Skopski sestri?? More like sami sestri October 10, 2022

 Hello fam bam

I'm too lazy to write everyone again because I don't have a computer while I'm in Albania so I can't upload my pictures like I want and I can't send it to everyone since I don't have my email list......
Anywho
This week has been insanely stressful and actually insane because Sister Chamberlain and I really have been left to handle everything. Plus since we are now in Albania for 5 days to see elder bednar !! we had to get everything ready and put into place for us to leave. 
Anyways we started this week off down in Ohrid cleaning out the apartment for the elders to go move into:(( big sad. I love that apartment. The second they officially went to it this week, they gave us a call while standing on the top balcony just to make us jealous.
The rest of the week was filled with some amazing lessons (amongst many other random errands) with Manuela ! She is so sweet and so ready for her baptism. She had her baptismal interview this Saturday and she is just so excited. 
Here's a fun little language update:))) I now understand the gift of tongues as God giving me exactly what I need to be able to say and not one bit more. We were able to have some wonderful lessons this week all in Macedonian, but then this week when we were at dinner, I couldn't even form a coherent sentence to respond to the waitor. 
On the wonderfully long 6 hour drive to Tirana , Sister Chamberlain and I had a wonderful talk about what had happened over the last 2 weeks of being the only sisters. In that conversation we both simultaneously realized how much help we have received. I literally do not know how to describe it but there is so much strength beyond our own. I am so completely unable and ill-equipped to do anything that we have done. I have of course been stressed and overwhelmed and many tears have been shed, but somehow it still doesn't feel as hard as it should be. Part of it is just so bewildering because I feel like it isn't even something I am worthy of. I don't understand the help I am receiving but I am so grateful for a Savior who has freely given it to me. I don't understand why I am receiving the help I have yearned for for so long out of nowhere while at other times I have begged for it and have seemed so alone. What I do know is that Heavenly Father is aware of me and wants to help his children here, even if he had to use this imperfect instrument.
Со љубов 
Сестра Џенсен 
Pictures!!
-some views from the fort in Skopje
-Danica <3 
-Danica and Teo 
-saying bye to our favorite views in Ohrid
-random selfies of sis ch and I
-a terrifying toilet from our hike today
-Jana and Trpe!
-Manuela and us!! We went to a modern art museum her mom works at so that we could meet her and they were opening up a special exhibit so the President of Macedonia was there. Wild.

















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