Kasalle

Today we went to Kasalle Village. There were over 60 children. They were lighter skin and some had light eyes and hair because they came from the North of Albania. The children were not quite as well behaved as the ones from Darshen yesterday! But after the service, which consisted of songs, puppet show, a little play from a Max Lucado book, and a snack, we handed out the Christmas bags on their way out. You could hear laughter from every direction. I looked out and they were having the best time with their gifts. I wish you all could have heard it, it was some of the best music to my ears, EVER!

You will see the children in some of the pictures, they were adorable! The other pictures are of a home we visited. It was very sad, you can see the oven where they make their food. Their kitchen and living room were the same room. This whole village was very very poor. The small wooden building is the out house. The other building that looks like a shed is a home. This is what all of the homes looked like about 10 years ago when they first started moving here from the North. Some of them still live in homes like this one and others have made improvements. This village, however, is not Muslim, it is Catholic, so that is good.