An albanian baby!

March 8 2021

HI

Fun two weeks!! I ADORE sister Davis. We have such a blast together. I am so grateful for her! Sadly:( our happy four weeks together are coming to an end this week.  I'm gonna be with a brand new Albanian sister!! I am so excited to be with her.

Some fun things the past two weeks-
We drove the HUGE van to Durres with a few sisters and ate sushi together. The sunset on the beach was amaaaazing.  It was one of those moments where you know God knows you. Also we got the van into a beautiful parallel parking spot, so that was great.. stick it to the elders.

On the way home from Durres we made friends with all the people who were also in huge vans chilling in BAD traffic. We smiled at some homies thinking there were only two of them and two more people popped their heads out, 4 people squished in the front seat! We handed them a Book of Mormon through the window and drove away so they wouldn't try to give it back to us.  

KRISTI! Holy smokes, I love this girl so much.  She is on baptismal date for April 2 and she is so cool. She cracks us up!! We talked about life after death and the plan of salvation this week, and it just clicked for her. She loved it, and was asking such great questions. Sadly now that Tirana is getting split into 2 areas again, I won't be in her area anymore. I am gonna miss her but I'm hoping to see her on exchanges and such. 

In honor of our last call-ins last night, Sister Davis and I serenaded the sisters with a guitar/uke rendition of "Old Town Road", it was beautiful. Spiritual, really.

We have had 3 member dinners this week and WOW. Now I know what my parents meant by eating till you hurt on your mission. Every bite was like a knife to the stomach hahaha. But I love eating with members, the solid members here are SOLID. So giving and loving.

Also, pray for Aina! She is on baptismal date again for this saturday, and we really think that her dad is going to let her get baptized!

I've been thinking a lot about reverence lately, so here is something I heard this week and keep circling back to: (pertaining to reverence) "Being in the presence of a power so overwhelming that it defines who you are, that you feel small but you do not feel diminished"  Keep your special reverent moments close to your heart!! They are gifts from God.

I love and miss you ALL. Let me know if/how I can pray for you.

Motra Mënz

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