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AND THAT’S WHY

 …we continue to wear our badges even after the special convention…details later…

First Things First:

Breakfast prepared by the kids: not pictured are the croissants…ate them too fast…so delish


A day on the beach (for some of us)



…more laundry for some of us, a nap for one of us, showers, and then later off to dinner…. And a mini tour of where Kevin used to live in Sarande ….

….now that’s why you wear your badges because we are drawn to one another….

Met a brother from Germany who grew up in Albania.

At the restaurant, they saw the badge…need I say more? We actually ran into two more couples and a lady working that were brothers/sisters. The sister working saw us when we past by her and when we  returned…she put her jw.org pin on so that we could recognize her..so sweet…what a witness we all gave as people were looking as they walked by us.



The view as we walked







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