...back to Albania December 5, 2022

 dobredojdovte !!

This week we were in Albania literally the entire week... well almost. Anyways to kick it off here are some pics from last pday
a pretty church in Korce, Albania with my district (plus an extra missionary who somehow snuck in lol)
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and a very chaotic picture at apparently the best crepe place in Albania
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and for reasons too boring to explain... Sister Ch and I spent the night in Bitola !
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and the elders left us a nice note on our car
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and the reason we were in Albania... drum roll please....... mission tour ! We had Elder and Sister Alliaud visiting our mission for the week !
Here's a picture of the north 3 countries in our mission all zaedno:) It was a very cool experience to get some time with two very powerful, and funny, people. 
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and because we were in Albania... there happens to be an international store, so the elders bought me a diet coke:) I have literally never been happier... jk... but it was pretty close to what I would imagine pure joy is;)
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and now here are some pretty views from this week:)
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had to add this one for the world cup:) 
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This week, between lots of crazy drama in our branch we couldn't even attempt to handle a country away, I've been trying to focus on finding joy regardless of my circumstances. It's easy for us to choose to be offended, or mad, or sad, or stressed, etc. and it's a lot harder to choose to act for ourselves. Whenever we give into those quick emotions we basically are saying we don't care about the beautiful gift of agency God has given us. So as hard as it is at times, especially when so many things are out of our control, I am choosing to be happy with the path I am on, regardless of the negative things that are included. God said to be grateful in ALL circumstances not just the good ones:)
So ljubov,
Sestra Jeni
and just to memoralize... my favorite pink house on the drive inbetween Ohrid and Bitola
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