summer camp - august 2005

In August Bledi (works at the Stephen Center, I teach him English, hopefully you remember who he is...) and I cruised down south to join our Tirane church for their youth summer camp. It was Bledi's first time leaving the Tirane region more or less. So brilliant it was to see his reaction to seeing and enjoying a part of his country he had never seen before. Bledi and I spent about 6 days at the 10-day camp. The day after we returned back to Tirane from camp, Bledi told me the entire trip was like a dream for him. I was really stoked to enjoy this experience with him and see him so happy. Bledi has recently made the decision to put his faith in Jesus Christ. This camp was not only lots of fun, but a time that Bledi was introduced to guys his age who also have decided to live their lives for Jesus Christ.

Here are some pics from camp....enjoy!

this is me and some of the boys from our tirane church. good times and laughs are always had.


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myself, bledi and andi with the other kids from camp on a fishing boat heading to a nearby beach which is home of one of the most beautiful canyons in Albania (in my opinion).


the boat


redi, arti, sean


the canyon - gjipe, albania


bledi and i in the canyon. every time we travel to the canyon in gjipe we make the adventure of climbing up through the canyon.

On our way back from camp, Bledi and I along with two other friends stopped in the outskirts of the city of vlore. We swam at the private beach of the villa of former dictator Enver Hoxha.

bledi with the city of vlore in the background


bledi and i


bledi


bledi, noel, drini and i