Dear family,

Right now I'm in Shkodër where we are on our district trip.  We went up to the castle here in Shkodër and had a good time.  Last Wednesday, we had a specialized training where the president told us to come in p-day clothes.  So we came, and he said we'd do the training, and afterwards we were all going bowling.  So that was fun.  Also this week, we met this guy who seems really interested in the gospel, and he is going to have us come meet his family as well.  Then, later in the week, we met with these 3 guys we'd met in the road one day, and they were pretty cool.  They all seem somewhat interested, so hopefully they will start progressing.

Yesterday, we had district conference here in Tirana, so we had all the members and missionaries in Albania there.  That was fun.  Afterwards I was able to meet the people I knew from Durrës and Vlorë as well.  That was really cool.  My companion got a phone call the other day from president telling him that his group may have to extend their missions for another week.  They are going home in July, and so they may have a bit more time than before.  I think the MTC group coming in at that time is delayed or something.  The group that is leaving is 13 missionaries, which is about a third of the mission.  So they would rather have the new missionaries here to replace them when they leave.

Well, I can't think of too much else to add.  It doesn't sound like there's anything happening for the next week or 2 until general conference.  So we'll be doing regular missionary work.

Love,
Elder Wallentine