Wednesday, September 30, 2009


We had the opportunity to attend a Retreat at the beginning of
September that was especially for missionaries that live and serve
here in Albania. This was the last night and since we were close
to the beach we made a little bonfire and roasted some
marshmallows. They were a special treat brought from the
States and Kya (in the yellow) was very exited about eating them.



Since we were right by the sea there were turtles hanging
around the property. Kadence was taking a liking to them and she
would have taken him home with us if it was up to her.
Now, a pet turtle, that would be something here in Albania!






This is Kya, well, being.....Kya. If you have kids or you are around
them you know they can get very silly at times. Kya can be
very funny and she was cracking us up here with her facial expressions.
Who does she take after?




We just had two new girls join our O.M. Lushnje team. Tracy is
an Aussie and Lynette is from Canada, eh? One of the first
nights they were here we all got together and did a B-B-Q
and had them initiated. This is a grill that we bought in the
summer with chicken and pork sizzling on top. The coal is much
different and much harder than in the States. In the States,
you can just throw some lighter fluid on the charcoal and poof!
you have a B-B-Q. Here, they come in big chunks that you
need to break up and put pieces of wood or fire starters throughout
the coal and keep working and fanning it until it turns white,
which usually takes a good 20-25 minutes of work. Anyways,
after doing it 3-4 times I thinks I have it down now.




During Tracy and Lynette's "initiation" that night, one of the things
we had them do was that we blindfolded them and gave them a few
of the traditional Albanian drinks. Lynette, the one on the right, had
the worse of the two drinks. It is called raki, and it is a very strong
alcoholic drink they make here. It will definitely clear your sinuses
right up!! Tracy, on the left, had something called thalle. It is a drink
made from yogurt and many Albanians love it but we could do without
it. And yes, both of those drinks taste terrible,
at least to most foreigners.



We will always be posting pics and videos of our kids because
the grandparents and family want to see them.
As we have said before, Kya and Kadence love to look at books
and many times they do it together.
Kya is usually the "teacher" and Kadence the "pupil".