7-5-2010

"So i got transfer calls on Saturday night and it turns out I'm staying in the area and I'm going to be training a new elder again. They get in on Thursday so until then i will be with someone else. I'm not very excited but o-well what can i do? I'm scared because it puts me in a position to go assistant in October and i don't have a desire at all to go to the assistant of the president. I hope in October i will have the chance to get out of Tirana and go to the out side zone somewhere. Like i said though i don't really want to complain to much because where ever i am i still need to work hard and enjoy it. I hope i get a companion that likes sports and would want to go hiking up in the mountains on P-Days (Mondays). For now I'm still district leader and on Sundays i translate now for a senior couple that just arrived a month ago into Albania. The are here for a relief society type of mission. Almost like a service mission where they don't preach the gospel but just help in other ways. So i will act as a translator for them now which will be stressful but also very good for improving my language. I have no stresses on talking and getting around Albania now. I run into some people and i can't understand a thing because their accent but for the most part the language is not a struggle. I just continue to try to learn new words and talk it as much as possible. Like i said I'm not the most excited that im staying and to make the matters a little worst the coolest elder in my district has finished his 2 years and goes back to Australia. I have been in the same district as him for my entire 9 months in Albania. Pretty lame that he's gone but i'm glad that he will be back home with his family again... Tonight we are going to the Vogli families house. They are one of the coolest families i know. I cant remember if i told you the story about how he learned to speak english from the Book of Mormon."