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Matt 28:18-20
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to
me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
NIV
John 20:10-16
10 Then the disciples went back to their homes, 11 but Mary stood outside
the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and
saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus' body had been, one at the
head and the other at the foot.
13 They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?"
"They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they
have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there,
but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him
away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary."
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means
Teacher).
NIV
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Kevin and Allison Morrill
have moved to Korca. |
The church in Korca began in the summer of
1993
When a couple came to Korca and baptized three people who had studied WEI
lessons. In 1994 James and Barbara Jones, of Nashville, TN., came to Korca
and stayed about three months before returning to the USA. They returned
after a short period. During 1994 and 1995 an unknown number of others
were baptized. Their names are unknown. James and Barbara left Korca in
Dec. '95. In Sept. 1995 Bill and
Nancy came to Korca and have lived there since. In June and July
of 1996, three girls were baptized of which two are now out of Albania.
The third, Bruna, is still active with the church. She has helped Nancy
with the children's classes. Bruna says a school to teach the Bible needs
to be started. To do that we would need more money and more teachers, but
it is a good idea. Bill and Nancy stayed in Korca during all the trouble
of 1997, and because they stayed many people called the Saltsman heroes. This has also helped in their teaching. Roger Michael has worked
with Bill in Korca. Roger has worked in Eastern Europe for several years.
He was in Korca in the summer of 1995. His home is in the Nashville area.
The Morrills now have a baby, MIchael. |
Jan 2010
Feb 2010
Mar 2010
Apr - Jly 2010
To view
photos of the church in Korca.
Korca Archive |
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Mission contact:
Kevin and Allison Morrill
Kutia Postare Nr. 11
Korca, Albania, Europe
Our email: morrills@fastmail.us
Website:
www.churchesofchrist.org/gallery.html
Sponsoring Congregation:
Maryville Church of Christ
611 Sherwood Dr.
P.O. Box 5293
Maryville, TN 37802-5293
Tom England (Chair Missions Committee)
Email: tpengland@comcast.net
Phone: 865-856-0731
Website:
http://www.korcachurchesofchrist.com/myalbum.html
On the road between Korca and Tirana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OvawBnUMBA
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Newsletter January 2010
After the holidays with visits and visiting, life returned to normal. We started
teaching our students again and were happily surprised how easy the transition
was from holiday schedule to normal teaching schedule. In past years it has
taken weeks to get our students back in the routine, but this
year it was a smooth transition.
We did not have much winter weather in December and early January but we are
making up for it in late January and February. We have had lot of heavy snow,
ice and cool temperatures.
We are happy to report that Roger Michael has joined us again. Roger arrived on
February 5. He is such an asset to our work and we are always so happy when he
comes. Roger works with us about 6 months out of the year.
A Really Cold Sunday:
January 25 was one of the best Sundays we can remember. It was the coldest day
of the winter so far and we felt that attendance may be down. Then an amazing
thing happened. We had the best attendance in months from the children’s class
to morning and evening worship services. It seems that in Korca the worse the
weather the better the attendance because Korcars are hearty people who don’t
mind the cold, snow, ice, etc. Worshiping with the body on a cold day when
everyone has come sacrificially is such an encouragement. We could see our
breath as we sang even though the wood stove had been working for hours.
Our God is one:
One of the hardest concepts for us to combat is the idea, which is widely
circulated here, “Our God is One.” This means that it does not matter whether a
person is a Muslim or a Christian we will both be saved. The differences between
our religions are not very important. We all have the same God.
Allison heard a 10 year old girl in kid’s class say it when she was explaining
why her Muslim family goes to the Orthodox cathedral on Christmas Day. We also
hear it from our Muslim students when we explain to them that Jesus is the way
to salvation. Albanians pride themselves in religious tolerance.
There are many who will celebrate the Muslim holidays at their Muslim friends'
homes and invite their Muslim friends over for Christian holidays.
Unfortunately, by doing this many people loose the point of the holidays and
water down their religion. We pray that we can share, in a loving way, that
there is just one road to life and happiness and that is through Jesus not
Allah or anyone else.
Campaign:
We are really excited about campaign this year. We have three people who have
expressed an interest in the summer campaign, but would love to have more. If
you would like to know more about our summer campaign we would be happy to share
information with you. We would like to have people working
with us from late June until late August.
Also, if you are very busy during the summer and would like to come for a time
in another part of the year, we would love to have you. Please reply to this
e-mail and we will get back to you regarding summer campaign or another visit.
Everyone who comes to work with us is such an encouragement to the church
and our students. The church members still talk about visitors we had years ago.
Prayer requests:
Ola: Please continue to pray for Ola. Her attendance has improved, but it is
still a struggle for her to juggle everything.
Male Members: Sotiraq - is a 15 year old boy, who is very active in church
activities, and has been attending since summer break. He has talked about
baptism, but has not taken that step yet. We pray that more males will attend
and become members of the body. We have a great core group of women, but
would love to train some male leaders in the future.
Support:
We ask that you prayerfully consider supporting this work. We will be loosing
some support in 2010 and will need to replace it. If you cannot support us
financially we ask that you make a commitment to pray for the work in Korca. If
you would like more information about our financial need or would like prayer
requests more often than once a month, please reply to this email and we can
share that information with you.
Michael Update:
Michael now has 5 teeth and is 7 months old as of February 9. He is a joy. He
may be a preacher one day because he likes to make some noise in church, and
loves the singing. He hasn’t spoken any words yet so we don’t know if his first
word will be in English or Albanian. We figure it will be English, because that
is the language we speak at home. He is getting mobile so we bought a rug for
him to crawl on in our living room/ kitchen. He can crawl backwards, move
forward and can get around pretty fast.
In Christ,
Kevin and Allison Morrill
morrills@fastmail.us |
February Newsletter 2010
Prayer Request:
This Sunday, March 7, the church in Korca will be celebrating Women’s Day,
usually celebrated on March 8. This is the Albanian equivalent of American
Mother’s Day. It is a holiday that not only celebrates mothers, but all women.
We will be inviting the mothers of many of our students as well as older female
students, and we pray for wisdom to have the appropriate words to say to them.
We have decided to expand our women’s bible class to invite these ladies as
well. Please pray for this outreach opportunity.
Reading Plan:
We started a church wide reading plan in January and are really happy with the
results so far. It has been nice to be reading together as a body. The plan is
to read the Old Testament once and New Testament twice in a one year period.
Kevin organized the plan so that the books that we have just covered will be
read last. Kevin’s Sunday night lessons have been based on the New Testament
reading for that day. It has been a blessing to have so many people
participating; Bruna is even creating a list of her favorite scriptures from the
reading.
Pizza Potluck:
On Sunday February 21 we had a pizza potluck. Allison made the
dough and everyone else brought toppings. It was entertaining,
as many of the girls who helped did not know how to cook so it
was fun for them. Even the guys volunteered to assist. It is
not common for Albanian males to cook outside a restaurant
setting. It was a nice time to work together for a common
goal.
Sotiraq and Nasian:
While we have talked about Sotiraq and Nasian before we want you to continue to
think about and pray for these two brothers. Sotiraq never misses a meeting,
whereas Nasian attends sometimes. Sotiraq expressed an interest in baptism, but
is still learning. He is studying with Kevin. Nasian is also studying with Roger
and Kevin and comes to worship sometimes, but he never really expressed much
interest. He came the day of the potluck and was touched by Kevin’s morning
lesson. He told Roger that he realized that life was not all about him. He
needed to serve God. This was a big step for someone who had just been coming to
improve his English. He had always talked about Sotiraq’s desire to be baptized,
but on that Sunday he said that he feels he should be thinking about it too.
Please pray that these brothers will first understand the commitment of becoming
a Christian, and then desire to take Christ on in baptism. Nasian is a senior in
high school, so soon he will be very busy with preparation for end of school
exams. We pray also that school does not get in the way.
Financial Difficulties in Albania:
We ask that you keep the Albanian people in your prayers. The prices of some
common vegetables have doubled in this past month. It is difficult for many
families to deal with these prices, since a majority of Albanian cooking centers
on these vegetables (leeks, onions, tomatoes, peppers etc.).
There have been several strikes this month in Greece which have closed the
border with Albania to anything but foot traffic. This means that commerce
between the two countries has been affected. Many people in Korca are employed
by sewing factories as seamstresses, and general laborers. Most of the sewing
factories are Greek owned. With the boarder closed the raw materials cannot pass
over, and as a result the seamstresses do not have work and are not paid. The
problem is that a one day strike may cause a 3 day delay at the boarder.
Another hardship facing Korca and the rest of Albania is the flooding that has
occurred in much of the countries farmland. Many of the farmers had planted
their fields prior to the flooding, so they have lost their seed as well.
February has also seen an increase in the cost of electricity. People have been
worried about this since December. In such hard economic times, we pray that the
citizens of Korca and the surrounding villages will depend on God and not simply
become discouraged.
Thanks and Campaign:
We appreciate your continued prayers and support. If you are interested in
joining us here in Korca for campaign please let us know. We have one confirmed
campaigner, and another group that will be with us for about a week, we would
love to have others coming to encourage the church throughout this year. Please
prayerfully consider joining us in the work here.
In Christ,
Kevin and Allison Morrill
morrills@fastmail.us |
March 2010
March was a month of mixed emotions. The weather was still very wintery with a
few snow storms at the beginning of the month, but with the days getting longer
it has made a lot of things easier. Students were more willing to stay a
little later and were not so worried about rushing home. This month we were able
to celebrate ladies day with a wonderful group of women, but we also lost a dear
friend, our Albanian teacher Mira.
March 8 celebration (written by Allison):
On March 7th, we celebrated March 8th which is International Women’s Day
and in Albania Mother’s Day. There were 26 in attendance, included in the
group were: church members, students and their mothers. Diana spoke about the
interconnectedness of women in the bible that all women seem to deal with the
same problems, no matter when and where they lived. March 8 is the second
anniversary of her baptism and we are so proud of her spiritual growth in the
past 2 years. We also had a time for songs, games, finger foods, and some
Albanian traditional dancing. All of our guests had a good time. It was amazing
that during Diana’s lesson everyone was concentrating so hard and it got so
quiet she stopped to see if everyone was ok. To get 26 women to be quiet at the
same time is pretty amazing, which shows that Diana’s lesson was really
interesting.
After the party, 10 women stayed for evening worship. The following Sunday, one
of the ladies came for morning worship. We hope that this event has opened some
doors to help these women to attend.
Our Albanian teacher Mira passed away:
On March 6th Allison visited Mira, our former Albanian teacher in the hospital.
She had had some problems with her pancreas while we were in the States this
summer and she had surgery. We thought she was doing better, but the problems
spread to her liver. Mira passed away on March 23rd. We made a home visit the
next day. Mira was very special to us, and we hope we can do everything we can
for the family. Mira’s husband Sulka is a very sweet man and wanted to continue
a relationship with us. He has a grandchild who is 6 months younger than
Michael. Mira was a great woman. She was honest, so honest that many students
would not take her university class because she would not take a bribe. She was
the director of schools and did not ask for bribes, she was living in a rented
home when she died. Unfortunately, she, like a lot of Albanians her age, would
read the children’s bible we gave her to her granddaughter, but she was not
interested in having a personal faith. Her death brought to light how many
people we meet on a daily basis that may not be here tomorrow.
Summer Campaign:
We ask that you prayerfully consider summer campaign in Korca. We still have
only one confirmed campaigner. We asked the church members how helpful summer
campaigns were for them, and they said that they were very encouraging not only
because they bring new people into the church but because they encourage the
Christians here to keep “fighting the good fight.”
March 6 Camp Meeting:
On March 6th Kevin traveled to Tirana for a preachers and missionaries meeting
with a specific focus on camp. The camp will be held this year in Borsh on the
Ionian coast. We plan to send some youth from the church.
Philippians Study:
On March 13th Allison and a group of three other ladies finished a 6 month study
on Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi. This was a great study and very
interesting because Philippi is only about 5 hours from here. The ladies learned
about exegesis, finding the meaning from the text then applying it to their
lives when possible. Allison was really impressed by how much the ladies were
able to glean from the text. Diana is going to continue to study, but the other
girls have to take a break to study for end of the year exams in school.
Michael is on YouTube:
Allison’s sister sent us a Flip camcorder. We started a YouTube channel so that
our family could keep up with Michael’s growth. If you would like to see some
videos of Michael go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/morrills3
We are definitely beginners in using the camera and posting.
For pictures for March go to:
http://www.korcachurchesofchrist.com/2010/index.htmIf you would like
copies of any pictures, please just send us an email and let us know which ones.
We’ll be more than happy to send them to you. Hope you enjoy them.
Prayer Requests:
Please pray that we can be a light to Mira’s family.
We pray for Albanian male leadership in the church and specifically and Albanian
preacher. Kevin still has the responsibility of doing preaching, song leading,
Lord’s Supper, prayers etc. because he is the only baptized male attending the
morning (when Roger is not here).
Lastly, please pray for the church to grow, there are many larger churches in
Korca, most of which give people money through programs, gifts, jobs etc. We
cannot compete with them and do not what to reach people in this way, but it is
a struggle because we can get great numbers like 85 people when we give away
pizza, but then about 10 when we have worship. Please pray that we do not get
discouraged and can find people who are looking for God not material
possessions.
In Christ,
Kevin and Allison Morrill
Mailing Address:
Kutia Postare 11
Korca, Albania Europe
Our e-mail: morrills@fastmail.us
Our Sponsoring Congregation:
Maryville Church of Christ
611 Sherwood Dr.
P.O Box 5293
Maryville, TN 37802-5293
Tom England (Chair Missions Committee)
e-mail: tpengland@comcast.net
phone: 865-856-0731
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April - July 2010 The past few months have
been both very amazing and very hard. We experienced great spiritual highs and
also family hardship. Our intention all along had been to send out a monthly
newsletter and this is our future hope as well. Unfortunately, during the past
couple of months life got in the way of correspondence. We apologize for our
long silence and for the length of this newsletter as it includes events of the
past three months May-July. During the past three months we welcomed 2 new
sisters and 2 brothers into Christ. We ask you to set aside a few minutes to
read this newsletter. God has been blessing our work and we covet your
prayers.
May
May 1 Youth Day:
Kevin took a group of six to the annual youth day in Tirana. Bledi Valca was the
speaker. The group enjoyed a time of fellowship with Christians from around the
country. We will be excited to see many of these same Christians in Korca this
September as we host the annual bible bowl.
May 2 Visit with Cimi and Anila:
We traveled to Durres after Sunday morning services to prepare for picking Roger
Michael up from the airport. We spent the night with Cimi and Anila Kafegiu and
enjoyed a time of fellowship. Because we worked in Durres a few years ago we
love to hear what is going on with the body there. We got to visit with them
shortly before Cimi traveled to the US to receive his master’s degree from
Harding Graduate School.
Cooking:
Allison had two opportunities to bake in the homes of different ladies this
month. She loves to bake and her chocolate cake is always well received. We hope
that the time of fellowship will create stronger relationships with these
ladies.
Sunday Mornings/ Attendance:
Kevin has been studying through the Old Testament on Sunday mornings. We are
currently in the Minor Prophets and will be finishing the Old Testament in
August. This has been a helpful study for the church because most who are
attending are new Christians or those who are searching. It is also easier for
Kevin to teach text based instead of topical lessons when he is preaching in
Albanian. We were averaging about 9 on Sunday mornings and about the same on
Sunday evenings in May. Our attendance increased to about 14 on Sunday mornings
in June and July. Four of us come to both services. The Sunday evening service,
which is actually at 4 in the afternoon, is a lot more popular as the days get
longer and the weather gets warmer.
June
Lee and Eric’s visit:
On June 15-16 we were blessed to have Lee Allen and Eric Qirjaqi visit. Lee is
from our sponsoring congregation in Maryville, Tennessee. He is such an
encouragement. It was also so nice to see Eric and spend some time with him.
Eric, a long time member of the church in Tirana, is a very busy man with a
real heart for God. On June 15, Lee and Eric had pizza with the members of
the church. The following day Lee walked to the cross with us. This is a two
hour walk up hill. It is a little difficult, but the pay off is an amazing
bird's eye view of Korca and fellowship time. Bruna and Eva Bala came with us
and Lee and Eva had some time to talk. Lee and Eva had studied a couple of years
ago and had remained in contact ever since.
Eva’s Baptism:
Eva Bala has been teaching for us for a couple of years now. She has a close
relationship with Roger and has been studying with him for a long time. She also
studied with many others. She had expressed an interest in baptism, but has
some family members who are heavily involved in the local mosque and didn’t want
to cause trouble for her parents. She was baptized in Macedonia in Lake Ohrid an
hour and a half from Korca. She is not making the information public to all of
Korca because of her family situation. Eva has told her parents, church members,
and many others. We hope that over time she will choose to make her faith more
public. (For this reason, Eva did not want to have her pictures posted on the
web so we have attached them to this newsletter)
Michael got sick:
We had to make an unplanned trip to Tirana in June. Michael had a bad cough and
was having trouble breathing, so we decided it was best to take him to the
doctor. We found out that he had croup and with some medicine was feeling better
immediately. We feel very blessed to have a vehicle and to have contact with a
doctors office where we can speak in English. The doctors know both languages
which really helps because our medical vocabulary in Albanian is still lacking.
We also paid a small fee and now have the ability to speak with the doctor
around the clock if we have questions. This was Michael’s first real illness so
it was scary for first time parents.
Vacation bible school:
We welcomed a group from Tennessee and Greece to help us with our VBS this year.
The group from the US was led by Gary Hall, a member at the Crieve Hall
congregation, in Nashville, TN, and a math professor at Lipscome University.
Also included in the group were: Lori Burns, Rhiannon Brazzell and Hope Dean.
The group from Greece included Beni Leka and his wife Sonila; Beni preaches for
the church in Athens, and he is an Albanian from Korca. Dino Tzanetos, a
preacher for the church in Athens also came to help. Dino has been involved with
the work in Albania for a long time. We were very blessed to have such a great
crew to help us with the VBS. From the church in Korca we had about 7
volunteers: Eva Bala, Diana Zhuleku, Sotiraq Mosku, Eva Karamani, Ola Senija,
Nasian Mosku and Bruna Coti.
We had about 20 children per day at the VBS. This was a great number because
another church was doing a soccer camp at the same time. The group from the US
taught Monday through Wednesday and then the Albanian group took over for
Thursday and Friday. The kids seemed really pleased and we hope to do a similar
program next year.
On the Friday night of the VBS, we had a presentation for the parents of the
students. The kids preformed songs and skits they had learned, and we projected
a film on the wall of the school and gave out certificates of participation. We
were happy to meet the parents of the children. Diana and Allison had been
teaching some of these children for over a year for Sunday morning kids class
and had never met their parents.
We truly believe that the greatest benefit of the VBS this year was the
encouragement of having the church working together for a common goal: to share
God’s word and God's love with these kids.
Rosa and Edi:
We were brought to tears on Sunday, June 27th. We were taking our seats for
worship when Rosa, Edi and Rosa’s sister Bardha all walked in for worship. This
was the first time they had attended in over three years. They had not attended
since the death of Rosa’s daughter Mira, a member of the church here. Rosa was
physically shaking but was happy to be there. It was Edi’s birthday and Allison
had made a cake. It worked out great that we had already planned a fellowship
meal because of our guests from America. It made a good birthday meal too. We
had been encouraging Rosa and Edi to attend for years now, and it was amazing
they came. Rosa has attended for three Sundays now and Edi two. God is so good.
July
July has been a roller coaster of emotions already. On July 7th, we were waiting
for our friend Matt Almquist to arrive from the US when his plane was delayed 8
hours. We had plugged in our Magic Jack to talk with him. While it was plugged
in, Allison’s mom called to tell her that her father was found dead at the
bottom of a flight of stairs the day before. Although we do not yet know the
cause of his death, he had been suffering with alcoholism for a long time and we
believe that his death is related to this. This news is still fresh for us.
Allison has good and bad days. We do not plan to make a special trip to the US
at this time.
It was a rough week because Michael's first birthday was July 9th. We celebrated
it with a group of friends. On the 10th was the national ladies day which took
place in Elbasan. We are taking everything day to day and counting our
blessings. The death of Allison’s father at 62 years old helped us remember that
we are here for a purpose and that we never know how long we will have to share
the gospel with someone before it is too late.
National Ladies Day:
Allison took a group of 8 women and Michael to the national ladies day in
Elbasan Saturday July 10th. The women had a great time and enjoyed the
fellowship.
Visit of Ervin Leka:
Also on July 10th Ervin Leka, a student from the International Bible Institute
of Albania (a Sunset branch), came to Korca and stayed with us. He preached on
Sunday morning and afternoon. It was so nice for the Albanians to hear lessons
from native preachers three Sundays in a row (Beni Leka had preached for the
church on June 27 and July 4). Our constant prayer is to find an Albanian who
will work as a full-time preacher for the church here.
World Cup:
We hosted a World Cup party at our home on July 10th. We projected the game on
our wall. It was fun to have so many people together. Ervin Leka was still in
Korca so he had some more fellowship time with the Christians here.
Matt’s Visit:
Matt Almquist, a friend of ours from college is visiting us for a month. He is
helping with students and activities. It is always so encouraging to have people
come to visit. It gives us energy and new ideas. We welcome visitors year round.
They are such a benefit to the body here. Please consider coming to
work with us.
Two New Brothers and a New Sister:
On Monday July 19th we welcomed 3 new souls into the church. We took a van and
our vehicle to Lake Ohrid. Allison and I had found a hotel that let us rent
beach chairs for the day. We started the day with a devotional and then Teodora
Kuka, and brothers Nasian and Sotiraq Mosku took on the Lord in baptism. All
three cousins had studied during summer campaign last year. Then Teodora became
Allison’s student and Nasian and Sotiraq Kevin’s students. Nasian is just
finishing high school and plans to go to school in Tirana to study medicine.
Teodora is going into her third year of college in Korca and Sotiraq is going
into 9th grade. We were excited to have Nasian and Sotiraq’s mom and Teodora’s
mom with us to witness their baptisms.
To watch the video of the baptisms go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxMSX9lbEBE
Sunday Morning:
The three were baptized on Monday the 19th and on Sunday the 25th Kevin
encouraged Nasian and Sotiraq to participate in worship. During the morning
service Sotiraq shared the message for the Lord’s Supper and Nasian gave the
closing prayer. In the evening Sotiraq led singing. They were both very
enthusiastic about helping and it is a huge answer to prayer. We will miss
Naisan when he goes to school, but we want to get him as involved as we can
before he goes. It is very hard to remain faithful about attending worship
during medical school. We have seen many faithful Christians fall away because
of
being too busy.
The Flu:
Our eventful July ended with everyone catching the flu, first Allison, the
Michael and Kevin. Our home has been a sick ward for the past week with lots
and lots of loads of laundry and hydration salts. Michael is still sick. Allison
talked with the doctor and she said that this is a really common illness right
now and should last about 5 days.
Prayer Requests:
First, thank you so much for your prayers. Thank you for including Eva Bala,
Teodora, Nasian, and Sotiraq in your prayers. What a blessing to have two male
members and to have Eva and Teodora as sisters in Christ. Please pray that
Nasian and Sotiraq can grow as men of God. Also, that Eva will become more bold
in her faith. Pray that Teodora will continue to be involved in the church even
during the school year.
Henri and Family: Thank you for praying for our connecting with former members.
On Monday June 6 we had a coffee with Henri (pronounced Henry), a man in
his late 20’s who became a Christian in his teens. Since he is our age we hope
that we can encourage him to come back to the body. Also at the coffee was
Henry’s friend, Flori (pronounced floory), who we found out is our neighbor. He
seemed interested in getting to know Kevin better. We hope that opportunities
like these can get “older” men into the body. Also, Henri is married and has a
delightful and very talkative 3 and a half year old. We had dinner with Henri,
his wife, and son on Monday June 14 then went out to coffee and we hope to make
this common place. Frankli (pronounced frank-lee) their son seemed to get along
well with Michael. Unfortunately, Michael got croup, and we had to go to the
doctor in Tirana the night before we were supposed to go to their home to have
dinner. We had hoped to come back from Tirana in time to eat with them. The
accelerator went our in our car on the way home from Tirana. Our car broke down
in Elbasan and we were 4 hours late getting home (our car was towed and we took
public transportation home). We called to cancel when our vehicle broke down,
but Henri’s wife had already cooked the meal. We are afraid we offended them.
Please pray that we can mend this new relationship and help it to grow.
Pictures:
To see pictures from the past three months go to:
http://korcachurchesofchrist.com/photos.htm
Thank you again for reading our newsletter. Your partnership in our work is
so important to us as witnessed by the specific answers to prayer of male
members and church growth. May God bless you this month.
In Christ,
Kevin and Allison Morrill
Mailing Address:
Kutia Postare 11
Korca, Albania Europe
Our e-mail: morrills@fastmail.us
Our Sponsoring Congregation:
Maryville Church of Christ
611 Sherwood Dr.
P.O Box 5293
Maryville, TN 37802-5293
Tom England (Chair Missions Committee)
e-mail: tpengland@comcast.net
phone: (865)856-0731
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