new year's dinner with the baraku family in korce

For both Christmas and New Year, I was blessed to be able to be with the Baraku family and our church in the city of Korce. In this picture from the front moving clockwise are: Mariela (mom), Tani (son), Mondi (brother of Efti), Sean (me), Kristiana (daughter) and Efti (Tani's fiancee). For the past several months I have been travelling almost every weekend to help pastor their church. I always love being with the Baraku family so it was a very enjoyable time for me but also a challenging time as I was stretched to do something (preach) that I haven't much experience in. I believe we were all blessed through the time we spent together.

Currently another American missionary is helping pastor the Korce church and will be serving there for the next few months. In the meantime I am back here at the Stephen Center in Tirane.