Proud to be an American in Kosovo

Hey everyone!! 

Happy happy 4th!! I am soo proud to be an American!! Woohoo wasnt a very normal 4th, but we celebrate today and the branch went all out! A fact about Kosovo is they LOVE America, more than Americans love America and that's hard to beat! So we really celebrated the land of the free, home of the brave!! Ate burger that I wouldn't actually call burgers because the meat is just a mixture of meats, eww not good. But we danced lots and played lots of fun games so it turned out really great!

I have been outside of America for a year now! How crazy is that? Some things that I have learned is we take for granted all the little things that happen without us even noticing. Like there are so many wild dogs here, and so much trash flying around, and many buildings that haven't been finished. I dont think we realize how blessed we are to live in such a beautiful and well kept country! It has been very fun to be apart of a different culture though and learn so many amazing things from the people here, that I never thought of before! Love you all, have an unreal week.

Love, sister Butters!!

Waterfalls

Hi everyone! 

So middle of the week we got a call and my Albanian comp has been transferred to Macedonia, so that was sad, but I am still with Sister Wilson so I am really happy about that!

One of the little girls in the branch turned 11 invited us to her birthday party. It was sooo cute! While all the kids played and danced, we got to go with the moms and they straight up had a tea party. I don't know if they realized, but it was soo fun!

We went to some really cool waterfalls today, it was so pretty. It was a hike and kept opening up to different waterfalls, I really wanted to swim. At the end when we were going home we were just stranded on the side of the road waiting for a bus, for like an hour!! there was a really nice man though, and so it made it a good time!

Something I learned this week, is that Christ will never let us down!! No matter what he will always be there for us, we just have to choose to go to him! I love that because I know I am never alone, when it gets hard, I can always turn to him and depend on him to help me! I love my savior and so so happy to be here! Love all of you, be safe!


Love, sister Butters

 

Fathers!!!

Hello guys!!! 

Update is on monday night I got a call from my mission president that I would be training an Albanian missionary! So on Tuesday we drove back to Albabia and picked her up! Her name is sister Hysa and she is sooo cute. Her English is pretty good, but we mostly speak in Albanian. Which is really good for me! I am learning lots.

I found the coolest girl on Facebook! Such a miracle because we arent allowed to street contact right now because of the virus, so all contact has to be done online. This girl is so interested and keeps asking me to tell her more about what we believe. I taught her about how God has a plan for us, and it made me realize how blessed I am to know this stuff. So many people around the world have no idea that God has a perfect plan and is in the details of our everyday lives!! I am grateful for my father in heaven and that he is always there to help me! In honor of Father's Day, we can think of him a little more and all that he has done for us and all that he continues to do for us so that we can be blessed!! He loves us each individually and perfectly. Also very grateful for my dad's example of kindness and love! He is also the best everr!!

I love you alll, have an amazing week !!!

Love,
Sister Butters

Kosovo

Week number one in Kosovo! So here are some facts, about Kosovo:
-There are so many mosques, like its comparable to the amount of churches you see in Utah. Everyone is Muslim!!

-They love Bill and Hillary Clinton, they have a statue of him and a store for her. So, basically Kosovo had a huge war that ended in 2011, don't know all the history but I guess Bill Clinton helped them. So they love him.

-The food is different here than Albania it has more options so that is a plus! But miss the classic Albanian food. They have biscoff spread, here though and wow!!!!

- They still speak Albanian luckily, but the dialect is different so its hard to understand, but not as bad as I thought is was gonna be.

-They use euro here, so money is different from Albanian lek.

I think those are all the main differences! I like it a lot. The branch is really small here, but the members are all really cool and soooo loving!


We had zone conference and I learned that I need to love more and forgive more and say thank you more!! The world just needs all of these things right now, and it can start with us!! I love all of you and I am grateful for each of you and the impact you have on me! Have a really fun week, go swimming for me.

Love, sister Butters

 

Bye Albania

Update!! I am now in a different country, only been here 2 days, but I like it a lot. We almost didn't make it through the border because of coronavirus, but after a little convincing they let us through.

Spent my last week in Pogradec with my ladies and I miss them a lot already and love them! Some things we did this week, were, we played soccer with the members, walks on the beach, cleaned a ladies house as she yelled at us, had a few really good lessons and got fed lots of food, bumper carting, dancing, lots of singing, and of course laughing. The trio life was really good.

I just want to testify of the power of the Book of Mormon, the longer I'm here the more I realize it. The book of mormon without fail always says exactly what I need to hear, it's crazy! I know that its through the power of the holy ghost that this can happen, but I promise if you have any questions or are sad or stressed or anything read the book of mormon and it will give you the exact thing you need individually for your life! I love you all, keep being you!!

Love, sister Butters

Baptisms!!

Heyy, 

today in Albania it's kids day! So shout out to all us kids, remember to celebrate your kids today, also read 3 nephi 9:22. We all have to come unto Christ as little children because without him and his atonement we are nothing! He is so willing to help us and strengthen us, when we cannot do it alone. So turn to Christ and rely on him!

I had two baptisms this week! One of them was in the last city that I served, but I got really lucky and got to go back and attend even though I only taught her a few times and most were through the phone screen. But she is incredible and knows so much and her baptism was amazing.

The second one was here in Pogi, which I also got really lucky, because the sisters have been working with this family, for a long time and they finally got baptized! They are so sweet and loving. The first time I met them they all sprinted out and gave me the biggest hugs. They are so Christlike! It was incredible to see them all baptized! 

a really amazing week, ju dua shume!!! 

Love, sister Butters

DONKEY

Hii! How are all of you??
We are mostly out of quarantine here, so it has been an amazing week!

So we got to have church, finally!! Its so odd to be a missionary without church and wow it was so fun to have it again! We were wearing gloves, masks, and it was also only sacrament, but lots of people came. Everyone missed it lots, and it was so fun to meet the members!

I forgot how much fun teaching lessons in person is. But also creates lots of funny and weird experiences. So first one is we got to ride a donkey!! I have never laughed so hard! Also we taught this one lady who has cats all over her house, and graffiti on the walls. She fed us this one food and it was brown lump with cat hair matted in it. Honestly could've been cat poo, who knows. It was DISGUSTING! Made for a funny experience.

Last thing is to never forget that God has a plan and his plan is perfect even if it is hard to see, I promise it's there. You are all lights in my life!! Love youu

Love, Sister Butters