our time in albania

so from miss shqiperia to kids rally to Josh's cooking. this is the brief highlights of whats been going on since weds afternoon.

so we left wednesday night to head out to the waterfront (ok, that's not far as we have sea ish view from the flat) but along to the tower next to the square [ok i cant remember what it is called]. this was the location of the final of miss Albania, yes we went to miss shqiperia. ok i cant actually believe that i payed to see 30 anorectic girls compete for who is the the 'best'. but all i can say is that it was an experience and i don't need to do it again, and thankfully we couldn't understand what was going on so made our own commentary.

but then thursday saw josh and myself preparing for the 3rd kids rally of the week for CEF however instead of holding it inside an mega sports complex (ok, and an 5 a side football pitch which has a tent roof over it) we were going to have an crafts session at the CEF Albania building. we had a meeting on wednesday so know ish what was going to be happening that day. we moved lots of things around and finalised the last of the crafts for friday.

we had the rally and felt that it went really well, only to find out that it was possibly the most attended rally. this was God's blessing as we felt that today was the best that we have been too and also someone else thought of this summer so far. this i feel is confirmation that God is using our times with the kids to show them God's love and also that we are there for them. out of choice and completely out of the norm for the culture here. this picture is of one of the Albanian CEF staff teaching an bible session to the kids during today's craft 'rally'.

so also thursday night saw my return to one of the best restaurants ever! :D we went to a friends of maki (one of the missionaries we are visiting) who owns and fish restaurant; come and taste for your selves is all i have to say.

so now it is my time to taste joshuawa's cooking as dinner is served! ciao