May 5, 1999
Texas volunteers have returned from a ministry to refugeesTwelve Texas Baptist volunteers have returned from a 10-day mission trip to Albania where they helped build latrines and distributed food for refugee ethnic Albanians forced from their homes in Kosova, Yugoslavia.Four of the volunteers worked with 1,000 refugees housed in a sports facility in Korca, near the border with Macedonia.The photographs, (from top, clockwise) show a family of ethnic Albanians; the scene inside the sports facility with bedrolls lining every inch of the floor; another refugees family; and (inset) Dick Jenkins of Hunters Glen Baptist Church in Plano with Niko Todo, manager of what was referred to as the "sports palace" in Korca.(Photos by Dick Jenkins)Frontpage / Contents/ Masthead / Why We're Here / Links / Archive / E-mail us/ SUBSCRIBE!