My goodness it can rain pretty hard here. We woke up to a fantastic thunder and lightening storm coming in across the bay. Then it started to rain. Then it really started to rain. I know why the Andruses said if it rains hard and you don't have the shutters pulled shut you may get a little water in your bedroom. Well we wanted to see the thunder and lightening show so we didn't pull the shutters. Yup, rain comes into the bedroom through the double sliding glass doors. Dixie threw some towels on the floor and I dropped the shutters....they work pretty good.
We spent most of the morning reading and studying ward lists, and pathway instructions. There are so many things to memorize right off my brain is getting a bit exhausted. The rain quit in the afternoon so we went for a nice walk around the block. It's a big block.
Today was district meeting. Both Dixie and I are really impressed with the quality of the meeting. Our district leader Elder Grey really does a good job organizing things and keeping everyone on track. They are really a great bunch of young elders and sisters. They have strong testimonies and really want to help the people here find a better life.
The Smith's came down today from Tirana to answer questions and get to know us a little bit better. We went out to lunch together to a really nice restaurant on the waterfront. They are doing the same thing in Tirana that we are doing here in Vlore. It was good to bounce some questions and ideas off them.
I am beginning to feel like the "honeymoon" is about over now and we are going to get down to the real business of running a program and trying to reach out to the future leaders of the church in this part of the world. We have a great group of kids to work with and hope to do our part to assist them in their worthy desires and goals.
Thanks for support and interest in the work here in Albania.
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