This has been a busy weekend. Two of my kids were invited to birthday parties. Lucy and I went over to the apartment of a coworker whose daughter and Lucy have become fast friends. It was a lovely afternoon.
Dexter was invited to go to the movies for his friend, Jon’s birthday. He had a great time hanging out with some other guys from school on Saturday evening.
Here’s Ellie and I waiting on the others to buy us doughnuts and macchiatos before church on Sunday.
We love, love, love the church we are attending. It is a very emotional thing to worship and sing the songs we sing at home in another language. I’ve been reminded that it doesn’t take a catchy sermon series, flashy kids’ programming, and extreme events that we can sometimes focus on in the US. You just need a Bible and people who love Jesus and each other. Church has already been a real encouragement to us.
They speak in Albanian and translate into English or the other way around depending on who is in attendance.
We sing half the worship songs in Albanian and half in English. I recorded a snippet from today’s service
“I Surrender” in Albanian
Then we sang in English.
After service, the whole church walks to a nearby restaurant to eat lunch together. It’s an authentic Kosovar restaurant and the food is very good. It’s a great tradition that I think Connect should start upon our return.
Today Xander and I also took a picture in our Greene Beanery gear to send to Cheryl.
We also discovered a bus near our apartment that will drop us off close to the church. That will save us lots of walking time on Sunday mornings. Yay!!!
The Beam Bunch 
Great update!!! Love hearing the different song versions! Wonderful idea of Church meeting for Lunch after Service.
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Oh how I love this post! And seeing Imir and Kuma. I am so happy for you. Please tell my church family how much I love them and miss them. Of course they all know me as Rebecca!
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I love this post! It is so good to see you settling in. And to see Imir and Kuma! And to listen to the music. Please tell my church family that Rebecca loves them and misses them all very much.
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They were talking about you this weekend. How you worked so hard to learn Albanian and wanted to order your own lunches. I can tell they love you. 😊
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💜 Love the idea of walking to lunch! Glad your all doing well and love the pictures.
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Thank you!
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Love the update! Looks like you guys are having a great time.
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Great, hard, fun, overwhelming,…all those things!
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