Readjusting...

I am finally back in Malishevë. So many things feel familiar, but at the same time different. My apartment was mostly how I left it...add a lot of additional dust on everything and water scale in the sinks. Walking the street to buy food or go to the bank...just the same. The friendly clerk at Behari, the market across the street, was very happy to see me, asking many questions about how I was feeling, and welcoming me back. He had a young worker carry my 2 bags of groceries to my apartment. On my way to the bank I met the director of the health center and he invited me to have coffee with him. It was a little awkward as the Albanian part of my brain was somewhere else. But...we had coffee and he was genuinely glad to see me. I also met a gentleman, Isuf, who is close friends with Pastor Randy and a previous patient. On my way back to my apartment, I met my favorite waiter from the restaurant where I eat once or twice a week...great chicken breast and veggies for only 1.5€. He also invited me to coffee, but I had to decline since I had just had coffee 10 minutes earlier.

It is hot, and I am trying to adjust. My apartment has been closed up, so with the windows open and cooler temperatures when the sun goes down I think it will get better. There is a huge thunderstorm going on right now...it has cooled things off at the same time increasing the humidity.

There has not been one power outage since I have been here, and there has been water as well.

I am sleeping at night, but very tired during the day still and the jet lag headache is persistent.

I will have a working cell phone on Monday. I hope to be able to go to the airport in Prishtina on Monday to retrieve my missing bag.

So, I am getting settled back into my life in Malishevë. I am trying to go slowly...seeking the Lord as He directs my steps.

I am so happy to be back here...

Morro Bay, California

I am currently spending some time at Jeff and Mary Sproul's home in Morro Bay, California. I have never really spent time near the ocean before, so this is quite an adventure for me. Each morning, this is what I see and hear as I take my "power walk"...I know watching a video is not the same as being here, but maybe you can imagine and enjoy....

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse," Romans 1:20