“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, July 7, 2013

KOSOVO DAYS!!

 4TH OF JULY
 

AFERDITA'S BIRTHDAY...

 THE MISSIONARIES SANG THE NATIONAL ANTHEM !1






 VALMIRA'S BROTHER,(ABOVE) & SISTER BELOW....(ON LEFT)

 SUCH HAPPY GIRLS

 AFERDITA WANTED HER PICTURE TAKEN WITH EVRYONE ! !

DONIKA & AFERDITA


AMERICAN BBQ ON FRIDAY !!

THE ELDERS FROSTED CUPCAKES

MIRIAM SENT SUCH COOL DECORATIONS..

 THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN CUPCAKE PAPERS, ONE ASKED IF THEY EAT THE PAPER AND SEVERAL ATE IT OUT OF THE CUPCAKE PAPER WITH A SPOON !!

HAMBURGERS ON THE GRILL


WE DEMONSTRATED HOW TO PUT A HAMBERGER TOGETHER AMERICAN STYLE...



THE ELDERS DID THE COOKING..  

 SONILA & KRISTO FINALIZED THEIR MARRIAGE

 EVERYONE ENDED UP DANCING...

 GENTA & ELEA

 DANCING WITH THE MOP

 TRADITIONAL ALBANIAN DANCING WAS THE FAVORITE !!

 PART..OF THE GROUP !!

 

FLIA & FISH..

A VISIT TO FATMIR'S HOME 

FATMIR, VLORA, HIS MOTHER,  BLARINA (BELLA)
 

GREEN BEANS GROWING UP EACH CORN STALK

 CUCMBERS GROWING ON VINES


 WITH HIS FATHER LOOKING OVER THE GARDEN

 FISH & PEPPERS

 

 THE PEPPERS ARE GRILLED,  THE BLACK IS SCRAPED OFF, THEY ARE FILLED WITH SALT AND  FRIED IN OIL.

 FATMIR USED THIS TO CATCH THE FISH..

PRETTY COOL SPEAR GUN...

 MAKING FLIA

IT TAKES ABOUT 3 HOURS AS EACH LAYER IS SPREAD AND COVERED WITH A HOT LID

 
 

IT IS FLOUR AND WATER WITH SOME TIMES SOUR CREAM OR CHEESE IN BETWEEN THE LAYERS 

 IT IS MADE OUTSIDE ON AN OPEN FIRE..

EVERYONES  VERY FAVORITE

 

 BELLA IS TAKING IT OUT OF AN OVEN WHERE IT HAS FINISHED COOKING

 (I AM NOT SURE THE OVEN IS ALWAYS USED)

 

P-DAY AT GERMIA PARK

THIS IS WHERE KOSOVO WAS DEDICATED FOR MISSIONARY WORK IN SEPT. 2010 BY RUSSELL M. NELSON...WE READ THE PRAYER AND HAD AGREAT DAY !!

JULY  1ST

CANADA DAY

 ELDER ADAMS IS FROM CANADA

 VIEW FROM THE TOP..

THE LAKE WHERE BESIM WAS BAPTISED

ELDER HARVEY .... BOSTON,  ELDER KENDALL... ST. LOUIS,  ELDER ADAMS...CANADA,  ELDER TANNER..IDAHO FALLS, 

SISTER ROBERTSON...BLUFFDALE, SISTER FORTE..DRAPER,UTAH !!