sad, sad, sad

umm ok today was th elast day of camp, which was actually sort of a sigh of relief just because its SO exausting. Tonight is parents night , so be in prayer for that b/c of the serbs and albanians being together in one place can kind of be nerve raking! Today was ok, yesterday *for lack of better words*....sucked. Umm i dont really know how else to put it. Umm i ust faced MANY frustrations and my visit didnt even go that well. I was very disappointed and discouraged. Its just hard when u hear several ppl getting to share the gospel with devoted muslims that are like philoshpers in their religion, and i havent even had a meaningful conversatin with my girls or ayone from here at all. Im really missing the ppl that i love and care about the most. The ones who i can confide in and get godly councel from. I have never been more thankful for our Body at home than now. SO as this will be my last post before i see all of you, i will SEE you soon , your prayers are priceless, and I love you!

PAYA

Hey hey guys! we went to paya today (xhevat,tim, terri, and me) and it wa a BLAST! Paya is SO beautiful. We wet up in the mountains via Xhevats bro in laws car. We actually went to xhevats sisters church this mornng. HOW COOL! Afetr siting there for a while with the bro in law translating for tim and terri (i couldnt hear him) xhevat asked if i could hear him and i said no , so i moved over to xhevat so that he could translate. How cool to hear the word of God having to be translated?!?!?!? lol srry im a little tired! but ayway, i thought id just giove a short post about it. Umm to answe any possible questions. NO i didnt go swimming in my clothes...we didnt have time lol but i did get in and got my jeans pratty soaked just wading in the water lol. IT WAS FREEZING! it will truly be so hard to leave this place!

ummmmmm

hey hey ! umm im in better sprirts than last night. Sorry if i seemed a bit complainy lol..umm i just wanted to punch something...repeatedly lol I reunited with a girl i had last year b/c her older sister goes to this camp and she was saying how erestina was soo excited to hear her teacher was in Lipjan again! They both have grown soo much! Its crazy to see them, i mean Verona is TALLER than me now ( i know ...who isnt?!?! loL) ! Today i have another visit with a girl from this year. Her name is Renata , and NO JOKE she IS teh twin from the wendy girl in the Wonder years!!!! Youll see her pic when i get home and you'll be creeped out. Thatys how much she resembles her ha ha Tonight we plan on just staying home and spending time with the girls and Sahbon and Valeme! ANNNDDDD Xhevat invited me to Paya on Sunday...its a littele trip he put together! IM SOOO EXCITED. Ive heard its absolutely BEAUTIFUL There (srry fo rall teh caps) ha ha. Ganja, xhevats sister is going, and she calls me sister now too lol its so cute. Today she taught me the wedding dance! its so much fun! ......well i better get going. Know that i LOVE and miss y'all and u know who you are! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO <3 Gimp

"fingers" and exhaustion =(

Hey guys umm I guess I should educate you on the fingers thing first b4 I explain the story...ummm all the tranlators and stuff call toes fingers lol and then I say no ...toe and the'ye like yes...whatever lol ...umm well I broke my little "finger" lol yeppp i definitely did lol ummm i was playing volley ball with the serbian family that showed up b/c no one else was playing with them and i ended up slipping b/c of my socks on the gym floor and i actually ended up landing on my leg(dont ask how that happened) and i felt 3 toes go one way and the other 2 go another...and i stood up withj the help of the family and i realized i couldnt walk. ummm i was just in shock at first that it happened but when i tried to move it ...instant tears...OH man itsa amazing how much one LITTLE part of your body can cause such pain lol. So milan ..the serbian translator called dr Mark and had him come to the blc even though i insisted that he didnt have to. WHat are you going to do for a broken toe? i mean really? .....well he did give me pills lol those i like lol they make all the pain disappear lol. umm but anyway well i got hurt about 15 mins into aftermnoon game time and i had a visit at 330 which was about an hr from then ...but i insisted once again that i would go on my visit b/c i knw hw much it means to them. sooo yea that was tiring and right now ...walking all gimpy and what not i feel like my hip is about to pop out of place!!! BUT ANYWAY..then right after that happened we were walking to my girls house and the tranlator from last yr was there and we were talking about last yr and she said "...yes tiffany you have gotten fatter since last year....." soo THAT was encouraging , and icing on what was already an AWESOME afternoon *SARCASM* ...but anyway ...w/e "beauty is fleeting beauty is fleeting beauty is fleeting " *she repeats to herself rocking back and forth in the feetle (?) position* umm camp was ok today. i have some weird stomach thing going on in the mornings , but i think it may be the coffee so im going to stop drinking it on the mornings! umm just PLEASE pray for me: psyically and mentally and emotionally......i could really use encouragement. E mails would be awesome..and im loving the comments you guys post. thanks. well i better get going....love ya <3 Gimp

veils, frustration, and cloud nine

hey guys ....ummm ok yesterday....day 2 of camp. it went ok, and the girls continued to get closer, but today was AMAZING! there is one girl who is very shy and insecure even when we wnet on the visit to her house and today it was night and day. the other girls in my group were helping her in the english class and working with her, b/c she doesnt speak a lick of english so i couldbnt help her, and the shy girl...Vlora warmed up to me today which is an answer to prayer!!!!!! umm i have one visit today and one tomorrow and one more that i have yet to schedule and i will prob go on that visit with josh b/c he has her bro in his group! soo to answer your q mom, yes were visiting this year! so that was my cloud nine....HOWEVER...last night was not so good.....umm i had a very long day i was at the center or on a visit ALL day until about 9 and when i got home the power came on so i jumped in the shower..PRAISE GOD FOR WATER AND SOAP ..AMEN!!!! ha ha...then i actually used the blow dryer lol and i went outside after everyone had gone to bed and i read the girls a book actually its that weird lookin character arthur lol and valeme was helping me learn the words in shqip. then i went inside to go to sleep and some how i got into a convo with my roomate about election and how chooses us , and she TOTALLY disagreed. shes belives in free willand shes an argumentative person anyway and she thinks that she has everything figured out and finally after being patient and reading her romans 9 she stilll said that god loves evryone and that he chooses everyone and that ppl reject God and i ended up saying that she didnt have to agree with em but that she HAS to agree with teh word of God and she was stil arguing with em and i just ended it after that. i was soooo exausted and emotionally just disturbed and i ended up crying myself to sleep...soo BAD night and GREAT day....! ummm thats pretty much it....umm PLEASE keep me and all ogf us in prayer. I love yall and hope to hear from you soon!

camp, tums, and hugs

WOW today went AWESOME. today was the first of 9 days of camp. I have 12 and 13 yr old girls. they are all albanian, and they comletely warmed up to me...as compared to the littler kids it took them a few days to get into it and feel comfortable. umm im getting closer to the family each day that goes by and let me tell you what...the girls LOVE me...im not joking! lol not to be vain or anything but they genuwinely like being around me and just spendng time with me and the others even though we dont speak the same language..love is universal...corny i know but SO true! Umm let me explain the tums part lol...yea my tummy has been a little bubbly inside (lol mike and kull lol) soo please pray that my stomach would stop messing up!...well srry its short but im tired and honestly i have to go to the bathroom..and have to for ummm..a WHILE lol <3 Funnytiff...thats what xhevat calls me ...thats a new one lol

Tung

lol let me clarify. Tung (pronounced like 2n+ hard g lol) umm yea things are great here. umm to save time i will just copy and paste from some e mails, quite honestly b/c its easier than retyping things five times lol ! that is part of an e mai that i wrote lie ten mins ago --> Umm Im meeting all these cool people. Umm theres peter hes soon to be 19 and hes from st louis , origfinally from Penn. then theres Kerry who is from a VERY small town n ilinois. Hes pretty cool too. Um i tink ill be giving peter some vocal "help" lol b/c hes very musical but hes not the best singer lol. They were both showing me hw to properly kick and shoot a futbol lol umm i also met alice from england..born in ireland..YES an irish person lol. shes soo sweet and i think we bonded but i havent been able to hang out with her at al yet. Theres a new girl terry who is 18 and shes th edaughter of a guy who came last year. Ummm we just spent our afternoon together... with xhevat and agron, peter, corissa, terry, and myself! im hanving soo much fun! we went to a very nice restaurant for a drnk and stayed and visited a while then walked to agron's house so that agron , agrons bro and xhevat could cut wod for winter..yes they start now b/c the wpd is cheaper ..thats what agorn said. we sang for a little girl from last years camp and agrons sister lol that was good times lol Im so excited xhevat and i have ben able to hang out b/c hes like my big bro. He even warned kerry and peter that if they made fun of me or hurt me that they woud be" caput" lololol Hes so funny that crazy albanian ! <--end lol. and heres another lol --->ummm yes being in the word is like always, a struggle for me. we're always gone the past couple days and dont get hgome tyill late, but i NEED to make time. Its not that i dont want its just that beng tired and feeling cruddy has been hard. Umm im feling a bit better but i almost fell over today ..but i actuay had a wal behind me. Its just the dizziness. its so bad stil. i duno why. ill ask dr. mark if it continues.<-- end . I realixe i say umm a lot ha ha and lol i say that too a lot..sorry. and i love using the dot dot dot too lol well thank you kyle, mom , and josh who commented...i did read them! Also, kull...they have a donut equivalent here LOL soo he really isnt going too long with ut having a donut..we have them like evry other morning lol LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! comment! BYE...and tung is for is for both hi and bye mom LOL so tung