Back in Albania

It took me two days to get there, including one night train and two boats, the second from Brindisi. I arrived in Vlora (Albania) in the morning and when I got to the passport control I was confused about where to go. An Albanian who spoke English came to my help, and got me through. He then took me into town to the place where the buses go to Elbasan - typically helpful Albania behaviour.

When the bus came, the conductor started a conversation with me:
"Are you English?"
- "Yes"
"Are you a missionary?"
- "Yes" [that was the easiest answer to give]
"Of Jesus Christ?"
- "Yes"
"Praise God! Do you know Nick and Sar?"
I was rather surprised by this! Nick and Sar, who I was visiting, are in Elbasan, about 4 hours from Vlora, so it seemed quite amazing that this man knew them. He then treated me a bit like a friend on the bus!

The reason I had gone to Albania again was to train up the new church administrator in using the computers. I had a lot of work to cover in a short space of time, so it was pretty busy. But as usual it was great to be there and see my friends. I didn't have as much time to be sociable as I wanted, but one evening I saw the light on in one of the other flats and found a number of the people from the School of Light (the school for blind and visually impaired people) sitting there. We sat together and laughed so much together - they really are a great group to hang around with.