FLORINA, PRESPA, BISHOP AND PEACE CORPS.

16TH. MAY 2011 FLORINA, PRESPA, BISHOP AND PEACE CORPS.
On Thursday, we had a very good day. We spent the morning in Florina, our nearest city, in Greece. It's a tourist area in the mountains, hosting mainly, Germans. All speak a little English. In the afternoon, we returned by Prespa, a lake of beauty and great scenery. It is shared by three countries - Greece, Macedonia and Albania. As we went by the Greek road, we had to return the same way - no round trip!

A telephone call on Friday evening told us that our Bishop would come to Pogradec on Saturday and here for Mass yesterday. We invited him to eat with us. He was very pleased with Mirjam and Amira's grasp of Shqip, when he visited them while they worked with the children, 10.00a.m.-5.00p.m. on Saturday.

Today, I was at the Polyclinic twice, with Ola, our neighbour and her 10 month old son, Thanassi. Our second visit was for an injection. Ola disappeared and I was left with the baby to "face the music"! Thank God, all went well.

As I write, there was a telephone call from the Peace Corp. who are visiting Korce. They brought clothing that Lalini may use for the Roma families.

I now go to view an apartment for a woman who is out of house because of domestic violence.

This is a day that hopefully will finish in time for Church at 5.30p.m. All the very best for the week!