Friday 28 May 2010

Baby tortoise


Here is a picture of the baby tortoise that has been found where we are living.

28/5 9pm Martha

Final English school


After lunch at Berti’s house we paid our final visit to his English school in Rahovec. Eddie set to work on an article he is writing for ‘Reform’ magazine and the rest of the family helped with one to one teaching followed by educational games. We then went shopping and had a quiet night in. Tomorrow we are heading north to the mountains at Rugova

28/5 3pm Eddie

A bit of gardening







We visited the home of a widow and we dug over a small patch of earth in front of her house and planted some small plants. We hope that that she will enjoy them. It is not a big thing but sometimes little things can be important.

28/5 12noon Eddie

Evening meeting and meal

We went to a meeting at Eternity church where Eddie gave a short message and then we went out for a meal with Astrit, Emily and Hannah. Late start tomorrow morning so we get a welcome extra hour in bed.
27/5 10pm Eddie

The Fort at Prizren







We travelled back down the mountain to the town of Prizren which is the second largest town in Kosova and has much Ottoman architecture and history. The temperature has soared to 31/32 c. We climbed the steep hill to the fortress where the view was amazing. Ice creams were required when we arrived back at the bottom
27/5 4pm Eddie

Visit to school in mountains











High up in the mountains near Dragash we visited a small school where we chatted with the teachers and met the children. This area has its own type of language based on Serbian/Slavic rather than Albanian – this uses Cyrillic. In this area this is a different perspective on the war. Eddie and the boys played table tennis with the children and a teacher. We had lunch in the playground and a teacher gave us tennis equipment to play with. This village is very remote near the Albanian border and quite different to what we have experienced up to now. We gave the head teacher a bag of stationery and the letters and pictures from Orchard Schools

27/5 Eddie 1pm

Trip to the mountains to the Goran region




We made an early start and headed south via Prizren up to the mountains to the Goran. Initially the mountain roads were quite steep and scary but after a while we came to fields and rolling woodlands high up in the mountains – quite spectacular to look at.
27/5 12noon Eddie

Followers

Programme

Wednesday 19th May Fly from London Gatwick at 12.10 Arrive Pristina at 16.15 Local time Journey to Gjakove to settle in to the Smile centre.



Thursday 20th May

Visit to local widow’s family supported by Smile. Child has serious heart condition and visit is with another medical agency.

Visit to Herrec - run a children’s club afternoon Evening meeting at Eternity Church.



Friday 21st May

Visit to Widows Home Visit to meet Pastor Jeton at his Language School



Travel to Rahovec, to help with Smile’s English language course.




Saturday 22nd May

Assist with the Children’s club at Eternity Church in Gjakove.

Lead children’s club at village of Krushe Madhe. Lead Youth group at village of Krushe Madhe.

Visit graves at village of Krushe Madhe.



Sunday 23rd May


Worship at Eternity Church.

Visit to Chambrat War Graves

Walk up to Qabrat Hill



Monday 24th May


Visit to Roma Colony

Free time at the Smile Centre

Travel to Rugova to help the Girl’s Brigade Company



Tuesday 25th May

Distribution of aid to widows and a visit to Mulliq Dobrosh etc



Wednesday 26th May

Visit to Ferdone War Museum in Gjakove.

Visit to Meja War graves and distribute aid.

Help with the Girl’s Brigade at eternity Church. Interview on Radio Pandora



Thursday 27th May

Visit to schools in the Goran region.

Visit to the Fort in Perzeren.



Friday 28th May


Practical work on a widow’s home - probably gardening.
English class at Rahovec



Saturday 29th May

Visit to the mountains and Rugova.



Sunday 30th May

Eddie to preach and Martha to perform at local church

Free afternoon.



Monday 31st May

Smile filmed interview regarding our time in Kosova. Free afternoon in Gjakove.

Help with Girls Brigade in Rugova.



Tuesday 1st June

Visit to Krallan School to help with the teaching. Visit to Lake Radoniqi on the way back.



Wednesday 2nd June

9am – Leave the Smile Centre to Pristina.

Depart for Airport 5pm –

Fly back to the UK arriving back 19.05

Sleep!!!



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About Us

Eddie is the Minister of Cornerstone Church (URC) in Hythe, Hampshire. Alison is a nurse at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton. Martha is 13 and a pupil at Noadswood School. Jake is 10 and a pupil at Orchard Junior School. Sam is 7 and a pupil at Orchard Infant School.