Gigi and Aunt Hannah Visit! | A Re-cap

After a loooong time since their last trip to Albania, we were so glad to have Mom and Hannah come near the end of last month.

We visited a few village friends...

And Mom shared a wonderful message with the women at our weekly Bible Study

She encouraged our staff and gave some much-needed input on decisions

We didn't really do any site-seeing, except to a newly-opened site -- the former dictator's 115-room underground bunker!

But what I think mattered most to the youngest members of the Waggoner household was just some good ol' spoiling that only a grandparent can do...

There were fun times like bowling...

and eating at a special restaurant

playing lots of Skip Bo, Monopoly, and Memory

and don't forget the swimming!  (it was our first trip to the pool for the summer)

...or all the special goodies from America!

And we can't thank Aunt Hannah enough for giving 2 of her three weeks' vacation up to come too!  And for the powdered Gatorade mixes and other goodies she left for us! (Working at a grocery store has its perks!)

While our previous visits with Mom have felt like they were over just as they started, by coming at the end of the summer as programs were winding down (and staying a bit longer), we felt like this visit we were really able to relax and have some fun experiences together without being so rushed to make the most of every minute.

Thanks, Mom and Hannah, for refilling our tanks!  And thanks, Dad/Gjysh, for sharing them with us!  We made some wonderful memories!