Team Albania bonded quickly and naturally- here they are doing a “river crossing” team builder!
And here is a picture of Danielle and me at training camp:
Here are two blogs written by my co-leader, Danielle, and participant Lilly about the very beginning of our time in Albania! I’ll be telling stories of our time here and sharing those of my awesome team!
Greetings,
Team Albania is alive and well!
We made it to Albania and to our ministry site safely. We were a little jet lagged but almost fully adjusted.
Kids arrive to the camp on the 6th, there will be about 45-55 of them ages 8-10. Our ministry site is filled with farm animals including hundreds of pigs, sheep, cows, chickens and more. The goats have it going on, according to Andy:) it is absolutely beautiful here!
We have very nice living accommodations. There are two rooms (one for girls, one for guys) with bunk beds. We have been fed very well, and large portions! We have squatties (at first the team was nervous but have already come to enjoy them, as for Chelsea and I, we are very excited about squatting again!).
We will most likely be doing manual labor and preparing for camp until the children arrive.
We do not have Internet access on our ministry site but will be in touch as often as we can!
Prayer requests:
Passion and excitement for the ministry. We only have a short amount of time (2 weeks of actual ministry) so that we dive in head first and soak up everything the Lord has for us). Energy and rejuvenation.
Chow,
Danielle and Chelsea
Hi there Family and friends , I can not imagine what you all might be going through, but I can tell you how blessed you all are to have such wonderful children, as we set out On an adventure of a life time we are all thinking of you! We have had a 11 hour flight and a bus ride, we have expierenced food that is simply amazing, everything is fresh and delicious! And let me just say the first thing we ate here was pizza abe I can tell you it’s much better than American pizza (less greasy). The people here are simply humble and gracious. We people in America have it made, where as the people here don’t really have it made, its really cheap and even though it might be cheap to pay $1.50 for a latte, a ton of people might not be able to afford It! We have made it to Albania and it’s aweosme! We love you guys and we will be home soon but first thing first we must take on an adventure of a life time! ??
Psalms 16:11
You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
-Lilly
Chelsea’s fundraising status:
Albania: A mere $10 away from my goal. Thank you for all your support!!
Guatemala: $550 of $900 raised! Thank you for your support! Email me at [email protected] to get mailing instructions if you’d like to support me as well!
