These are pics from Marmashen, a medieval church/monastery near Gyumri.   My friend Mimi and I visited this summer.   As you can see, its a lovely setting.   Hard to imagine how life was when these structures were built in the late 900s to 1100s a.d.   

The pics below are of a camp I visited to help my organization work on a grant proposal.   Caritas sponsors a camp for disabled children every summer.    My Caritas colleagues and I came up a day before the camp opened to set things up and work on this proposal.   The pic on the left shows one of the dorm buildings on the campsite.   The pic on the right is the group bathrooms - actually very nice - flush toilets and running water all day - not all that common in camp sites around the country.   

I'm writing these blog updates from my room in Antibes, France where I am ending a 5 day vacation.    I'll put some of the pics from here in the next post.    Because of the way  the blogger software works,  its easier to add pics then write.   

So one more blog then I'm through for awhile.   

I'll be sending a fairly detailed email to several of you to describe a very exciting village business project I'm working on.   I've avoided asking friends and colleagues for funds to help out w/ the many needy situations I've encounter.   I wanted to wait until a really exciting opportunity occurred and I think I've found it.   Since this blog is more of a travelogue,   I'll send the info separately.   However, if anyone is intriqued by this teaser and wants to find out more,  email me and I'll give you details.   

Thanks for all your patience waiting for me to start writing again.   I'd love to hear from you. 

Elizabeth