5-31-2010

"Things have been pretty slow this week. We pulled in only 11 lessons and didn't have much success while tracting this week. We got in once but the guy and his mom were crazy. When the man first invited us in i thought cool we finally got in but then i quickly realized he was very strange. I think i spoke better Albanian than him, lol. the mom kept throwing pillows at us and offering us a glass of water. After about 20 times of saying no i said yes and she picked up a cup that was face down on an ash tray and filled it up with filtered water and then the son took it went to the kitchen and washed the ash off but then filled it with dirty water. It was horrible! lol. I felt obligated to take a sip but then i set it down on the table and changed the awkward situation into a lesson. They invited us back for dinner but i dont think we will be taking them up on that. It is starting to become hot here. It was in the 80's a few days but then it was overcast also which made it really humid. We run to Frisbee around 5:30 and it's pretty warm but i dont think i want to get up any earlier than that to run. I think i have 5 weeks left in this area and then i'll get transferred. Im not sure where but probably out of Tirana which would be cool since i have been here for 9 months now. But if i do go to another branch here i would be fine with it. I'll go where the Lord needs me to go. I have been getting a lot closer with the families in this branch. In the past they have hated missionaries because there have been some bad ones in this branch but last Monday 6 of us went over to the President Zela's (branch president) house and had family home evening with him. It was a lot of fun and we talked about a lot of things we could do to help build up this branch. We also visited with 2 more families and then tonight we have will go to a different families house for FHE and 1 more family on Wednesday. Even though lessons have been down we have been working hard to strengthen the members here and they are amazing... I dont think i have anything else."