“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
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
MONTENEGRO
WE WENT WITH THE ANDERSONS
ULCINJ
SANDY BEACH PACKED WITH SWIMMERS ! !
BAR
ON THE ADRIATIC SEA
BEAUTIFUL, CALM, CLEAR WATER
THIS IS THE HOTEL WE STAYED IN..
BEAUTIFUL SUNSET
ON THE ADRIATIC SEA
OLIVE TREES IN BAR...
STILL PRODUCING OLIVES ! !
KOTOR
A BEAUTIFUL BAY WITH CRUISE SHIPS,FISHING SHIPS, YACHTS
THE OLD TOWN
( STARI GRAD IN SERBIAN)
IS QUAINT WITH COBBLE STONE, PASSAGEWAYS, LOTS OF FUN SHOPS, & MANY EATING PLACES
THERE IS A MOTE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OLD TOWN...
(THERE IS NO NEW TOWN..THIS IS IT)
THIS IS FRESH WATER SPRING..
THE TRAIL TO THE FORTRESS IS ALL LIT UP
PASSAGE WAYS EVERYWHERE..
ORTHODOX CHURCH ON EVERY CORNER OF THE BAY AND AN OLD ONE ON THE MOUNTAIN FORTRESS ! !
FROM THE TOP OF THE FORTRESS
THE HIKE UP TO THE FORTRESS 1300 STAIRS
ST. JOHN FORTRESS
A VERY STEEP DROP OFF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FORTRESS
STEEP MOUNTAINS IN THE BACK GROUND
BRANCH CONFERENCE
THE FIRST EVER
BESIM, GJON, NASIM
WE HAD ABOUT 55 ..
LOVE HAVING THE GJAKOVE SAINTS OVER.
AND A NICE MEAL AFTER....
PRESIDENT KASHARI CAME WITH HIS MOTHER FROM TIRANA
NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN WHO ALWAYS COME BY ..THEY ARE ALSO IN ENGLISH CLASS...
THEY LOVE SISTER FORTE
PRIMARY CHILDREN
ALL FROM GJAKOVE (9 OF THEM)
MERLIND & HIS NEIGHBOR, PATRIC WHO IS HAVING LESSONS WITH HIS FAMILY
GENTA & PATRIC
MELISA
ALISA & SISTER ROBERTSON, MERLINDA
BAPTISM OF SONILA
BY HER HUSBAND, KRISTO
ELDERS TANNER & ADAMS
WE HAD A GREAT GROUP...
3 CARS & A TAXI FULL
Kristina, Sister Forte, Anton, Joe, Karyn & Moses Bodell, Valmira, Dafina, Aferdita, Sister Robertson, Pytim, Pres. & Sister Ford, Sam, Kristo, Sonila, Besim, Riad, Ardi
(SAME PLACE BESIM WAS BAPTISED LAST SEPTEMBER) FAVORITE INVESTIGATORS DAFINA & AFERDITA...
ACTIVITY NIGHT
VOLLYEBALL IN THE PARK AND TREATS AFTER..ALWAYS BANANAS & POPCORN!
ANTON IS IN CHARGE AND DOES GREAT ! ! (CENTER WHITE)
PINEAPPLE CAKE
RIAD PLLANA WALKED INTO THE CHURCH THE DAY BEFORE AND TOLD ME IT WAS HIS BIRTHDAY....SO WE CELEBRATED ! !
VLORA'S MOTHER PICKING UP HER GRANDSONS, THEY FLEW IN FROM SWITZERLAND !
BABY MOSES
FUN FOURSOME ! !
MISSIONARIES FOR SURE ! !
OUR VISITOR FROM ITALY..
HE WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE MISSIONARIES..HE IS FROM PRISHTINA, BUT LIVES IN ITALY. HIS SON IS A TRANSLATOR FOR THE CHURCH AND LIVES IN SALT LAKE..
HE WAS SO EXCITED TO GET PICURES WITH THE MISSIONARIES TO PUT ON FACEBOOK.
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