GËZUAR VITIN E RI!!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!! Everyone just
walks throughout the streets saying gëzuar to everyone haha it is so funny.
Happy new decade!!!!! This is so awesome!! This week has been a crazy and
wonderful adventure for us and oh boy have we celebrated hard! Albanians truly
know how to party;) For our New Year's shenanigans we actually had to be in our
homes at 4:00 because of danger restrictions hahaha but we still got to watch
fireworks so that was fun! We also got to eat a special lunch with our mission
president and his wife! Whatta party! New Year's is definitely the biggest
holiday here in Albania! THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!!
CULTURE SHOCKS:
1. Everything is shut down and closed New Year's Day and New
Year's Eve! Absolutely no one was out on the streets or in the shops! It was
just dead!
2. A New Year's tradition is that they make lots of sweets
and treats like Baklava and eat them together as a family! Cooking isn't so
much talent as it is tradition.
3. The fireworks we do on the 4th of July is like mediocre
for the Albanians here! They go CRAZY with their fireworks! The whole sky was
just full of smoke the next day and it sounded like a freaking war zone all
night it was so awesome!
FUNNY GOOFS:
1. We went to this lesson with the Elders this week and
the lady had this cute cat! Well, apparently Sister Long and one of the Elders
are both deathly allergic to cats but they didn't say anything! Then about
halfway through the prayer they started DYING and we literally couldn't get
through it without them sneezing every other word! Hahaha it was so bad! We
needed to get them home! So after the lesson we waited at the bus stop so we
could go home and the bus never came! For over 45 minutes we waited because
people kept telling us the buses were coming but they never did. We just waited
and waited. We ended up having to get a taxi and got home so late HAHA and it
was SOO expensive. The buses don't run later in the night this week because of
the holiday haha! Thankfully, my companion is alive and well:)
2. So this week I was taking a shower and the shower head
thing is broken so it is just held together with a rubber band!! Well suddenly
it just snapped in the middle of my shower and the water was spraying everywhere!!!
So the head thing actually broke off and the water wouldn't stop coming out and
it went EVERYWHERE. I was stuck for quite some time trying to fix it and we
ended up having to have our landlord help us out! Hahahah that was an
interesting thing to explain to Sister Long when all she had heard was super
loud noise, lots of screaming and laughing, and then saw the bathroom DESTROYED
with water lol.
3. There was a MASSIVE windstorm this week and it was
blowing everything everywhere. We were still on our missionary grind so we were
out talking to people when a massive tree just blew over and fell into this
building next to us! Then a tin roof came out of nowhere and it hit the
building on our other side! Hahaha it was so scary but we enjoyed our time working
our muscles and fighting the wind it was awesome. #windcantstopus
SPIRITUAL WONDERFULNESS:
Communication is KEY to everything we do. In my email last
week I talked about the importance of listening to the direction we receive
from our Heavenly Father! This week I want to touch more on the subject of
prayer! Prayer is our spiritual lifeline between us and our Heavenly Father. We
NEED that communication with Him. However, we can only receive that help when
we LOOK to Him and keep His commandments. Our priorities can be measured by the
way we keep the Lord's commandments. The FIRST thing we ought to do in the
morning is get on our knees and pray to our Heavenly Father! When we put Him
first, everything else falls into place. President Nelson said, "Facing
God first lets us decide firmly what we shall not do; then we are free to
pursue what we ought to do." With his guidance and support we are happy!
With his direction and love we are unstoppable! Remember this New Year as you
make goals to align them with your Father in Heaven's plan and let him guide
you! Don't forget to pray pray pray! I love you all and miss you so much!!!!!
Have a wonderful new year!!!! I will see you soon <3
Love,
Motra Sëtën
Adriatic
South Mission
P.O.
Box 2984
Bulevardi
Gjergj Fishta
Qendra
ALPAS
Shkalla
NR. 5 Apartamenti NR.14
Tirana,
Albania
Pics:
my cute comp!!!! , fun pday hike, and pretty view of Kruje, albanian bus
rides,
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