First few Days in Albania

So I'm now in Albania after about 4 weeks at home.

I flew in on Thursday and Maki (the guy ill be working with most in Albania) picked me up form the airport. He took me to Mim (a friend from cairns road) and Besi's (her Albanian husband) flat in Durres (Albania's second city) Me, Dave and Steve (mims brother) wentinto town. We walked along the sea front and had a a very nice takeaway called a suflacha, a sort of flat bread with meat, chips, salad and sauce, very nice. We then went back to the flat and watched a film, and then Maki was going to pick me up and take me to the the CEF house (Child Evangelical Fellowship) were i was going to stay but he didn't come, so i ended up sleeping on the sofa, which was very comfy.

Yesterday after watching CNN all about Micheal Jackson for a bit, we headed off with Maki to a village where he was leading a bible study. None of the kids spoke English but it was still cool. We sang our God is a great big God in English then they sang it in Albanian. We the went back into town and to Ruth and Makis' flat. Everyone except me then headed back to the airport as Steve and Ruth (Maki's Husband and Mim's and Steve's sister) were going going back to the UK. In the evening me and Dave watched a film.

This morning we went off to Besi's village, Sukth. We went to a kids bible study again and sang our God is a great big God again, and also played some games outside after. We then went to check the progress on Mim and Besi's house which is being built out there. This afternoon we got some yummy pizza for lunch and then went fishing with besi. I got two tiny fish which i was proud of, we also caught the sun a bit.

Tomorrow we will go to church, not as sure weather i will be going to Mim and Besis church in the village or Maki's church in Durres, wither way it will be more fun listening to Albanian! I'm also probably going to play football with Besi's friends in the evening which should be fun!

Josh