Safe in Albania

Hello we are safe in Albania! It is just after 4pm Friday, 6am for you. We spent a lot of time on planes. Things went smoothly once we got out of Sacramento. At the counter in Sac, the ticket agent asked us for our Visas which we did not have. According to them, Albania requires a visa for people staying more than a month. This was given away by the return date marked on our tickets.

Luckily we were able to continue on, they said to contact the police here to get the visa. Turns out that the people I'm staying with, the husband is the third highest ranking officer in the department, and his wife is in charge of visitor visas. I don't expect a big problem. If we do we will be returning home early. Please keep this in your prayers.

Jet lag has the best of us right now. Right now the ground is shaky from the flights and the room is kind of spinning from being tired. We our looking forward to rest tonight.
We our also looking forward to meeting our host families here in Tirana. Apparently my host family is just as excited to see me as I am to see them.
Tonight we are meeting with a police officers bible study for dinner.

A funny note. So, I've never really known much about political America/Albania relations. I know that Albania is fond of America for support though. Anyways, hanging all over the streets of Albania are American and Albania flags. Turns out that President Bush is visiting Tirana this Sunday. There is a possibility we may meet Laura Bush who will be visiting an American university here. Who would have thought the president would be visiting here when we're here. I thought the flags were just for us!