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Oooo heyya folks!! It has just been a splendid week here in Kosovo! I am so blessed to serve in this beautiful country with the best companion, best missionaries, and best PEOPLE EVER. Everything is too good. I cut my hair. It is like 12 feet shorter. We also saw some waterfalls (AWESOME) and the workers let us in on their secret places to go that were most beautiful, I got a BONDSTEEL tshirt (RAD), and we had the most beautiful fast and testimony meeting!!!

GOOD CULTURE SHOCKS: 

1. One thing Albanians will do is that when they see their friend from afar they will place their right hand over their hearts and nod to them to show respect! It is so precious. 

2. Another funny thing they do is they ALWAYS use the word respect. All their messages, formal letters, notes, and everything ends with the word respect. 

3. Albanian's don't have a huge sweets tolerance. They HATE American candies and sweets! They are keepin me healthy out here :)) 

For the GIGGLES: 

1. Alrighty hhaaha so I love to exercise in the mornings. It is the best start to my day right? Well we have this great balcony that is super long and awesome and I will go running and exercise out there. Well funny thing is that exercise is like a foreign subject to these people so all the people in the apartment buildings just WATCH ME WORKOUT. Like no joke they just come to their windows and watch me lol. Hhahaha we met up with an investigator and she asked if that was me running every morning and I said yes and then she started laughing and told me she watches me every morning while she eats breakfast HAHAHA. Love it. This story gets better though, we started getting hate mail notes posted all over our floor about my exercising... I think it might have been my awesome jams I have playing in the morning...  I mean you can't tell me Praise to the Man doesn't get you hyped in the morning. Hahaha bëj shaka. 

2. We went to the MILITARY BASE CALLED BONDSTEEL in Kosovo and it is the coolest thing ever. Everyone had their major guns and stuff and we got an awesome tour of the whole base it was so awesome. They also have a store where you can buy AMERICAN FOODS. You already know I bought 15 jars of peanut butter #Iamasurvivor 

3. I am the worst trainer ever. Hahaha good thing my comp is my best friend ;)  I just tease her so much and make her eat all the nasty foods and stuff. That is what a companion is for right? I AM SO BLESSED TO HAVE HER IN MY LIFE. Hahaha but this week our friend gave us a bunch of chocolates and I thought they were so good I just kept eating them because our friend kept insisting that I eat them and Motra Mann just kept laughing so hard but I had no idea why. Anyways, they were COFFEE CHOCOLATES AHH hahaha I am the worst missionary lol. That was a funny situation to explain to them later lol. 

4. We caught a lizard when we went hiking and he was so cute. Then he started crawling up my arm but he was going too fast I couldn't catch him!!! Sister Mann couldn't get him either and then suddenly he started crawling up into my hair!!!!! I felt him in my clothes so we shook them out and shook out my hair and couldn't find him anywhere!! Hahaha one of our elders came over to see why we were going crazy and he was like, "Well, where is he now?? (The lizard)" hahaha and then out of nowhere the lizard just crawled up on top of my head and he's like "AHA I FOUND HIM" It was soooo hilarious. 

GOOD SPIRIT FOOD: 

My spiritual thought today comes from 1 Cor 12: 26 from Come Follow Me this week which says, "And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it." 

Together we are one. We ALL make up one body of the church!!! Each and everyone of us individually play a huge role in our branches and wards. Likewise, we need everyone's talents and abilities because without them, we are missing something. It is like the song from Brother Bear. "I will be there for you, and I know you'd be there for me too! Welcome to our family time!!! Welcome to our happy to be time!!!" We are family!!!! When of us suffer we GATHER TOGETHER and SUFFER TOGETHER. When one of us is honored we GATHER TOGETHER and REJOICE TOGETHER. If you are thinking that your ward or branch has no need for you, you could not be more mistaken. If you are thinking you have no importance you are terribly wrong. YOU are needed. GOD NEEDS YOU. YOU are important. You are strong, you are smart, and you can do hard things! I love you all!!! 

Love, Motra Sëtën