Our Furlough House

God so graciously provided the money for this house in beautiful, historic Charles Town, WV. It has been a big blessing to us as it is conveniently located just 45 minutes from Washington's Dulles Airport as well as a number of our supporting churches.

GRADUATION!

2010 Tirana Christian High School - Graduation...Congradulations Ben!

TCHS Drama Performance – “Ransom of Red Chief”

Debby receiving flowers for her part as Director of the play

Heather in action – playing the part of Abagail

Ben in action - playing the part of Sam

Christmas in Albania 2009

We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with friends and family. This year we treated ourselves to a family Christmas gift adding a new member to the Drust family, a Shitzu puppy! She is a joy to have!

We are also blessed with the opening of Albania's first truly western mall "City Park Mall" opened just a few weeks ago just in time for Christmas.

THANKSGIVING 2009

This year was a bit unusual in that we didn't actually celebrate Thanksgiving on "Thanksgiving Day". Our ministry partners were all down with the flu and in our household Mikayla had come down with the flu as well. In addition, we had a major breakdown with the water system at the camp up in Priske which required my attention which took up most of the day anyway. Needless to say we postponed our festivities for the following Friday.

Well, even though we were a week late we all had a wonderful day. The food was wonderful, both Debby and Angie out did themselves. After dinner and desert, we enjoyed games and a Christmas movie. We ended this blessed event with a thankful heart for all God has done for our family this year.

SUMMER FUN! Traveling to Saranda

After several busy months of ministry work, visits and camps we decided that it was time for a few days of family R&R. So we headed off to the southern port city of Saranda, Albania. It takes about 6-7 hours through some very challenging roads to get down there, but what an awesome ride with some great beauty along the way. We made several stops: the first stop was in the city of Tepelene. Tepelene is famous for their natural spring water. Then we had the opportunity to stop for a few minutes in Gjirokaster, Albania where there is a large castle that sits up on the hill overlooking the city.

SUMMER FUN! Saranda, Albania

Water front - Saranda, Albania

Beautiful blue & clear water of Saranda

My three favorite ladies - Paradise resturant

Saranda skyline