(in case you’re wondering, I’m channeling my inner Bon Jovi) Yikes!! We are actually MORE than halfway there…We are 11 months into the mission already and we cannot believe how fast it has gone! It could be because we are BUSY BUSY BUSY!!!. We wear so many different hats here, often we are out the door around 9 a.m., get home around 9, head to bed between 11:30 p.m. and midnight. We continue to have new experiences, and definitely get laughs from the crazy things that happe

You’ve probably been wondering if we are still alive or are lost somewhere in Alabania…the answer is why yes, we are alive, and while we currently know where we are, we have been lost a few times! Never trust a google map–at least while you’re in Albania. We had to visit the city of Korçë which is about 3 hours from us, and google maps gave us 2 choices, so we took the shorter (supposedly) route. Four and a half hours later we were wondering if we would ever see civilization

We went with our young missionaries to visit a woman in our congregation/branch. We asked them about her and they said, “well, she’s just a really, really, really old white-haired lady.” Turns out she’s exactly 4 days older than me (Michelle)! (Just who are you calling old??!) Notwithstanding how “old” she was, we had a wonderful visit and she is a beautiful woman. She is someone who just radiates light and goodness (and trust me, she did not look old–guess it was the whit