Bonnette Acres

I wish I could play you the very song I am listening to today, but it seems a little to complicated and its a good day and I don't want to burden myself with this unneeded task. Ha Ha Today is a lovely sunny day and I am so thankful! The last couple of days have been so gray and dreary and put me in a non lovely mood but today the sun has decided to shine and help me out. The song in my head is from one of my favorite bands "The Beatles". They are classic to me and will always remind me of my childhood and mostly my mom. She loves The Beatles and kindly passed her love of them down to her children. The song is "Good Day Sunshine!" is off of Revolver, I remember the first time I heard this song I felt it summed up a perfect day. Yesterday I wrote a really long post but decided to delete it and I am glad I did. It was depressing and very sad. It would have only depressed you and made you feel sad for me. I am glad I did not post it, because today with the bright s...

So I should be studying right now... yes even when you are in a foreign country the internet can still be a wonderful way to procrastinate. At first I was very eager to learn the language soaking it up every bit I could. But now I have learned key phrases and are able to get around ok, so I'm putting the studying off. WHICH IS WRONG EMILY! Sorry just needed to get mad at myself for a second. ha ha. Yes I do need to study, so please pray that I keep focused and not just let this major thing slide away from me. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since I've been here and it's odd how much it feels like 3 weeks and how much it doesn't. Everything has gone so smoothly and everyday I find myself in a loss of how to thank God enough for this life I am living. On friday I went to tirana, to visit with the main missionaries for the night. They just wanted to check up on me see how it was all going. They were very thankful to hear that I was perfectly fine and was even kind of sad to leave...

Yay! I made an Apple Pie in Albania! Ha Ha, I know kind of a rare accomplishment, but I was quite happy. I would like to give a big thanks to my father for teaching me how to make an apple pie with out a mixer, getting the recipe for me, and reminding me that they are Celsius people over here not Fahrenheit. Last Saturday I made macaroni & cheese for the family, they were very interested afterwards and wanted me to make more American things. So I realized that they don't really bake here, I mean they bake breads. But not pies, brownies, or cakes. So I said it's Apple Pie time! I have to say I was pretty proud of myself, It was very very yummy. They seemed to like it as well, but I was surprised how the kids were so scarred of it. Who is afraid of tasting Apple Pie? ha ha well these kids are, it was like seeing mu gai pan for the first time. Anyways I had a grand time making it with Elka, and I am already thinking of what I shall make next. Oh P.S. The 4th video of my virtu...

So ta da da video number tre this video is of my own personal laundromat and some of the way cool kids. Yesterday I hit the two week mark on making my home here in Lushnje. I am not usually a ritual kind of person meaning like celebrating every two weeks, month, or 5 month anniversary. But they are very big with traditions like that here so I thought I would honor that. My comfort level here has now gone up to pretty much complete. It probably fully became complete the day we got wirless here, and oh am I thankful for that day. Thanks to Skype and Facebook, my family and friends do not feel so far away. Here is a list of things I have now learned on week two in Lushnje: - No mattter who you are with or where you are going here, no one will ever tell you exactly what you are about to do. I don't know if it is language barrier, language translation, or just being in Albania but I seem to be never expecting whats next. Yesterday I was asked by the family i'm staying with to go v...

So here is video number 2 It shows the lovely front of the house and neat little garden. Hope you Enjoy!

So here is a little welcome video for you guys at home. It is a little quiet so you might want to turn up the volume for this one. This is just one of four videos, but they take quit the long time to load so im doing one at a time on a post. have a grand one!

I have been living here for a week now. At moments it has felt like a year, and other seconds it has felt like a day. I put my two large bags in the back of the missionaries green land rover and we set off for Lushnje on last tuesday morning. It was about an hour and a half drive, I was feeling pretty good and was ready to meet my new family. During the drive there were many prayers said quietly and out loud, I was thankful that Steve and Rachael cared a lot about how I would fit in, and hope the best for me. When we arrived it seemed the sky became gray, and I literally could not think. The reality of me being in the town alone away from anyone I knew, or any Nazarene Americans started to set in. The next couple of hours went by very quickly, we went by the house quickly to put my stuff in my room, then were off to take a tour of the town. I honestly do not remember all that I saw or was told during that time. By brain seem to have one thing it was focusing on and only that “Yo...