This pretty much sums up our lives in Albania (both physically and spiritually)

You have an idea of what the new country looks like. Still, you are very much at home, although not truly at peace, in the old country. You know the ways of the old country, its joys and pains, its happy and sad moments. You have spent most of your days [...]

6532 and 6

6532: The number of miles we have put on the car since June 22.  
6: The number of days left in America before we return home.  
Returning to blogging soon!

Dog Tired

Well,
It has been a great couple of weeks.  We have had lunch or dinner with some one or a group of someones everyday this last week.  We have shown our slide show pictures and talked about Albania and youth ministry and everyday life and kids and language and people until we think our voice boxes [...]

35 for the Birthday Boy!

Well, it is a great day when you get to celebrate the man you love!  So here is mine! Today is Robert’s birthday and honestly in the midst of our travels and meetings this week, we weren’t sure we would even have an evening to ourselves to celebrate.  So here is my top ten list [...]

Where in the world is the Wheelis family?

Okay… so now that we have our feet on the ground, you might want to know where we are and what we are doing? Click on the Wheelis Summer Tour to see specific dates on our itinerary.
We spent our first two weeks in CO with family and recovering from jet-lag. Both of [...]

The first 2 years

As we mentioned in our previous post, we are in America this summer for our Home Ministry Assignment.  The last month in Albania has been a great time as we have finished the chapter on our first two years and to see the fruit of our labor.  

We finished language lessons at the end of [...]

What is HMA?

Most of you are probably like we were before we started this journey…unfamiliar with the how-to’s of international missions. We didn’t grow up in any churches that really had a history of sending missionaries overseas and, therefore, the learning curve has been huge. Over the last two years, we’ve tried our best to [...]

What does a missionary do all day long?

Had to share this post from a fellow missionary in Albania.  David and his family live and minister in a smaller city about an hour from Tirana. 

Once upon a furlough, a sweet but naive man told me, “I bet it’s so incredible to be a missionary, to have nothing else to do but evangelize all [...]

7 year old theology

Wrap your mind around this profound theological conversation I had with Tyler and Austin last week after their soccer game.
Me: Hey guys! How was the game?
Tyler: Great, Dad! MY team won!
Austin: Nuh-uh
Tyler: Uh-huh
Austin: Nuh-uh. The Bible says that the first will be last and the last will [...]

How fast is that, really?

On our way back from Kruja yesterday, I saw what tops my list of oddities in Albania.

A white trailer with the words (in English) “FAST FOOD,” spray painted on the side.
This is what was tied to the back of the trailer.

(Note: These are not actual pictures… I could have kicked myself- we did not have [...]