Update #1-We have arrived!

Mirё mёnges tё githё! (meer munjess tuh jeeth) Good morning everyone!

We arrived safe and sound! The entire trip was about 24 hours total landing us in Tirane 11pm last night our time.

Here we are waiting for our flight out from LAX


Here we are having landed in Tirane. By then we had gotten loopy (pillow fight on the plane-Larry!) and were clearly entertaining the guy on the left :o)

Erica taking one of her famous head shots :o)

As well as ALL OUR LUGGAGE!!! This is a first time EVER in the last 6 years of this retreat that we have gotten ALL of our luggage right when we arrive. Thank you all who were praying about that!
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Here is Donna sorting through one of our 20 bags of stuff for the retreat.


Brandon and Larry packaging Jerky for the men’s gift bags

Here I am showing off our cool name tags! Thanks CC Murrieta for donating some great decorations!

We were happy to see Cindy and some other friends once we arrived. Everything is going well. The hotel has been very accommodating…Praise the Lord!

We got together this morning for communion, prayer and worship to start our retreat.

Audry and Cindy-Sweet Sisters Serving together!

We are blessed to have Mire and Iola with us this year. They shared a lot with us today about the history and current status of their country. We hope to post some of that info for y’all soon.

Thank you again for all your prayers!
Zoti ju Bekoftё! (zotee you beecoft) God bless you!
Albania Team

Praise reports

• Luggage!!!





• The Hotel is being great!





• Joy and unity within the team

Prayer requests

• Tomorrow morning is our
  busy set up morning and the missionaries arrive that afternoon





• Rest, strength-yuk jet lag!





• Safety as the missionaries travel to get
  here





• continued unity in the team





• For the Lord to bless the start of the
  retreat





• A wedding that will be happing here tomorrow night (missionaries
  first night-can be loud and late into the night)