Hello from Albania!
We arrived safe and sound on Saturday to good old irish fashioned weather...rain rain rain, so the trip to Lushnje was a little hairy at times :) However, this did give us a chance to catch up on our sleep as the we weren't too hot! (some of the team even complained they were cold!)
Sunday - we spent as a team, getting to know eachother, having a walk in the surrounding area and planning our program for the week before we went to the Way of Peace Church in the evening. At Church the team sang two songs in English for the Church, Helena & Kathryn gave their testimonies and Gordy preached. It is a wonderful experience to hear people sing God's praises in another language! It definitly reminds us that we are part of such a big picture when it comes to Church!
Monday - First thing Monday morning we went to the Way of Peace Church to begin meeting potential candidates for our learning disability project we are running. As a team we were overwhelmed by the amazing response as 25 people registered to attend. On the Monday morning some of the team met with each candidate and his/her carer for an informal interview to see whether they would be right for this pilot project or not. Some of these people had not been out of their homes for a number of years! One highlight of this was seeing a young man's father break down in tears as he was so grateful someone was taking a positive interest in his son! One thing we did notice that we were not fully expecting was the amount of children and teens who turned up for the project but we were not going to send them away so the project is changing slightly to meet their needs. Throughout the interviews we were so sure God's hand is on this project!
Tuesday - Today was the first official day of the project and we had 14 teens, adults and children, a brilliant turn out! Since this was the first day, of course we came up against some challenges, especially a young boy who is a delight but, a chatterbox & tends to disrupt groups. The arts & crafts lesson was also difficult & too structured for some of the little ones, so we learn from our mistakes and will change this for tomorrow! Everything else went well & overall it was an exciting first day!
Please pray for....
...continued good health for the team overall
...that we would make an impact in the lives of the young people, children and adults lives.
...us as we try to communicate & build relationships despite a definite language barrier.
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Hi all, good to hear all is going well so far, how young is the youngest and how old the oldest? what other activities have you tried? how are you getting on with the translations??
will continue to look at the blog everyday and pray for you all
love liz and Dannie from England
hello all
i do hope you are getting on OK and making good progress, are some people or children coming every day? are you going to be able to get some people to come with you to church on Sunday?
look forward to your next update
love Liz
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