11-8-2010

"Holy Cow i am exhausted! lol =). I just got back from an awesome trip to a huge castle in Shkoder and i am way tired. There were 6 of us that went and we had a blast. The castle has three separate courtyards or whatever they're called and they are all huge. I will try hard to send some photos to you again here in the next few weeks. It was so pretty up there and it started to rain on us a little which made it more of an adventure. It's the farthest i've been away from Tirana and i couldn't believe the language difference. Even though Albania is tiny there is a huge dialect difference from the people in the south and those in the north. Even locals have a very hard time understanding people from the north so it way also cool to go up there and talk to people just about random stuff just to see if we could understand. We weren't in missionary clothes so i was able to try to talk about a variety of different random subjects. This week went by a little slower but still fast. We have some awesome investigators and the weather, other than today, has been amazing. I haven't done tons of tracting or street contacting since i've been in this area just because we are able to stay so busy. English is still awesome and our class loves us. It is every tuesday and friday from 5-6 p.m and then we have about 3 people we meet with for private lessons and also talk about the church for about 15 minutes. I've met some awesome people through english course because it's a good way for people to get to know us and see beyond the white shirt and tie....."