I arrived safely in Tirana, Albania last night (tuesday) after flying (with no hitches at all--except for one short delay--and even short lines!) from LAX to London, Switching airports from heathrow to gatwick, and then on to Tirana.
we arrived last night at dark, took a little bus with Genci, the pastor who is working with us, to our different host homes. i am staying with kendra, we live with a kind single woman named eva. she speaks a decent amount of English, enjoys travel and cooking, and is a wonderful cook so far--which of course delights me. ;) we woke this morning, not too early, for some orientation, and then lunch at a restaurant (delicious pasta etc, nice, and not expensive at all compared to america). then we were given a map of the city and explored it a bit in groups with a couple of Tirana natives as our guides.
i am trying to learn bits of albanian as i can--today i tried to tackle pronunciation, and found out that the albanian alphabet has 36 letters. even some of the ones they do share with us are completely differenty from our pronunciation-- found out q is pronouced ch, and y like u or "oo."
the city is bustling, full of a million sights and sounds and smells. i hope i will have more time next time to tell you about it. but for now i am safe and secure, and doing well. haven't even cried yet, but was quite humbled last night too think i was halfway across the world staying in the home of a kind stranger. wow. God is great. pray for us, we are all well. i miss you guys!
Jessie
Soon to come--pictures from exploring the city!
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