Madi in the Adriatic South LDS Mission: First Week!

Hi Everyone!

Crazy I have been in the Mtc one whole week Life here is for sure an adjustment. The day is packed full of classes and studying. It makes it so you learn sooo much each day. I am so grateful for that though, cause the language is hard and I only have nine weeks here before I have to be speaking it. It is so fun though, to be learning Albanian, it is a cool language! In our district we have an Elder who is from Albania so we practice the language with him and ask him questions, it really helps. We taught our first lesson in Albanian the third day, it was short and honestly it went better than I thought it would, for only being in the Mtc 3 days, but there is definitely room to improve. The classes are fun and there are so many people here who are so friendly and nice! It’s such a positive environment, love it!

My companion is awesome, she is from Sweden and is so sweet. She brought us Sweden chocolate so another reason she’s the best. Everyone here is so friendly and so nice, it’s fun to meet so many people from so many different places around the world. That’s one thing I didn’t fully realize until I was here, that the gospel is everywhere. People are coming from all over the world to be missionaries and to continue to spread the gospel. It’s so amazing to see that no matter where we are from we have the gospel in common and we can all connect with that. We don’t even have to speak the same language we all can understand how the spirit speaks to us. I love it here, it’s way fun, it’s going to be a long, busy, nine weeks, but I am so excited to learn more. Remember to enjoy the stage of life you are in and make the most of every single day, you never get that day again!! The Mtc is so fun, I love all of you so grateful for each and everyone of you, hope your week is amazing!

Love, sister Butters