Ministry updates: we’ve created friendships with the kids, to the point where they run to the car when we pull up and girls are lined up to hug you the second you step out of that car. Most of our time is just spent hanging out with them and playing with them and even though it doesnt feel a ton like what I thought the definition of ministry was, we could be at least digging for a seed to be planted. We might not ever see growth while we’re here but I pray that in the future they at least remember the missionaries that came and loved on them and played volleyball with them. 

Contentment has been hard lately. We’ve been in the same place for like 6 weeks in a house that we cant leave often and with not seeing much fruit with ministry. So homesickness has kicked in. For most people. I’m definitely ready for a change and God has showed me how much I struggle with patience through that. With wanting to get moving but also with wishing He would change me more. Sometimes I sit there during worship or prayer times and ask God to give me something. A word, a picture, a vision, a prophecy for someone, anything. And I get discouraged when I don’t hear Him. But at one worship night I felt like He was telling me to be patient and that He will work in me in however He wants. I have my whole life ahead of me for Him to show up in supernatural ways. Even just sitting there with God is being with Him. As much as I desire it, even without something supernatural God still shows that Hes there. I have to be patient.

As of right now we have less than 3 weeks left in Albania. Less than 3 weeks to touch peoples hearts and be a light. To show them the true love of God. Pray that once we leave that these kids and youth keep going to church without us there. And that us as a team can be obedient to God calling us here and make the most of it for His glory.

I haven’t been very in touch with people back home just so that I can be focused on the here and now but I’m so insanely grateful for the prayers and the random texts and the support from everyone back home. Thank you all. 

“For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100:5