4th email from the field

Here are snippets from this week's email...

Wow this week. I literally woke up and found Pday is here already again. It felt like I just finished my Pday last week. Time is flowing quickly here.

Now to say the least, the adventures we had this week are something that will always be with me. But I will explain all of that after I answer some questions. :)

How is your satchel working for you?

Like a charm. I love it. It is a solid bag. Especially when it rains here. None of my inside contents get wet. SO that is a plus!

How are the shoes working for you?

Good. The first couple days recently in the past week two toes were not happy and definitely expressed their feelings. Especially Terry the Toe. :) But now everything is going better and Terry is happy. :)

What sheets did you get? Were they expensive?

I haven't bought any yet. I am just using sheets they have at the apartment. There are a couple of sets there, so I won't worry about getting them until I really need them.

Where do you go to write letters and upload pictures?

We go to an internet Cafe.

What is the structure of your P-Day..... Up at 6:00, comp study, laundry, site seeing, letters, back to work at?

It is honestly goes something like: Wake up at 6:30. Clean the apartment. Do personal study, comp study, and then the day is ours until 6 which we then have to go back to work. At 7:30 every Monday night we have Family Home Evening with Bishop B and his family. Apparently I look a lot like one of their nieces... I get that a lot here. A lot of people think I am Albanian.

By the way, where do you do laundry?

In our home. We have our own washer. Everything though we air dry them on racks. I will have to take a picture of that one time.

Okay, so now that I have finished with the questions, I will now go into the events of this week. So first off, something that happened was that we had put bug killer down last week and we are seeing the outcome of it. You can tell Larry was the first one to take hold of it. I took of picture of him. He is one of the bigger cockroaches we have in our apartment. :) But it is all good because others have come to the same conclusion as Larry. :)

Another adventure is that our water stopped working. It was during this last weekend. We now have it back. Thank goodness. The moment it happened I was in the kitchen cleaning the dishes. It feels so good to clean. I just love it! :) Small joys of a missionary.

So, something that was interesting this week was that we have talked with two different missionaries that are Albanians that have returned from their missions. One was serving in Minnesota and the other in England. It was cool to ask them how their mission was and what they thought about being home. It was soo cool. Funny story actually, another Albanian we bumped into said he served in England and I asked where. I then find out she was in the MTC with M. Fun Fact!

Wow, this week was great growth. I am so blessed to have this opportunity to serve here in the wonderful land of Albania and the people here. I know that this is God's work, and that we are his tools. I learn that everyday as I do my personal study, companion study, we go out and work, and especially when we do daily planning and we talk about the hand of the Lord in our lives. As I do this all, I know more and more of the love he has for each of us.

So this last Sunday we had a fireside and invited members and investigators to come. Our mission president was there and the stake president of the area. The fireside was amazing. My companion and I talked about how strong the Spirit was. Something that I really got out of the wonderful fireside we had was how no mortal man could have written the Book of Mormon. That it was from God. All of it. Every single word... how all that is written s is for all of us in this last dispensation. I know that with all my heart. God has given us the Book of Mormon as a guide in our life. That is just another fact of the love He has for us.

This week we were able to visit a mother and her four wonderful children. I love them so much with all my heart! They are working towards their baptism date. AHHH! They are just sweet as can be! I have grown a love for them that I now understand is how the Lord loves his children!

I love this gospel. It has blessed me. It has blessed those that are on the verge of giving up. It has blessed those all around the world from all different backgrounds. This gospel is something that is meant for all. Through the atonement of Jesus Christ, we can return to our Heavenly Father!

I love you and I hope things were amazing this week. You are my heroes!

Motra Bezas

The following pictures are from her most recent p-day, after a week of service.

Having a native Albanian smoothie