BABY SHOWER FOR ARBERESHA
SISTER FORTE & SISTER ROBERTSON ARE WONDERFUL !
MY FIRST CROCHETING....
(TRAVEL SANITY)
PINK FOR ELEA
WE TIED FLEECE BLANKETS...
THANKS RACH....
NO FABRIC IN THE COUNTRY...
AND...TIED A PREBOUND QUILT
THANKS TO RACHEL...
ARBERESHA IS EXPECTING A BOY IN JULY..HER LITTLE GIRL, ELEA IS 4 !!
P-DAY IN
VALBONA NATIONAL PARK
JUST OVER THE BORDER IN NORTHERN ALBANIA
THE ALPS OF THE BALKANS
"P B J" PIC NIC....
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING THROUGH TO THETH..BUT WHEN WE GOT TO THE END OF THE ROAD.....IT WAS A 7 HOUR WALK TO GO ON TO THETH !!!
THE COLOR OF THE WATER WAS INCREDIBLE !!!
BAJRAM CURRI & ELDER ADAMS !!
PICKING CHERRIES WITH YLLI
COUPLES CONFERENCE
IN PRIZREN IN THE BEAUTIFUL SHARRI MOUNTAINS
SO FUN TO GET ACQUAINTED: OUR NEW COUPLE IN MONTENEGRO ARE FROM MESQUITE, NEVADA AND DO COWBOY POETRY AND TAP DANCING !!!
THE COUPLE FROM ENGLAND RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN A HUGE ESTATE : HE WAS THE BUTLER AND SHE WAS THE COOK.
VIEW FROM THE HOTEL.... IT IS ALL BEAUTIFUL!!!!
MERLIND & MERLINDA
THE DEMAJ FAMILY IS SUCH AWONDERFUL FAMILY MIMOSA (THE MOM) WAS BAPTISED IN DEC. WITH MELISA (13). SHE HAS READ THE BOOK OF MORMON AND HALF WAY THROUGH THE D&C...THEY READ SCRIPTURES TOGETHER AND TELL ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE CHURCH..SO, SO FAITHFUL !!!
SURPRISE PACKAGE FROM MIRIAM AND HER ACTIVITY DAY GIRLS
A BEAUTIFUL BAPTISM DRESS FOR MERLINDA..SHE FELT LIKE A PRINCESS (I THINK THE ONLY DRESS SHE HAS EVER WORN)
A C T R TIE FROM LOGAN AND LOTS OF PICTURES OF THEM AND THEIR FRIENDS BEING BAPTISED.
SHENGJIN
WE TOOK A YOUNG COUPLE TO ALBANIA TO GET THEIR DOCUMENTS TO BE MARRIED
ON THE ADRIATIC SEA
CASTLE IN LESHE
SONILA IS FROM SHENGHIN AND KRISTI IS FROM ELBASAN
WE WENT TO DEA, NEAR SKODER, A GREAT FISH RESTAURANT..
OUT TRUSTY MISSION VEHICLE
WE HAVE TRAVELED OVER 50,000 KILOMETERS....
VIEW FROM THE CASTLE
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
( LIKE STAKE CONFERENCE)
WE ARE PART OF THE MISSION BUT NOT ACTUALLY PART OF THE DISTRICT.
IN TIRANA
IN THE PALACE OF CONGRESS, NO OTHER BLDG. LARGE ENOUGH...BUT WE WERE FEW IN THAT HUGE BLDG.
WE LEFT AT 4 A M TO GO TO TIRANA..
NASIM & ARDI WERE RECEIVING THE MELCHIZEDEK PRIESTHOOD VALMIRA, GJON & YLLI CAME ALONG
WITH PRESIDENT FORD AND MISSIONARIES THAT WERE IN KOSOVO
ELDER KEARON WAS OUR VISITING AUTHORITY
(FIRST QUORUM OF SEVENTY(8YEARS) AND COUNCILOR IN THE EUROPEAN PRESIDENCY
A NEW DISTRICT PRESIDENT WAS CALLED, MEDLIR MEMA, HE IS OVER ALL THE SEMINARY AND INSTITUTE IN THE MISSION, THE FORMER, PRESIDENT KASHARRI, WAS CALLED TO BE A COUNCILOR IN THE MISSION PRESIDENCY
VALMIRA GJON
WERE SO THRILLED TO MEET HIM
DISTRICT PRIMARY
THE ANDERSONS FROM OUR MENDON STAKE , CAME TO PICK UP THEIR MISSIONARY..SO FUN TO SEE THEM.
ELDER CLARK USED TO SERVE IN PRISTINA
WITH NASIM, ARDI AND YLLI
SO FUN TO MEET UP WITH MISSIONARIES THAT USED TO SERVE IN PRISTINA
MISSION CONFERENCE JUNE 14, 2013
SOME OF THE COUPLES...
FROM UTAH, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN, NORTH CAROLINA, AND ENGLAND..ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF THE CONFERENCE.
OUR SERBIAN / MACEDONIAN SPEAKING ELDERS\
ELDERS ADAMS, GIBSON & BARBER
MOST OF THE GROUP..WE HAVE 66 MISSIONARIES
(UP FROM 49 LAST YEAR)
