In the beginning of October we went to Montenegro for MTS2 which
stands for missionary training school part 2. It was held for all of the OM
missionaries around our general area. They came from Bosnia, Moldova,
Romania, Albania, and Kosovo. It was a great time of learning and
growing as well as getting to meet and make new friends.
We drove there since it was only around 4 hours from our flat and
we stayed there for 10 days. This is a picture of what the
surrounding area looked like.




This was a boy named Ilir who Kya really bonded with while we
were at MTS. She enjoyed being around him so much that each
morning and after every nap she would wake up asking to go
and play with him right away. Fortunately, he lives in Albania in
a city 2 hours from ours and she will get to see him again during
Christmas as the 3 OM Albanian teams meet for the holidays.




This is right outside the room in our hotel where we would come
together everyday to worship, pray, teach, share, and interact
with one another. The room was a little tight and the food the hotel
served was not so good, but it didn't matter much because the time
we spent there with each other in fellowship and learning and
growing was special.

This water source was right outside the hotel room where
we met (see above) and you could get fresh water from it
whenever you wanted. I think the kids used it much more
than we did.


I put this picture in because it says a lot about who Kya is. After
taking her to go potty at the hotel I ripped off some toilet paper
and it came out uneven. She didn't like that so I tore the rest that
was hanging to make an even cut but I left this one little part on
purpose to see if she would notice. Well, she did. It still was bothering
her. She showed signs of this when she was very little. When she was
around 1 and couldn't talk yet, she woke up one morning in her crib
and was whining about something and pointing over to the corner of
her room. When I took her out and put her on the floor she walked
over to her closet door that was open just a little and pushed it closed
because it was bothering her. At least we shouldn't have to worry a
whole lot about her keeping her room clean but we'll have to see how
extreme she goes with it.



While in Montenegro Jamie and I celebrated our 9th wedding
anniversary. This was a pretty nice restaurant in town that
we went to and the food and service was really good.




These were mozzarella sticks that we ate there. We have not
eaten or even thought of them since we left the States. They
were a pleasant surprise.




When we were driving to Montenegro we ofcourse had to go
across the border of Albania/Montenegro. When you drive
over you need a green card and another document for your
car as well(only in certain countries). Well some of the cars
driving over from Albania didn't know this and they had to
leave their vehicles at the border for 10 days. They took a
taxi to get to the hotel which is about an hour drive but could
not fit all their bags. So I offered to drive back to the border
that first night with an English guy named Neil to retrieve
the bags that were left. We left around 8 or so and the drive
back to the border was a little hairy because the road was
super narrow in many spots and very dark and in the
mountains as well. And there was not much of a shoulder or
none at all sometimes so when someone is coming at you with
their brights on it was quite challenging sometimes to stay on
the road. I should tell you that neither Neil or I had been with
them when they were driving so we only knew where to find the cars
from what they told us. Anyways, after searching for like an hour
we could not find them. We left after some guy started yelling
something at us from inside this van. I walked over to it and around
the back and to my surprise he was holding a semi-automatic gun
and telling me (in Albanian) not to come any closer. I am still not sure
whether he was a guard in that area or if he was just living there by
himself. Anyways, that was our cue to go. We never did find the cars
that night and got back after midnight. Thankfully, they were still
where the guys left them 10 days later after the MTS ended.