“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


Thursday, November 7, 2013

 COUPLES CONFERENCE

ON THE SEA

 BELLE CONTI HOTEL 

ALL OF THE COUPLES IN THE  ADRIATIC SOUTH MISSION
 
 

LAST TIME WITH THE BOYDELS ( SECOND FROM RIGHT ON FRONT..THEY FINISH THEIR MISSION AND RETURN TO ENGLAND)  they are the ones who RAISED THEIR FAMILY LIVIN IN ESTATES IN DNGLAND..THEY LATEST ONE THEY LIVED IN IS

  BURTON AGNES HALL

HE WAS A BUTLER AND TOOK CARE OF GROUNDS AND SHE WAS A COOK...CHECK IT OUT ON THE INTERNET..THEY WERE THERE FOR 8 YEARS.
  

BEAUTIFUL  SEA

RAGING  IN THE  MORNINGS.....
 
 CALM IN THE EVENINGS...

OUR WONDERFUL SISTER MISSIONARIES......

REBOUNDING AFTER THE ATTACK...COLORFUL EYES...
   
 
 
BAPTISM  IN GJALOVE
 

IN A RIVER NEAR.....

A COLD FOGGIE NOVEMBER 2ND

SHKUMBIN OLLANI
 BAPRIZED BY BURIM
 
 
 ELDERS WITH DAFINA'S MOTHER
SHE WOULD LIKE LESSONS BUT HER HUSBAND SAYS 'NO'
 

LAST DISTRICT MEETING WITH MACEDONIA

THEY WILL GET NEW MISSIONARIES NEXT WEEK AND BE THEIR OWN DISTRICT.
 

 

FHE 

 CARVING PUMPKINS

 
 
 THEY WERE SO HARD...
 

 FIDAN & VALMIRA

 

THREE DARLINGS

ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT 

DAFINA, VALMIRA, AFERDITA
 

 DONEJTA'S HOME

 IN MUSHTISHT

THEIR MARKET IN THE VILLAGE

THEY MADE A SPECIAL MEAL FOR ME

FLIA, TURSHI, ITALIAN TOMATOES, THICK KOS TO DRINK...
 

DONEJTA'S GRAND MOTHER

WE SAT ON THE FLOOR AND I WAS AFRAID I WOULD NEVER GET UP ! !

HER PARENTS AND RELATIVES

....AND FLORIM, HER FIANCE

THEY JUST REMODELED THEIR HOME IT IS BEAUTIFUL...LAMINATE FLOORS..NO FURNITURE...


MY ERMIRA....


SHE INVITED ME TO HER HOME..

SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WORKING IN HER FAMILY..SHE SENDS HER MONEY HOME...USUALLY 200 EURO A MONTH..

THIS IS HER WHOLE APARTMENT...SHE HAS A STOVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS THAT SHE SHARES AND A COMMUNITY BATHROOM

IT IS ON THE TOP FLOOR, SHE HAS PAINTED IT WHITE AND CLEAN..SHE PAYS 150 EURO...ALL APARTMENTS/HOMES HAVE COUCHES..NOT BEDS...USE THEM AS BOTH...

 
 

A SECOND VISIT AT ERMIRA'S TO MEET HER MOTHER...

 

 ERMIRA & HER MOTHER FROM DRENAS

 
 


THE CHURCH TREASURERS  FROM GERMANY.....


ACTIVITY NIGHT WITH THEM..


UNO AND CHESS

THE A.P.'S  VISITING GJAKOVE...ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES TO EAT..ROGNERS..IT IS ALL BLUE..GREAT 60'S MUSIC BEAUTIFUL BLUE FLOWERED PLATES

PRIMARY IN GJAKOVE..VLORA DOES A GREAT JOB....

AGES 5 TO 13

GJAKOVE ELDERS..SUNDAY DINNER WITH THEM...


OUR FRIEND...JESSE

WE SPENT BAJRAM

 AT FATMIR'S HOME

DOWN ON THE FARM..WITH BELLA, FATMIR'S  SISTER, AND MOTHER


BELLA WITH THE FALL HARVEST....THE WOOD THEY GREW FOR THE WINTER HEAT....


PEJE  ON P-DAY

FUN CAVES AT THE MOUTH OF THE GORGE...

UP THE CANYON....IN PEJE

MONASTERY  GREEK ORTHODOX


RELIEF SOCIETY ACTIVITY..MAKING PITA AND MANTIA


BLETA WAS A PRO WITH THE DOUGH...


PAINTING FINGER NAILS ....

AIDA AND BLETA  TIRELESS SERVERS...

MANTIA IS THE SMALL FILLED WITH MEAT....ALL THE DOUGH IS FLOUR AND WATER AND SALT..NO YEAST OR LEAVENING..