WOW missionary work

Woohoo,
Albania is a party, missionary work is a party, most the time!
We have been doing a lot, a lot of contacting, so you go out, walk the streets and talk to people, which is really fun here, because Albanians don't have much to do at all, so they like to talk. So it's a blessing to contact here, but sometimes it can be so awkward. I think that's just missionary work though.

Had an exchange with sister Mann! It was a very good time! I love her, we were in the MTC together and she came to Berat and we had a fun time!

A good story is we were teaching someone the restoration, and it has a big lead up to Joseph Smith restoring the church, so we led it up and then the first vision came, and we told her that Jesus told Joseph Smith no church was right and we told her that our church was the true church restored to the earth and she said "NO WAY, I DID NOT EXPECT THAT" a lot of people dont know that we are the true church! It is so fun to be able to share that knowledge with people here! I love being a missionary, it is so much fun!! Love you all have an amazing day!

Love, sister Butters

VALENTINES ❤

Happy Valentines!!

On valentines we had a branch party, it was so much fun!! Albanians have this traditional dance and so they were all doing it, it's pretty easy to learn, but everyone was so hyped so it was a party!

Had a lesson in a village and so we leave the city and drive for about 30 minutes, it was a really pretty drive, through some nice views. At one point we had to take a dirt road all the way to their house. It really felt like off roading, it was a good time. During the lesson it was raing and so after, our car had sunk down into the mud, so it was completely stuck. Luckily the sweet member expected this and shoveled us out! It made me a lot more understanding of the sacrifice they make each week to come to church.

I have been making a list of things that made me smile throughout the week and its been so fun to see how many, its seriously overwhelming to write them all! So if you're looking for something fun to do I would for sure recommend it!! I have realized that God is soooo good! He is always placing people and things in our lives to make us happy!

Love you all tons!

Puna Misionare !!

Hi everyone!

I LOVE BERAT! It is a really good place. All of our neighbors know us now, so that has been really fun because we go outside and there are so many people to talk to. The kids are definitely my favorite part, whenever they see us they come sprinting up to give us hugs. Aw it's so sweet.

Not many different things, mostly classic missionary work stuff happened this week. We taught some good lessons, met some really cool people, I gave a talk in church, served this cute lady, helped to bring her pile of sticks to her house. A lot of people helped us and served us. This one sweet old man drove to a few different plumber stores for us, to look for a water filter we needed. People really do go so out of their way here to help us out, they are so willing to serve. To sum it up it was a solid missionary week!

I love it here! I am so happy to be serving a mission! Love you all have the best day

Love, sister Butters

Police in Albania :/

Sooo something exciting, we had to go to the police station!! Okay, you cant imagine one in America because it is nothing like that, it says policia on the outside so it looks like it is going to be a simple, nice, police station. Not the case, inside looks like an abandoned DMV but worse. So basically my companion, lost her phone, so we went up to a police mans office and he smoked as he asked us a series of question, one was if we wanted a cigarette. So that is definitely a first and hopefully a last, but it was an experience to say the least.

We had so many people in our English course this week. We saw a family that comes to our course, when we were out to eat and they paid for our meal. It was the sweetest thing ever! People here are so giving and so thoughtful it totally made our day! They left without letting us know they had paid for it, and shows how selfless they are they didn't care to have any credit for what they had done. That is so amazing, so important that we do acts of service without expecting recognition. That reminds me of Christ, he served everyone and expected no thanks for the things that he did. People may not always show thanks for the things that we do, but we can be more Christlike when we serve others, whether they appreciate it or not.

I am loving it out here! I am also getting transferred to a new city called Berat so that will be way exciting, I will keep you all updated! Love you guys, have the best day!


Sister Butters

Plazhë

Hey everyone,
Weeks are just going by here in Albania! Got to go to the beach today, it was really chilly, but really pretty!

We are teaching a member's husband, and he is so cool, it would be unreal if he would make the decision to be baptized because then they could be sealed in the temple together as a family. He is amazing though, and understands the gospel, and I cant wait for the day he is ready for baptism, because it will bless his family so much! We had a really good lesson this week and my companion had a story that related to him perfectly and it helped me to clearly see that God really has a perfect plan and we have a purpose in our lives. God puts us places for a very specific reason and I saw that this week with my companion. We all have unique qualities about us and experiences that God can use to bless the lives of others. Sometimes we may not see it, but I promise God is working through us and we have a very specific purpose.

Also had an exchange in Tirana! Which was awesome I was with sister whitfield. It was so fun we learned the traditional Albanian dance, which is a party, and I think all of you should learn it! I bet you could find it on you tube! It's called vale, let me know if you learn it!

Love you all, have the best day!

Love, motra Butters

happy new year!

Happy new year!
Cannot believe its 2020! This week was really exciting. On new years eve and new years day we had to be in our house at 4:00. New year's Eve is the biggest holiday here, so everything closes and we got to stay up, which made it so we could watch all the fireworks. It was so fun, there were so many, so it was crazy! We got to go to our mission presidents house for news years day, so got to see a lot of the other missionaries. That was really fun.

Hit an all time low for this year. So the power was out in our house, the hot water was off and we had lice. So to sum it all up I was washing out lice shampoo in the dark, in freezing water. Honestly, so good for me, because I take all those things for granted. So it was a little blessing in disguise.

Today we went to this castle and it is in this cute small little city on top of a mountain. It was so pretty. It was really cold, but so much fun. It has been a really good year already! 2020! Love you all. Resolution idea for you all is read the book of mormon everyday, even if you only have time for one verse! It will make 2020, even better!!

Love, motra Butters

GEZUAR !!

Heyy!
This week was full of lots of good things and one bad thing! So gonna start with the bad, my companion has LICE!!! so, for those of you who don't know I am with my companion 24/7, and that is not dramatic, we actually are never apart. So I am bound to get it, if I don't already have it. So PLEASE send tips and help!!

Luckily there was so much good this week so we can look over the minor setback of lice. One is we got to work with helping hands to give out a months worth of food to tons of families who are struggling financially from the earthquake. It was really cool to be apart of and see their faces light up.

Another is we got to go to this developmental center with kids from ages 9-20 that have disabilities and we brought them gifts and sang with them and got to hangout with them. It was definitely the best part of my week. They are all so happy with the small things that they have and they are so grateful for everything. It really reminded me of what Christmas is about! And it makes me realize I need to be so much more grateful for everything I have.

On Christmas we made tons of cookies and delivered them to members and that was really fun! Overall it was a really good week, so cool to be here for Christmas, definitely a different Christmas, but it was so amazing!!

I love you all keep serving in any way you can! Have an amazing New Years !