After two months spent in the U.S., we are settling back into our life at home. We had a great time visiting family and friends, even meeting some we hadn’t seen in over a decade! The trip saw five states, multiple cities and (probably) hundreds of faces. One of the dearest was Sean’s grandmother, turning 98 in a few months and still doing great! (We loved seeing all the wildlife too; it’s so sparse in Albania, even sighting a chipmunk made us excited!) We always want to meet more people than we do, and we always wish we had more time to spend with everybody. We should know better by know. So if we didn’t see you (or see you enough), please know we wished we could.
This time, we were also making new connections and looking for churches to partner with our Korca church. We had some good conversations with old and new friends, and are hopeful for what the future holds!
It’s good to be back though, and see that the church has been doing great in our absence. During the English camp called Ice and Spice, eight youth became believers and continue spending time with the church youth. Please pray that their faith will grow and they’ll remain steadfast in it!
In just over a week, the school year starts, and Eva and Oliver will be off to 4th grade and 2nd grade. We are also anticipating some exciting new things happening this fall, but we will keep that a secret for now!
To everybody who we got to see – thanks for making the time, and to everybody who we didn’t – thanks for reading and staying connected!
The Masons
P.S. we realize we are a little bit behind the times, but we have finally created a Facebook group where you can learn more about our ministry and Albania. We hope it’ll help us stay connected even better! It can be found by searching for “Masons in Albania” or by following this link and requesting to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1002500776766113/?ref=group_browse
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