4-18-2011

"This week has flown by for me. We were in Tirana for 2 days because of some training and i was able to visit some families there and we stayed at my old house with one of my old companions so it was a blast. We played chess and some card games all night. It was hard to stay awake the next day for training =). It was a really good training though because it gave all the new elders and chance to work on the language, since it was in Albanian, and i learned a lot as well. Every time i train i have flash back to when i was new and ya you're right i always think wow, i was once that horrible. I honestly don't know how i got where i'm at. I'm not the greatest by far but i'm still able to communicate and show my personality in a different language so i'm happy. We have been trying to do a lot of less active work since i've been here. There are tons of families that don't come to church and we have been working with one of the really strong members here in Fier and trying to visit them. These next coming up weeks we should be even busier with visits and trying to get some people back to church. We should be starting up an English course in the next month or so. The other Elders don't want to do it so i decided to open up one myself so it will be nice once that starts up. My comp. doesn't like running so i'm stuck to jump roping inside the house. We're going to play soccer this Saturday which i'm excited for and then either this week or next week we will have an easter party"