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18 Months in the Adriatic: October 2014
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Friday, October 31, 2014. 1st day of the mission: Drop-off at the MTC. On Wednesday, October 29, we took Madi to the airport at 5 am for her flight to Provo, Utah. She ate lunch with Lourdes Taylor who lives in Lehi (she is our good friend who moved away from Niceville last year and who also has 2 missionaries out). Then Lourdes drove Madi to Provo, where they met up with 2 friends in the temple parking lot. Torri and Isabella (who also took Eliza to the MTC). Mother Dearest 3 3.
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18 Months in the Adriatic: March 2015
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Week 22 - Kosovo - End of Transfer 2. Forgot to send last week but this was sister's conference at the Weidmann's! All the Motras in our mission :) 7 are going home and 7 are replacing them this week. I am training one of them! This is sis t! She's from durres (Albania) and went through a lot to join the church. she's amazing and so sweet. This is sis Russel! She's my mission grandma (she trained motra Z.) ignore my chapped lip/ cold sore hahah. Is stil...
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18 Months in the Adriatic: June 2015
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Week 35 - End of Transfer 2 (of 5) - kom me shku ka DURRSI #plazh. Aw last comp pics ever with this one haha very posed. waiting for our last district lunch @ the Hydrick's! As you heard, we had transfer calls and I will be going to Durres, Albania! Re- opening the area for sisters with Motra Davis (who's been in Gjakove) and STL which means I'll be working with the sisters all over Albania besides in Tirane, oh and also I'll be driving. ah! In a world w...
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18 Months in the Adriatic: January 2015
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Week 13 - Kosovo. We received our first letter mailed from Albania! Very exciting. Now we are waiting to see if her letter mailed in Kosovo will arrive. Hehe love these sister missionary cards thx mom and rach (old but found them while looking for my camera charger which, btw I FOUND yay so brace yourself for the usual 500 pics every week.I feel like I haven't taken many here, too busy WORKIN srry). Got the idea for these pics from Cectra Wedekind tbh).
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18 Months in the Adriatic: May 2015
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Monday, May 25, 2015. Week 30 - Kosovo. Bus rides te Shqipnii. Looove them :) 3 3. Went and pijed some uje minerale/ caj mali. "pije a kafe" means drink coffee aka go to a kafe together but we call it "pijing an uje" lol ). Strawberries for dayssss (dredhez! Une pashe nje shtylle drite.". Prite sipas veshjes dhe percjelle sipas mendjes. Hejjj a jeni mire, a po lodhni? Are you good, are you weary? Sorry - Google Translate isn't too helpful with Albanian! 3 Motra Rajlli :). Hej m...
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18 Months in the Adriatic: Week 42 - Durres
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Week 42 - Durres. From the adriatic sea. sis Mema (American) cooked it for us, and their apt. feels like a cruise ship. Did I mention how beautiful this country is! I just wanna come here and listen to the waves and write in my journal. Right before I met that snake btw. Came THIS CLOSE to a viper! Jk not sure what kinda snake tbh but whew crazy. Albanians are quite the recyclers! Window view: Shqiperia /. Sweet view/ roof of bldg we tracted. Not just ...
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18 Months in the Adriatic: Week 41 - Durres
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Monday, August 10, 2015. Week 41 - Durres. I swear our view just gets prettier everyday! Heavenly Father is the best artist ;). These kids were so cute and kept begging to take more pics, also gave us roses and grapes for the road! Haha these people got animals for dayzz they had a couple cows chillen in the front yard just around the corner. I may have bought this canteloupe soda just to take a pic. stop rolling your eyes Rachel ;). Love these Vlore missionaries! Or not enough...
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18 Months in the Adriatic: February 2015
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Monday, February 23, 2015. Week 17 - Kosovo. EVERYONE talks about them so I tried one, but pa (without) meat and kos (yogurt sauce). so kinda not a real one but it was pretty good! It's like a doner w/ fries on it. (I miss your good food mom! But kinda fun trying weird stuff here ). Long walk to a lesson=photo opps. Worth walking an hr and a half each way (plus it was such a nice day). Prishtine, Qyteti i bukur! Oh this is old from in Gjakove. On the way to germia park (p-day).
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18 Months in the Adriatic: December 2014
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18 Months in the Adriatic. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Week 8 - Christmas Eve in the MTC. Rainy temple walk, I enjoyed talking to Brother Leifson (branch presidency) on the way up, who is in his 80s and served in Finland back before the MTC or language training existed so as you can imagine he had some cool stories. I love Motra Hoover! Mom you probz feel like you know her bc her blog ha), and Motra Hoopes! Fun fact they were comps for Motra Hoopes's last and Motra Hoover's first transfer. I def hit the...