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| hehe me and good ol' Elder Clawson. love this elder! :) (And an ill Sister Z) |
First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
DADDIO on WEDNESDAY. :) I hope that you have an awesome and an amazing day! I
love you Daddio!! :)
So this week was a little tougher
of a week because I was sick. Not cool Robert Frost!! Ain't nobody got time to
be sick, especially as a missionary, I don't got time for that. But I am on the
mend, thank goodness.
I have decided that I should just
get used to sweating like a pig trying to pass a peach pit..because Albania is
a huge sauna (i think that is how you spell it. like those really really hot
sweaty rooms...yeah, that's albania). and it isn't even summer yet! Yep, I am
going to die. and my little Camelenoma has struck already, meaning that I have
already gotten my sun burn for the season...sorry dad...i will try not to live
up to the nick name that you gave me this summer. :)
Futbol this week was super fun...
except I accidentally kicked one of the elders investigators in the knee. But
then the investigator would actually defend me as we played and stuff and I had
to do all I could to control my inner competitiveness to not come out. haha.
but, it didn't come out. so it was all good. Futbol went really well. But it
was super hot.
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| lunch. a sufflaqe with yummy dhalle. :) |
So Saturday night we went to a
park to go and meet with one of our returning members. She had had a really
hard day and she was at the park going for a run. So we went and just talked to
her and to help her as best as we could. She was doing better at the end of our
convesation. At the park that we went to there were atleast 3 soccer games
going on, one by an Albanian club team they were practicing and a ton of kids
nearby. The member's cousin was playing with soccer as well. Well this little
kid didn't believe that I could play soccer. For some reason this little kid
perfectly pushed my competetive buttons. So I told him to give me the soccer
ball and I just juggled the soccer ball. He just stared at me (mind you this
kid is like 8 years old. a sassy 8 year old that is). He said "okay, let's
see if you can kick the ball." so I shot on goal, I was wearing my toms...
hehe. the kid came up to me and said "no, no. you do it wrong." are
you serious? haha. so i got advice from an 8 year old and then I shot again.
But then he gave me a pity look and said "yeah, that's better." and
so I took the ball and I went and did a corner kick... well as well as i could
in a skirt without flashy anyone. haha. but the kids were getting a kick out of
it and i could just see eyes watching me because a) I am a girl 2) I am in a
skirt and c) I am playing soccer. hehe. I thought it was funny! The member and
my companion were just laughing at me. hehe. :) hehe
We were at our recent converts
house this week. While we were saying goodbye to them all. The daughter who is
about 16 years old, she just walks up to me, and sorta pets my arm and just
says "wow. you are so white." haha. in my defense i am not white, i
am freckilie. I am getting more freckles because it is getting hotter. hehe,
but i didn't think i was that white. haha, i guess not. :) hehe.
Church went well yesterday. I
played Called to Serve in sacrament meeting. They had it translated but the
chorister was trying to sing it slowly, but that song shouldn't be sung slow...
but I wasn't really watching her conducting because I was trying to not ruin
the song by playing it...so i played it how we do in english, aka fast. it was
hard. it felt like a finger work out. haha, but it went well. :) hehe.
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| Elder Guymon (left) & Verushi (right). hehe, they are awesome!! |
Today was museum day! which means
that meseums that are usually closed on monday was open! We went to a mueseum
in the center of Tirana! It was AMAZING!!! It was so cool! We were in there for
2 hours and we didn't even go to half of the museum. It was sad though, because
there was a part of the museum that was called "the terror of communism"
level. There were clothes that had blood stains on them and the bullet holes in
them still. It was heart wrenching. But on the other levels we went to, they
had a lot of historical facts and photos and everything in there!! It was so
cool! Skenderbeu is an awesome man. I am going to name on of my boys skenderbeu
and call him bayou for short. ;) hehe, not really. but Skenderbeu was such an
incredible person and he did such amazing things! It was really the most
culturally uplifting (i can't think of the right english words on how to say
this)...i felt like i learned a lot about the culture.
In the MTC there is an amazing
talk by Elder Bednar called the Character of Christ. It powerful and life
changing. Today I watched the new mormon message about service and there is
something that one of the men in that video says that reminded me of the
talk-and it is so true! That it is as we turn outward, as we help others around
us that we in turn not only find who we are but we are healed. I thought it was
so powerful how this man says it, so I have included the link, it is so
powerful. http://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/lift-the-power-of-service
I want to testify that I know that it is true. I know that all of our hearts
can be healed, that holes we didn't even know were there will be filled in ways
that we have not even imagined as we serve those around us. That is the secret
to true happiness. Forgetting about ourselves and focusing on others because it
is when we do that that we find who we are and that we are healed. If you want
to be happier, serve someone. If you want to be more calm, serve someone. If
you think you have it worse, serve someone. Service is the secret to a
successful day.
I love you all! Have a wonderful
week! Smile lots serve lots and treasure trials!! :)
Love,
Motra Zollinger
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