This is P Day that is why I am able to get all these emails done. We only have 8 Elders and Motras over to eat lunch, that Sue is fixing right now and then a family the Hodaj's who I will be interviewing. There is the father Mehmet, moter Lrida, children Arti (Artion) & Suny (Edison). I will send their pictures later.
The group of pictures I am sending is from a service project we are working on. I need to give a little background so this will make more sense.
Albania was under communism until around 1990 and were always being told what to do and when to do it. They did not have any control of their lives. The communist leaders would tell them to clean up all the time and so when they were free and could do what they wanted to do they, out of defiance, throw garbage everywhere.
There is an alley way where the missionaries walk to get to the church building. It is very much filled with trash that we figure some had been there for a decade. They decided for a service project to clean it up. They have spent three days and many many trash bags we are about 1/4 th the way done. Many people to begin with would walk by and say it wont do any good just leave it and go home. Some also said other things even worse. As we have been working there have been many neighborhood children come out and want to help as you can see in the pictures. This last time we have had Albanian people say thanks or it looks good (mire). We even had some come by and bring us cold drinks and cups, and when we went to the store to buy more trash bags the store owner gave us the bags and said that if she didn't have to work she would be out there with us cleaning up. My guess is that we will have some teaching opportunities from this project. This trash is very smelly and we are very glad when we can change cloths and take a shower. It is also hot even though we start early in the morning.
The first picture is of two of the girls that were helping that did not want to get in the picture.
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