Serving In:
Albania (In-Field)
Address:
Kisha Orthodhokse Autoqufale e Shqiperise
Tirana
Rruge e Kavajes - Metropolia 151
Albania
Phone:
E-mail:
p.barksdale@ocmc.org
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Ms. Anastasia P Barksdale
RECENT ARTICLES
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2010 OCMC Home of Hope Team
by Anastasia Pamela Barksdale (Posted 8/8/2010)
| | | Nine individuals arrived in Albania on June 14th to conduct a camp for the Home of Hope located at the Shen Vlash Monastery in Durres. The group quickly bonded and formed a team of loving caregivers whose joy it was to offer a summer Camp for the 28 children who live at the Home of Hope. Unlike many orphanages, the children at the Home are not all orphans; many are from troubled families, broken homes, and difficult situations. The Home of Hope provides an... | | | 
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Camp Good Shepherd Girls Camp, St. Joan Vladimir, Elbason, Albania
by Anastasia Pamela Barksdale (Posted 8/8/2010)
| | | Every year the Orthodox Church in Albania holds summer camps for girls at Shen Joan Vladimir Monastery in Elbason. This year Camp Good Shepherd hosted 300 girls during the month of July. The theme for the camp was "Taste and See How Good the Lord Is." Many young girls, teenagers and college students came to the camp for the first time. The second camp, which is usually attended by high school students, was filled to overflowing with 120 campers and 30 counselors. This is a 10 day overnight... | | |
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Dear Prayer Partners
by Anastasia Pamela Barksdale (Posted 7/8/2010)
| | | Dearest Partners in Prayer,Glory to God! Please forgive my silence for the past two months as I resettled in my work here in Albania. I returned from America filled with your prayers and spiritual blessings to share with our co-workers in the Lord here. May and June passed so quickly, it felt like I had barely recovered from the time and location change when Fr. Luke Veronis arrived with the OCMC/Mission Institute Team, represented by students from Holy Cross and St. Vladimir's... | | |
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Greetings and Happy New Year From Albania
by Anastasia Pamela Barksdale (Posted 1/6/2010)
| | | Feast of Theophany, 2010On January 31, 2010 I will return to America to begin a speaking tour, God willing! Thoughts of coming home, seeing old and new friends, of revisiting parishes I spoke in two years ago come to mind often as I prepare for this journey. What I remember most of all is the overwhelming outpouring of love and generosity of spirit that I found in so many places. At the end of my tour last year I remember saying, "My cup is running over, it is overflowing with love. I... | | |
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