Tungjaje'ta!

Hello from Albania, Bob and I made it in about 12:30 yesterday afternoon. Our checked luggage unfortunately did not. We did get it this afternoon around 3:oo so we really couldn't do to much today since we had to wait for it. Our hotel is lovely and really close to the center of town so we just walked around enjoying the sunshine, took a walk though the museum and had lunch at one of the million cafes. Defiantly a cafe society here in Tirana. After the luggage came we went to Bethany's clinic to drop of some medical supplies we had brought over and then over to Bethany's orphanage. Saw many sweet babies, newborn to about 4. They really have a nice facility here. We meant the house parents Bob and Kathy and 3 of their 4 children. Very nice family.

Sadly the man from Hope for the World Albania had a death in his family and will not be able to make it to Albania until Tuesday. So Bob and I are going to take a side trip over to the coast for one or two nights. We love Tirana but you all know how we love to be near the water and if it's any where near as beautiful as it looked out the airplane window well we should just love it. plus we are looking forward to seeing some villages.


We are hearing from Bethany that the AAC will meet sometime tomorrow and that they will be discussing our case. Please pray that everything goes smoothly, wouldn't it be great to hear good news while we are here.



They baby orphanage at Bethany's.

Play area and Hannah's House where the older children live.

The grey building is our hotel Stephan's Center. This was a break in the almost constant stream of traffic. I can't believe how well the dogs navigate here.

The town square.

The museum also located in the town square.

Greetings From Marquette

Sara has CUSSA qualifiers this week so Bob and I are "up north". Way up north, in the U.P. that's the Upper Peninsula for all of you not from Michigan! We came up on Tuesday and races started yesterday, but the weather was so bad that I couldn't get any pictures! I mean blizzard bad, they even closed down the road that are rental bungalow is on. But it made up for it today as you can see in the pictures it was a beautiful race day.

Sara did well yesterday and held her own today. If she rocks tomorrow she will be on her way to Vail CO for the Junior Olympics! The forecast for tomorrow is good and it's her favorite event so keep your fingers crossed.

On the adoption front not much has changed, we had to update some paperwork that was about to expire and that's about it. We are looking forward to leaving next week and are asking for prayers that our trip is successful!