Brrrr! It's Cold

Today was a reprieve from the constant rain! It snowed. It is very, very rare that Shkoder gets snow, the mountains yes but down here it rains. We had planned to be in the mountains but the situation with Dad and the physiatrist changed those plans. Instead of being gone for three days we are going to take the trip in one. There is a ferry boat that takes you up a river to the town of Frieze, we will spend the night at Fredi’s brothers and then take the boat back down the river on Sunday morning. Then Bob will drive to the airport and fly home.

This morning we went to Fredi and Prenda’s daughter Adonna’s violin recital. She’s five but there were kids of all ages it was nice. It was however very, very cold in the theater. There is no heat at all and I felt so bad for the kids, can you imagine playing the violin with freezing cold fingers! Most of the kids didn’t even take their coats off. My feet where so cold standing on the tile floor that I couldn't even feel them. After the recital we went to lunch and are now home warming up! Mariada is studying for an English test on Monday, but she is now finished with school here in Albania. We have a very busy week next week filled with good-bye parties and visit’s to the other orphanage’s she has lived in. Hopefully the rain will lighten up since we will no longer have a car!

The latest word on Dad is that he remains stable and even awake at times. We are so thankful for this; we continue to pray that Mariada will be able to meet her Grandfather when we get home next month.

I will not have access to the Internet until Sunday, but hope to have some great pictures of the mountains to share! Have a wonderful weekend!


Twinkle, Twinkle little star.