"The weather here has been surprisingly beautiful. It usually is raining tons by now but today the sun is shining and it’s hot. When it does rain here it straight out pores. It rained all day last Wednesday and we got stuck in it, lol. I was drenched from head to toe be because all day it was nice but then at night it started to just come down and we just got out of a lesson and its about a 15 minute walk back to our house and I got soaked. Luckily it was a warm rain and since then I almost always carry my umbrella.
This week has gone by so fast for me. We have been extremely busy with lessons and activities. I played soccer Saturday with a bunch of people in a big indoor stadium which was fun. I was one of the last people picked because they thought I wasn’t good and we start playing and its Europe so they’re really serious about the positions so they put me back on defender but then after 20 minutes we were down by two goals ( not because of my bad defense =) ) so I went to mid field and I scored two goals,lol. I thought it was funny because everyone would do these crazy foot moves but I would just use my speed. And when I was up against someone I would just get up way close on them and grab there shirt and play really rough with them so they couldn’t use there foot work. It was a blast. We won 6-4. I also had 2 assists so I helped out with 4 of our points.
That is my sport story for the week time for spiritual stuff =). Later Wednesday night I went on a split with someone because my companion had a meeting so me and another kid, who was one of the Zone Leaders, went and contacted people in the streets near a big park and restaurant area. We were there for about 2 hours talking to people and even though I couldn’t understand anything they were saying really I still stopped them asked how they were and other muhabet questions that Albanians ask and shared a message. Anyways on with the story. So we were doing this and a crazy man came over and just started talking to us and just kept asking these weird questions and while my companion was talking I zoned off and was looking around me and saw a man walk by and I had a strong impression that I should talk to him. So I watched him carefully because I didn’t want him to leave before we could talk to him but luckily he grabbed a popcorn of a street vender and sat on a bench. Right when my companion ended talking with the crazy man he was like alright lets go. But I was like hold on I think we need to talk to this guy. I said even if we get rejected we need to talk to him or else I will regret it. So we went over to him and I started to talk to him and right away I could tell he was excited. He said about 6 months ago he talked to some missionaries and he has a Book of Mormon and he loves it but the missionaries stopped coming over to his house. So we got his number and address and he is meeting with us this week. It was a very cool experience.
Cool experience #2. We have been helping out with the English class twice a week and in the class are two kids who come all the time and they both speak really good English. They come to the beginner course and to the advanced course right after. They are both 15. I have been able to get to know them a little and Saturday we were waiting at the church when they came by and we started talking to them. We were just joking around and one of them out of nowhere was just like hey I have that book (talking about the Book of Mormon). And so we were like awesome how did you get it. And he told us 2 years ago he talked with the missionaries and one day, just like the man in the park, the missionaries stopped coming and he said for 2 years he has been looking for a way to get into the church and talk to the missionaries. And he said one day he saw my companion and I handing out English fliers and he said to himself that this was the way in. For two years he was to shy to come into the church or talk to the missionaries. So after he told us this we went with him and his friend upstairs to watch the restoration video. Both of them had huge smiles and enjoyed it and I shared my testimony and they were both extremely excited to learn more. The other friend wanted a Book of Mormon and they both wanted us to come over to their houses. After the lesson they stayed for almost 2 hours for an institute class and learned tons and then got to know a few kids. Then on Sunday they both showed up and sat by us and went to all 3 hours of class. They were taking notes and were just excited to be learning about all this. These are 2 exceptional young men and im excited to teach them. We will teach them in English because they said it will also help with their progression in the English language. I don’t remember if I said there names but they are Donald and Grey. I hope they continue to grow and read from the scriptures.
Those few things were the highlight of my week. I am trying to be patient with the language and I try hard to just listen really hard and pick out a few words. Its hard to believe that I have been learning the language for 3 months and only in the country for not even a month and I can somewhat talk and will slowly start learning. It will be so nice when I don’t have to dumb up my sentences and just speak without thinking. It’s hard to teach affectively when I can’t just speak from the heart. Im not very well with words as it is so it will be nice when I can actually show a little of my personality. Right now I think everyone thinks im just this quiet giant =)."
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
10-19-09
"I am feeling a lot better this week. I still have a little cough but i feel 100% better than last week. We have no bikes here so everywhere we go we walk. So it's nice not being sick. I need my energy because we walk so much and now that im feeling better its a lot my enjoyable. I will make sure to keep eating good and getting plenty of sleep. These first few weeks we have been eating really good because all the members invite us over so they can get to know me. It's funny though because they cant really get to know me because i cant understand a thing they are saying,lol. Some of them speak english though and we can talk and then some of them talk really slow for me so i can understand and have a little conversation. As far as the language goes Shqip is how you say Albanian over here. So it just means the Albanian language. It's not getting any easier yet,lol. At church yesterday i was able to get up and tell about myself and about all of you a little and give my testimony. Everyone says i speak really well and i know i will continue to get better with speaking but i wont be able to understand for awhile which is frustrating. Usually around 3 months you can start understanding most of what people are saying are at least the main points of the sentence. That has been the hardest part because my companion is weird when it comes to talking to people. I was talking to someone on the street and he asked me a few things that I couldn’t understand and my companion didn’t answer them very well and the man got angry at us. My companion said that we shouldn’t talk to anybody unless they talked to us first. I was so mad!!! Lol. Owell what am I going to do. I just have to keep doing my thing and be patient with the language and soon I will be able to talk to everyone I want. My companion is from North Carolina and he was in the army but he came on his mission for two years. For the most part I get along with him but other aspects I have a hard time.
The last couple of days we got poured on. It was beautiful weather the first two weeks I was here but all of a sudden the rain came pouring down. Luckily I had my rain coat on so I was good. The pants still get pretty wet but nothing I cant handle. My big boots are awesome. I love them. They will keep me warm and dry when the cold weather comes and then my big jacket will work great. I also bought some gloves at the MTC before I came and they are really warm. The only thing I might need to buy is a scarf. Lots of people wear them around here and its not supper cold in the winter but its humid and windy so the scarf really helps I guess. It might be in something I ask for when Christmas comes. I cant believe Christmas will be here before I know it. Halloween isn’t big here so nothing exciting going on this month. Next month I guess all the missionaries get together and have a big dinner and watch a movie for thanksgiving so that should be fun. And then Christmas and new years I guess is really big here so im excited for that. I also heard that instead of calling if you wanted we might be able to do Skype or whatever its called. Where you can see me and talk. So hopefully we will be able to work that out.
Last night we got in tracting. When I say tracting I mean knocking doors. We were having no success and I handed out a few pamphlets to people but then finally around 8 p.m a man opened his door and was super excited that we were Americans,lol, and let us inside his house. I felt bad at first because he started to get a bunch of food and drinks for us and we could tell he wasn’t in the best living conditions. But we just said thank you and talked to him for about 45 minutes and with it gave him a short message. We are meeting with him again this week. The only bad thing about here is that the Jehovah Witnesses are always tracting around here an people don’t like them. So when they see us they think we are J-dubs and we have to explain we are from a different church… This Friday we get to help out with a few English courses so im excited about that. A bunch of people have been showing up to the free English courses so the teacher asked us to come in and help out. It should be a lot of fun."
The last couple of days we got poured on. It was beautiful weather the first two weeks I was here but all of a sudden the rain came pouring down. Luckily I had my rain coat on so I was good. The pants still get pretty wet but nothing I cant handle. My big boots are awesome. I love them. They will keep me warm and dry when the cold weather comes and then my big jacket will work great. I also bought some gloves at the MTC before I came and they are really warm. The only thing I might need to buy is a scarf. Lots of people wear them around here and its not supper cold in the winter but its humid and windy so the scarf really helps I guess. It might be in something I ask for when Christmas comes. I cant believe Christmas will be here before I know it. Halloween isn’t big here so nothing exciting going on this month. Next month I guess all the missionaries get together and have a big dinner and watch a movie for thanksgiving so that should be fun. And then Christmas and new years I guess is really big here so im excited for that. I also heard that instead of calling if you wanted we might be able to do Skype or whatever its called. Where you can see me and talk. So hopefully we will be able to work that out.
Last night we got in tracting. When I say tracting I mean knocking doors. We were having no success and I handed out a few pamphlets to people but then finally around 8 p.m a man opened his door and was super excited that we were Americans,lol, and let us inside his house. I felt bad at first because he started to get a bunch of food and drinks for us and we could tell he wasn’t in the best living conditions. But we just said thank you and talked to him for about 45 minutes and with it gave him a short message. We are meeting with him again this week. The only bad thing about here is that the Jehovah Witnesses are always tracting around here an people don’t like them. So when they see us they think we are J-dubs and we have to explain we are from a different church… This Friday we get to help out with a few English courses so im excited about that. A bunch of people have been showing up to the free English courses so the teacher asked us to come in and help out. It should be a lot of fun."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
10-12-09
"I guess i will start with the flight. The flight went really well. I ended up sitting by a bunch of cool people on the flight over to Austria. One girl was from Romania and another kid was from Kosovo and he spoke Albanian. I guess Kosovo speaks Albanian and he was really cool. I told him who i was and what i was doing and he was confused. He kept telling me i had to travel to Greece and come see him in Kosovo,lol. I kept explaining to him that i was there for my church and even showed him a Book of Mormon but he still didnt get it,lol. Owell it was fun talking to him and he had nothing but good things to say about the Albanian people. The only bad thing about the flight is that i got sick. I have been sick since i got here and its been tough. Not extremely sick but i dont have to much energy which stinks for as much walking as we've been doing. They have been letting me sleep in a little which is nice and a few nights we go in 15 minutes early so i can get in bed. But today i feel pretty good. A little more energy and my cough is going away. Dont worry though i am talking care of myself. I will make sure to get healthy.
Ok so time for the first day in the country. We got off the plan and a bus drove us to the main airport where we went through customs and grabbed our luggage. That's when we first met a few of the other Elders and President Neils. We all threw our stuff into a big van and jumped in 3 different cars to go to the mission home. The drive to the mission home was CRAZY!!! There are pretty much no driving laws here,lol. A two lane road turns into a 4 lane road and no longer will i complain about the america round abouts. The round abouts they have here are crazy. And then you have motorcycles and bikes going down the sidewalk sometimes and they dont have wild animals but they have pack of wild dogs and cats. Mom you would hat driving here. You would have to have your eyes closed the whole time. Honking the horn is actually a courtesy here. People drive so aggressive here that there aren't to many accidents but it's still scary.
So after i survived the ride to the mission home we all got interviewed by President Smith and went to the police station and a few other places to make sure to become residence here or to be able to stay for 2 years. That wasn't to weird. I was surprised at how many people actually speak English here. For the most part they love us. We did get spit on our first day though. Some people in an upper window spit on the kid next to me. I figured i better get used to it. Not everyone had the opportunity go out street contacting the first day but i did. That was my first real test of the Albanian language.... Wow they talk fast,lol. I understood maybe 1 word the first person i talked to. To say the least i didn have any success on my first day of contacting people =).
After walking around for awhile we went back inside and had dinner and got to bed pretty early. That's when my cold hit me pretty hard. The next day we got up and went to the top of town to look around which was cool. I didnt get a bunch of pictures and thats why im not sending any today but i promise next week i will send some photo. Our second day here is when we got assigned to our new companions. I am serving in the Tirane second branch. There are a total of 4 elders 2 of us are new. I have a really big area to cover. I was hoping to be located somewhere outside the main city but i heard that this is a good place to be trained because it has a bunch of different accents from all over Albania. My companion is good. He is kind of strange and loud but you know me i get along with pretty much anybody so i think i'll be fine. I was hoping we would be more contacting and teaching people but so far we have only been handing out english fliers. There is an english class we help out with that starts up soon so we have been trying to hand out things so people will come to it. I will be excited when we are teaching english and the gospel rather than just handing out fliers. My companion loves to walk super fast down the roads and we pass hundreds of people and i cant help but think why dont we just talk to all of these people and invite them to the english class. He is the senior companion though and i will just work hard and put in my time. Most likely i will be with him for 3 months and be here in Tirane for 3 months as well. Im not possitive though.
There has been 2 baptisms since i got here which is cool. One on Saturday and then one on Sunday. The kid that got baptized on sunday was Ermal. I had the opportunity to teach him the last lesson on friday. He speaks english that's the only reason i was able to teach him the whole lesson. I helped out with a few more lessons already during the week. We taught one man names Altin who is in the Albanian special forces. It was funny because i was teaching him and then he stopped me and started to say a bunch of stuff and then he smiled and looked at me to continue and i was just like uhhh, and looked at my companion,lol. I didnt understand i thing he said,lol. Then my companion started talking and i understood where we were in the lesson again and began to speak again,lol. It's so scary talking to people here. They all talk super fast and i just smile and nod my head. Which sometimes i found out isn't always the best thing i can do. The best thing i can do is just try to understand and speak and if i make a mistake i cant worry about it. That's the only way i will get better. Another weird thing is for yes they shake there head no. So when im talking to people and they agree with me they shake it no and it confuses me because i think they are disagreeing. I will get use to it but it will be funny in 2 years when i get back to the states and someone says something to me and i shake my head no like i agree and they think im saying no. Sorry i probably made no sense there.
Im trying to think what else i can write about. I love the people here. There are a lot of gypsies which scare me and are always asking for stuff. The people are very humble and are for the most part very poor. The average income is probably 2,000 a year here in Tirane which is the nice part of the country. As missionaries we live in a nice apartment. We are on the 8th floor with water all day. I love it here and i think its pretty in its own way. I look forward to spending the next 2 years serving these people. Many of them have been deeply affected by communism and its very corrupt government. The mafia is very strong here but so far we haven't had any problems with them. I think they usually leave the missionaries alone. Many peoplere scared of them though.
The food is is actually pretty good. I had a crepe the other day which was really good. I had one with turkey, ham and cheese and another desert one with pineapple, coconut, and some type of white chocolate. I also had a Suflaqe today. I dont know if thats how you spell it but it was good.
My p-day is every monday unless we decide to change it for some reason. Today we just stayed and hung out with the other missionaries but once a transfer which is ever 6 weeks we get to go travel somewhere as a district which is cool. On our p-days we can go view things around the city and go to museums but one p-day a month we can go out of our area to visit a place. I'm not sure where we are going to go this transfer but im sure it will be somewhere cool. Another exciting thing that happened this week was our church got broken into last night. We went there this morning and windows were broken and blood was all over the floor but nothing big got stolen. I guess they stole a stereo but thats all. The cops and crime scene investigator people are over there right now. Its kind of crazy. Not sure what else to say. At 7 tonight we are going over to a families house for Family Home Evening which is cool. I think i have to share a message in Shqip and im pretty nervous."
Ok so time for the first day in the country. We got off the plan and a bus drove us to the main airport where we went through customs and grabbed our luggage. That's when we first met a few of the other Elders and President Neils. We all threw our stuff into a big van and jumped in 3 different cars to go to the mission home. The drive to the mission home was CRAZY!!! There are pretty much no driving laws here,lol. A two lane road turns into a 4 lane road and no longer will i complain about the america round abouts. The round abouts they have here are crazy. And then you have motorcycles and bikes going down the sidewalk sometimes and they dont have wild animals but they have pack of wild dogs and cats. Mom you would hat driving here. You would have to have your eyes closed the whole time. Honking the horn is actually a courtesy here. People drive so aggressive here that there aren't to many accidents but it's still scary.
So after i survived the ride to the mission home we all got interviewed by President Smith and went to the police station and a few other places to make sure to become residence here or to be able to stay for 2 years. That wasn't to weird. I was surprised at how many people actually speak English here. For the most part they love us. We did get spit on our first day though. Some people in an upper window spit on the kid next to me. I figured i better get used to it. Not everyone had the opportunity go out street contacting the first day but i did. That was my first real test of the Albanian language.... Wow they talk fast,lol. I understood maybe 1 word the first person i talked to. To say the least i didn have any success on my first day of contacting people =).
After walking around for awhile we went back inside and had dinner and got to bed pretty early. That's when my cold hit me pretty hard. The next day we got up and went to the top of town to look around which was cool. I didnt get a bunch of pictures and thats why im not sending any today but i promise next week i will send some photo. Our second day here is when we got assigned to our new companions. I am serving in the Tirane second branch. There are a total of 4 elders 2 of us are new. I have a really big area to cover. I was hoping to be located somewhere outside the main city but i heard that this is a good place to be trained because it has a bunch of different accents from all over Albania. My companion is good. He is kind of strange and loud but you know me i get along with pretty much anybody so i think i'll be fine. I was hoping we would be more contacting and teaching people but so far we have only been handing out english fliers. There is an english class we help out with that starts up soon so we have been trying to hand out things so people will come to it. I will be excited when we are teaching english and the gospel rather than just handing out fliers. My companion loves to walk super fast down the roads and we pass hundreds of people and i cant help but think why dont we just talk to all of these people and invite them to the english class. He is the senior companion though and i will just work hard and put in my time. Most likely i will be with him for 3 months and be here in Tirane for 3 months as well. Im not possitive though.
There has been 2 baptisms since i got here which is cool. One on Saturday and then one on Sunday. The kid that got baptized on sunday was Ermal. I had the opportunity to teach him the last lesson on friday. He speaks english that's the only reason i was able to teach him the whole lesson. I helped out with a few more lessons already during the week. We taught one man names Altin who is in the Albanian special forces. It was funny because i was teaching him and then he stopped me and started to say a bunch of stuff and then he smiled and looked at me to continue and i was just like uhhh, and looked at my companion,lol. I didnt understand i thing he said,lol. Then my companion started talking and i understood where we were in the lesson again and began to speak again,lol. It's so scary talking to people here. They all talk super fast and i just smile and nod my head. Which sometimes i found out isn't always the best thing i can do. The best thing i can do is just try to understand and speak and if i make a mistake i cant worry about it. That's the only way i will get better. Another weird thing is for yes they shake there head no. So when im talking to people and they agree with me they shake it no and it confuses me because i think they are disagreeing. I will get use to it but it will be funny in 2 years when i get back to the states and someone says something to me and i shake my head no like i agree and they think im saying no. Sorry i probably made no sense there.
Im trying to think what else i can write about. I love the people here. There are a lot of gypsies which scare me and are always asking for stuff. The people are very humble and are for the most part very poor. The average income is probably 2,000 a year here in Tirane which is the nice part of the country. As missionaries we live in a nice apartment. We are on the 8th floor with water all day. I love it here and i think its pretty in its own way. I look forward to spending the next 2 years serving these people. Many of them have been deeply affected by communism and its very corrupt government. The mafia is very strong here but so far we haven't had any problems with them. I think they usually leave the missionaries alone. Many peoplere scared of them though.
The food is is actually pretty good. I had a crepe the other day which was really good. I had one with turkey, ham and cheese and another desert one with pineapple, coconut, and some type of white chocolate. I also had a Suflaqe today. I dont know if thats how you spell it but it was good.
My p-day is every monday unless we decide to change it for some reason. Today we just stayed and hung out with the other missionaries but once a transfer which is ever 6 weeks we get to go travel somewhere as a district which is cool. On our p-days we can go view things around the city and go to museums but one p-day a month we can go out of our area to visit a place. I'm not sure where we are going to go this transfer but im sure it will be somewhere cool. Another exciting thing that happened this week was our church got broken into last night. We went there this morning and windows were broken and blood was all over the floor but nothing big got stolen. I guess they stole a stereo but thats all. The cops and crime scene investigator people are over there right now. Its kind of crazy. Not sure what else to say. At 7 tonight we are going over to a families house for Family Home Evening which is cool. I think i have to share a message in Shqip and im pretty nervous."
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Made it to Albania
My parents received an email from the mission president in Albania informing us of his arrival.
"As you can see from the attached photograph, your son arrived safely here in Tirana. He's shown here with my wife and me in our living room following dinner in the mission home in Tirana. He is a bit tired, wrinkled and overwhelmed by the cultural shock of landing here. Everyone's luggage arrived at the same time they did!! (which is highly uncommon). He seems excited to get to work and to be assigned to his new companion. We will assign him tomorrow afternoon to his trainer, a special dedicated missionary called to that important position. But rather than wait until then to let you know he arrived safely, we thought you might be anxious to know that he didn’t get lost in transit and that he did arrive and that all is well. Earlier today, I had a wonderful interview with him, we got him registered with the American Embassy. We just had dinner, and he and his companions are off to get some rest. We will send you another short note tomorrow with all of his addresses, the name of his companion and any other information that will hopefully make you comfortable about his status.
We have had the wonderful opportunity of spending more time with your son and getting to know him a little better. Your son is still functioning in another time zone, but jet lag will pass quickly for him. Elder Seevers is doing well with the language and is talking to people in the street already. This morning, we took our new missionaries to the Mother Albania Statue and Park, a memorial to the heroes of Albania during the second world war, overlooking the city of Tirana. This is where Albania was dedicated for the preaching of the Gospel in April of 1993 by Elder Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve. We had a short service there where we read together the dedicatory prayer, which is beautiful and becoming fulfilled in amazing ways. After prayer and thoughtful consideration, we have assigned him to work with Scadden, in Tirana. Your son’s companion is a great missionary who has earned the opportunity to be a trainer by his dedicated service here in Albania. I am sure that your son will be able to learn much from him. He will also learn to rely on the Spirit to guide him daily. He will grow in ways that you can’t imagine.
There is no mail delivery in Albania other than post office boxes, so our Office Secretary goes to the post office twice a week to pick up the mail and packages. We have found that US Priority mail is the least expensive and fairly rapid option (2 weeks), and US Express mail is the quickest (4-5 days) and the packages are actually delivered to our doorstep. The following address covers post office delivery, as well as delivery to the doorstep for US Express mail and other courier services:
Elder Seevers
Fondacioni Liahona
PO BOX 2984
Rr Qemal Stafa Vila 1
Përballë Postës 22
Tirana, Albania
We find that many items are sent that can also be purchased here and the costs are very high to ship, so discuss with your missionary what they really need to receive.
"As you can see from the attached photograph, your son arrived safely here in Tirana. He's shown here with my wife and me in our living room following dinner in the mission home in Tirana. He is a bit tired, wrinkled and overwhelmed by the cultural shock of landing here. Everyone's luggage arrived at the same time they did!! (which is highly uncommon). He seems excited to get to work and to be assigned to his new companion. We will assign him tomorrow afternoon to his trainer, a special dedicated missionary called to that important position. But rather than wait until then to let you know he arrived safely, we thought you might be anxious to know that he didn’t get lost in transit and that he did arrive and that all is well. Earlier today, I had a wonderful interview with him, we got him registered with the American Embassy. We just had dinner, and he and his companions are off to get some rest. We will send you another short note tomorrow with all of his addresses, the name of his companion and any other information that will hopefully make you comfortable about his status.
We have had the wonderful opportunity of spending more time with your son and getting to know him a little better. Your son is still functioning in another time zone, but jet lag will pass quickly for him. Elder Seevers is doing well with the language and is talking to people in the street already. This morning, we took our new missionaries to the Mother Albania Statue and Park, a memorial to the heroes of Albania during the second world war, overlooking the city of Tirana. This is where Albania was dedicated for the preaching of the Gospel in April of 1993 by Elder Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve. We had a short service there where we read together the dedicatory prayer, which is beautiful and becoming fulfilled in amazing ways. After prayer and thoughtful consideration, we have assigned him to work with Scadden, in Tirana. Your son’s companion is a great missionary who has earned the opportunity to be a trainer by his dedicated service here in Albania. I am sure that your son will be able to learn much from him. He will also learn to rely on the Spirit to guide him daily. He will grow in ways that you can’t imagine.
There is no mail delivery in Albania other than post office boxes, so our Office Secretary goes to the post office twice a week to pick up the mail and packages. We have found that US Priority mail is the least expensive and fairly rapid option (2 weeks), and US Express mail is the quickest (4-5 days) and the packages are actually delivered to our doorstep. The following address covers post office delivery, as well as delivery to the doorstep for US Express mail and other courier services:
Elder Seevers
Fondacioni Liahona
PO BOX 2984
Rr Qemal Stafa Vila 1
Përballë Postës 22
Tirana, Albania
We find that many items are sent that can also be purchased here and the costs are very high to ship, so discuss with your missionary what they really need to receive.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Off to Albania
Kyle left for Albania today. So be sure not so send him anymore letters to the MTC. The new addresses to send him mail will be:
For pouch letters:
Elder Kyle Seevers
Albania Tirana Mission
PO Box 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
USA
For pouch mail it has to be a single sheet letter or postcard. It cannot be put into an envelope, it must be folded into three panels and then taped at the top only.
His address for sending letters and packages directly to Albania is:
Elder Kyle Seevers
Albania Tirana Mission
Rr. Qemal Stafa, Vila 1
Perballe Posetes Nr. 22
Tirana
Albania
Kyle has said not to send him packages with anything valuable in it because I guess the system in Albania isn't very good and he has heard that sometimes things don't make it to the person they are supposed to.
You can still write Kyle letters through Dearelder.com, just make sure you change the location from Provo MTC to Albania Tirana mission. And remember these letters are going to take substantially longer to reach him then before.
I know my parents will hear from him today at the airport before he heads over and someone should let my parents know when he makes it there.
For pouch letters:
Elder Kyle Seevers
Albania Tirana Mission
PO Box 30150
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0150
USA
For pouch mail it has to be a single sheet letter or postcard. It cannot be put into an envelope, it must be folded into three panels and then taped at the top only.
His address for sending letters and packages directly to Albania is:
Elder Kyle Seevers
Albania Tirana Mission
Rr. Qemal Stafa, Vila 1
Perballe Posetes Nr. 22
Tirana
Albania
Kyle has said not to send him packages with anything valuable in it because I guess the system in Albania isn't very good and he has heard that sometimes things don't make it to the person they are supposed to.
You can still write Kyle letters through Dearelder.com, just make sure you change the location from Provo MTC to Albania Tirana mission. And remember these letters are going to take substantially longer to reach him then before.
I know my parents will hear from him today at the airport before he heads over and someone should let my parents know when he makes it there.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
9/30/09
"I leave the MTC this tuesday at 5 A.M. So Crazy!!! I cant wait to get on the plan and be heading over there. The mtc has gone by fast but im ready to be in Albania trying to talk to people. It's going to be hard for the first 3-5 months there because i dont think i will understand i thing but after that i think i should get pretty comfortable. It will be awesome. Im so nervous when i think about it but you never taught me to give up so as long as i keep working hard i'll be fine. Im just excited to go. It's going to be crazy because there will be atleast 13 of us on the same flight over."
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