Blogs from North, Albania, Europe - page 4

Noc w Kruji okazala sie troche bardziej burzliwa, niz sie poczatkowo spodziewalismy. Samo odbywajace sie w naszym hotelu wesele nie byloby problemem, ale niestety do pokoju nad nami zwalili sie co bardziej pijani goscie, ktorzy od 3.30, gdy zakonczono harce, do 6 rano, gdy w koncu zmozyl ich sen, tupali, krzyczeli i robili absolutnie wszystko, zeby uniemozliwic nam spanie i pobudke przewidziana na 6.30. Na sniadanie dostalismy kawe inke, ktora nie pomogla pozbyc sie objawow niedospania, plaster masla, plaster sera i niewiarygodnie slodki dzem. I chleb. Nienajedzeni i nieobudzeni, szukalismy swiezego burka, ale nigdzie w poblizu nie bylo, a na poszukiwania nie moglismy pezeznaczyc za duzo czasu, bo musielismy przejechac na polnoc w kierunku Szkoder, potem na zachod w kierunku Kerres - wszystko pozornie elegancka czerwona droga - regional road, ale przeciez tu z drogami nigdy ... read more

Teddy The Albanian Puppy We Rescued - Update Teddy will be coming out of quarantine on Saturday 4th July 2009 'Teddy Independence Day'. Teddy will have an absolutely fantastic life. Everything will be a new experience for him. When we found and rescued him at 10 weeks old he was in a dreadful condition, in fact nearly dead. He has now almost finished his 6 months in quarantine, just 2 more weeks to go! He has been happy throughout as he has known no difference. It will be an amazing experience for Teddy to have freedom and to go on his first walk on the day he comes out. He is a totally oposite dog to how we found him. He is no longer the frightened, starved, ill little pup that we rescued. He is now ... read more

Just Look At Teddy Now!!!! Teddy the puppy, my friend Jilly and I recued from a slum in Albania, has recovered well in quarantine. He is now about 5 months old and is fit and healthy. He has grown tremendously and is now free of sarcoptic mange and his fur has fully grown back. For Teddy quarantine is like staying in a 5 star luxury hotel in comparison to the slum in Albania where we found him living in appauling conditions, starved and near death. He is now the lively, playful puppy that he should be. Teddy has frequent visitors and none stop treats. The kennal staff love Teddy as he is very a very sweet and loving puppy. He is particularly special to them beacuse they have seen the dreadful state that he was in ... read more

At the end of December 2008 just after Christmas my friend Jilly and I drove 4000 miles on a return journey to Albania. We will never be able to forget the suffering and misery of the animals in this country that we saw during our brief stay. We saw stray dog after stray dog living on slum sights, horses and ponies tied on short ropes alone with hardly a blade of grass in sight for them to eat, live turkeys with their legs tied being sold at the side of the road, sheep with foot rot and other untreated health problems and donkeys pulling carts. The amount of litter was horrendous, it was everywhere, people obviously just dumped their waste in the streets and fields. Jilly and I fed every animal that we saw but some ... read more

Albania was just amazing! God really did some amazing things the week we were in Albania. And this is the first year Jesus Revolution has toured in Albania. We started off with a couple of days off in Shkroda and had some fun at the lake where almost everyone but me got burned. This city also has a mosque that is said to have been built by Bin Laden. Then we had our first concert in Fiere. It was with a pastor who had never heard of Jesus Revolution so he was a little skeptical and didn't book a big venue so we had to do the conerts without all of our speakers and lights but God moved. Everyone there was really touched and the pastor said we passed the test and he would definately invite ... read more