Heyya everybody! Wowwwza we had a FANTASTIC WEEK!!!! Seriously, we have met the coolest people. Prishtina is THRIVING! I am so grateful to serve here because these people are prepared beyond belief! One thing that is difficult is that they have a hard time distinguishing the difference between religion and culture because their religion is their culture in this 90% Muslim country.
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!
Culture shocks!!!!!:
1. Soo I'm not quite sure if newspapers exist here haha but what I do know is that the obituary section is definitely posted on the trees and poles throughout the city! Tons of papers just coat the trees and poles and they are all filled with people that have died hahaha.
2. Another fun fact is that the people will just rip off branches from the trees to eat the seeds and fruits.
3. It is Ramadan for Muslims this month. Ramadan is where they fast everyday for an entire month. They start by waking up around 2ish AM to start the fast, going to work/ school all day, and then eat again around 7ish PM and have a huge feast with tons of family and guests. It is really cool to see their faith and dedication but the downsides include 1) They are sleep deprived and are not getting ANY nutrients 2) They are super onry because they are always so hungry 3) The streets are pretty empty because the only reason people "go out" is usually to eat food and drink coffee with friends lol
Funny stuff:
1. This week I had this pretty good feeling that we should go down this particular road. So we started goin down these concrete stairs and boom there I go. I tumbled right down the stairs and cranked my ankle like no other. Hahaha I sat there for a moment thinking, " Why the heck would I be impressed to just fall down the stairs." Hahah all is well though because at that same moment we met a wonderful lady who we are now teaching! God works in mysterious ways!
2. Our branch president here is SOOO COOL AND SO FUNNY. So when he was younger he had really long hair and he kinda looked like Jesus lol. So anyways, he gave a framed picture of himself to his landlady for some reason (yeah Idk why) but apparently she THOUGHT that the picture was of Jesus so she hung his picture up in her house and every night she was praying to him HAHAHA WHAT. The best part is that when he found out he didn't tell her it was him in the picture because he thought, "Well it is better she worships Jesus than something else!" Oh man, that is funny stuff.
MIRACLES:
1. This week we introduced Elsa to personal progress! She was getting really into it so I decided to challenge her to a Book of Mormon challenge (where we would read the whole book as fast as we could). Then, the next day, she came to the church with some exciting news!! SHE READ THE ENTIRE BOOK OF MORMON IN ONE DAY OH MY GOODNESS. It was so stinkin cool. After reading there was a MIGHTY change in her heart and she STOPPED FASTING FOR RAMADAN BECAUSE SHE KNEW THAT SHE BELIEVED IN SOMETHING ELSE. WHAT A MIRACLE. There is so much power in The Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon changes hearts and heals wounded souls.
2. On Thursday Teuta, our investigator who is getting baptized, wanted to have a missionary day! We showed her life as a missionary and man she was a natural! She wants to go on a mission and she is not even baptized yet! She is sooooo cool. We took her to a lesson with us and she immediately started testifying saying, "We believe..." she didn't say "I think.." or "they think" but WE BELIEVE. HOW COOL IS THAT. She knows with all her heart that this is the truth and she IMMEDIATELY started testifying of it. She is SOO COOL and such an example!!!!!
3. We had a branch activity this week and we went to go play volleyball at the college! As we started playing TONS of Albanian/Kosovar students started watching us! So we invited them to play and ended up getting over 6 numbers of people who were actually interested in our message! There are so many opportunities for us to find people who are prepared to receive the restored gospel if we will take them!
Thanks for all of your support and love! Have a great week!
LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!
Love, Motra Sëtën
Adriatic South Mission
P.O. Box 2984
Bulevardi Gjergj Fishta
Qendra ALPAS
Shkalla NR. 5 Apartamenti NR.14
Tirana, Albania
Pics are Teuta and her friend, me and Elsa, some art one of pur investigators painted, me and Adams, cute Teuta :)
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