEBRATE..SHE WAS SO HAPPY !
NEW CHAIRS AND PICTURES
FEELS LIKE A REAL CHURCH !!!
OFFICE
DOORWAY TO THE R. S. ROOM/ PRIMARY ROOM/ PING PONG
TALENT SHOW
...of course the Elders in great form..(their music was "time to say goodbye' )
DAFINA
DID MATH PROBLEMS (SHE IS FINISHING HER MASTERS IN 'MATH')
JOE BOYDELL
DID GREAT ON THE GUITAR..."AUGUST RUSH' STYLE
FIDAN...
SHOWED HIS ART..(HE IS FROM ENGLISH CLASS)
ALBAN, GJON'S BROTHER
HE LOVES OUR KEYBOARD
ARDI IS ALWAYS A STALWART, GOOD TO CONDUCT & HELP OUT !!!
VALMIRA'S KARATE
(SHE IS A BLACK BELT)
SISTER FORTE & SISTER HOOVER
ENGLISH STUDENTS SINGING...
TRADITIONAL ALBANIAN DANCE
SISTER FORTE...ALWAYS GOOD TO LEAD THE MUSIC
(THEY CHOSE SILENT NIGHT AS THE CLOSING SONG (AGAIN !!)
GOOD FOOD AND MORE TRADITIONAL DANCING TO END A GREAT EVENING...
ENGLISH CLASS
Such a fun talent show...we had 11 visitors (4 members )
RELIEF SOCIETY IN GJAKOVE
MAKING PITA (BUREK)
MIMOSA & HER DAUGHTER, MELISA (13) SHOWED US HOW TO MAKE IT.
IT IS FOUR , WATER & SALT....MIXED TOGETHER ...LET IT REST..
THEN STRETCHED VERY THIN (I HAVE NEVER SEEN DOUGH SO THIN)
IT IS STRETCHED & TOSSED, THEN CUT IN HALF
EACH HALF HAS A SCANT BIT OF CHEESE (SOUR CREAM WITH HUNKS OF WHITE CHEESE), THEN ROLLED UP AND THEN ROLLED INTO A HUGE ROUND PAN
YOUR CUT IT IN PIE SHAPED PIECES
IT IS BAKED IN A SPECIAL, ELECTRIC OVEN 
THEN ENJOYED BY ALL...
VLORA, FATMIR,ELDER DIRDEN,MIMOSA, ELDER ZHONS,ELDER KENDAL, MELISA,EREZA, MERLINDA & MERLIND
MELISA IS THE ONLY YOUNG WOMAN IN ALL OF KOSOVO..I SHOWED HER THE Y. W. CONFERENCE ON THE INTERNET...SO SHE COULD SEE THAT SHE WAS NOT ALONE...
ANOTHER KIND OF PIE/PITA/ BUREK IS MADE FROM FLATTENING OUT BALLS OF DOUGH..STRETCHING THEM VERY THIN AND PUTTING THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER (CHEESE IN BETWEEN..OR MEAT / OR PLAIN). THERE ARE 17 OF THESE THIN LAYER S...THEN BAKED LIKE THE OTHER ONE..
WE ALL MET IN MIMOSA'S HOME (KIND OF ONE ROOM..NO STOVE/OVEN..THEY USE THE COFFEE TABLE FOR EATING
EREZA'S SISTER CAME TO VISIT WITH HER 3 CHILDREN. THEY LIVE IN WEST JORDAN.
HER FATHER AND HER AUNT,(HER MOTHER DIED 5 YEARS AGO), CAME TO PICK THEM UP..THEIR SMALL CAR WOULD BARELY FIT THE PEOPLE SO WE DROVE THEIR LUGGAGE TO GJAKOVA.
