2-21-11

We have alot of baptisms on 13 of march. Like 6. Im freaking excited for it. Esh the people we are teaching are awesome. They are mostly all referrals from members. There is one named bob, who we meet, when we wanted to print shrits. By the ways i got my shirt with my face on it, awesome. But ya he attentened church with us the first time this past week. And he liked it. And to make it better he accpted to be baptized on march 13. Pretty awesome. Also we had another mama who we have been vistiting the past 3 week. Come for the first time to church. And it was good to see her there. But the thing that suprised me most on sunday was when my old comp. Elder Magero, walked in, not as a missionary, (he finished his mission 3 weeks ago). He walked in with his girlfriend. And it was kinda weird to see him without his tag and holding a girls hand. Ha he even invited us over to his house this week to eat. Which im way excited for. Ha i dont know how often that happens when you previous comp. Invites you to his house for a d.a. Esh i guess its weird cause i was just with him and he is home and inviting me to his house. Anyways it was good to see him. Oh ya today i got to drive a car. SH... dont tell. A member was taking us to town and he got out to get something and left the car running. And some other cars came and we were in the way so i had to move it. I know awesome. I drove a car with the steering wheel on the right side of the car. Kinda weird. Anyways just thought i should share that with ya. Esh the aggies. I will let you know when i saw the score. I yelled in the cyber. And i didnt care at all. Everyone looked at me and i just smiled at them. Esh finally got a win over them in there place too. Thats what we needed. I hope it helps him in the tourney. But anways fetch im still freaking out about it. Im glad that they had an explosive 2nd half. So today though we played soccer, and esh got comptitve. Our zone leader and another missionary were really getting into eachother. I had to tell them its freaking soccer relax. Anyways ya i still dont like soccer. And you know i miss football and basketball. Esh soccer is freaking bogus. anyways its good that the aggies are tearing it up, i wish i was there for it. But ya again the aggies thing is awesome. I hope they can win there last 3 games. Me im just here enjoying kenya. But anyways ill talk to you next week.

love, matt

February 14, 2011 - Nairobi

Anyways guess what im getting my shirt with my face on it today or maybe wed. The guy is taking alot of time on it. But anyways the fact that i will have a shirt with my face on is just awesome. I didnt get to burn my shirt, we were busy that night and came home late, and i was just tired and went to bed. But you know i might burn it tommorow. We will see. But anyways happy valentines day. i hope your doing something special in it. You know suprisingly there is some hype here for Valentines day. Ha ya but valentines day is bogus to a missionary. you know you cant do anything and you have no one to be your valentine. You know the girl who works at this cyber asked me who my valentine is when i walked in. And i told her no one and she laughed at me. But anyways ya valentines day bogus. Well yesterday was kinda bad. We went out to work with a member. And while we were heading to some appointments its started to rain. And you know its not all that good when it rains here, cause it rains alot. Anyways we got socked and plus we went to a slum that was all muddy and full of water. So not very nice, i got my nice shoes all muddy, so kinda bogus. But it was worth it we got to meet two new people who look very promising. We didnt have any baptisms this past week, but maybe this week, maybe depends. The work here is still good. Alot of people to teach. And thanks to a member we are getting some refererals. So ya its been raining here today and yesterday. And my cloths that were hanging to dry got wet. Gosh thats that bad part about rain. It always seems to rain while my cloths are hanging to dry. Gosh you get excited when there almost dry and then it rains on them and you have to wait for them to dry again. But i guess these things are just there. Well im kinda in a rush today, we are going to family home evening today, and im pretty excited for it. Esh you know family home evening is fun i find out, especially when you get the whole fam. together. But ya ill tell you how it goes. And is justin bieber that gay Canadien kid? I heard i think from a canadien elder here about him, and thats they way he described him to me. Well anyways kwaheri.
And know i love you too, and ill talk to you next week.

love, matthew

2-7-2011 One Year Mark!

well i dont mean to correct you but i will but the hump mark is on wed. not friday. And you know im going to have to do something for it you know. And of course im going to burn the apporpriate clothing, and that would be a white shirt. And i got just the right one. I got a tear in one when i was playing to close to a moving bus. But no worries me im good at this traffic crossing game. Im pretty much a pro by now. Ha i learn from the best. Anyways yes we did have a baptism this past week. And esh it was very nice. The guy we baptized was nervous for some reason. But when we got in the water he seemed to be better and after i dunked him, he seemed relaxed. And that was first time. I guess i said a wording wrong cause they made me do it again. So ya we gotta do it twice. Afterward, you know when he gave his testimony. I dont know how to describe it, he just somehow gave a powerful testimony on the church and the book or mormon. Esh again the moments that make mission so worth it. You know it makes missonairy work so much eaiser. And esh to see the happiness it brings to people, its awesome. But ya it was nice, the sister in our district came to see. And afterward we went out to eat at a really scetchy restraunt. And you know we all got beans and chapotty, but it wasnt good. I couldnt even finish, i wanted to throw up afterwards. Esh thats one of the worst food i've eaten on misson. And so you understand the restraunt it was a two tables outside someones house. And esh i regret going there but we were so hungry. Esh sister kabamba was laughing at me afterward cause i was just trying not to throw up the whole way home. Esh Esh you know though some food you just pray hard that you wont get sick from it., i went and hung out with mange again. We all went to the zl's church and played soccer. And you know its been pretty fun, just to play and relax with other missionaries. But ya mangenela was like i know who won the superbowl. Esh i didnt even know it was that time. And you know ill just barly miss next years too, only by a couple of days. But ya you know mange says hi and i did tell him about the aggies and the superbowl. And he was suprised that we eat alot of the superbowl. And you know us its just a must that we do so. Anyways im gonna get my shirt with my face on it tomorrow, im pretty excited for it. Ill for sure send you a pic. And sorry i have not been sending a pics. And today i wont, see my camera battery died today and you need it to be on to put pics on. So sorry you wont have any till next week. And ya i got some good ones for ya too. sawa kwaheri

-love matthew edward jackson

1-31-2011

Ya guess who i was hanging out with earlier today? Yep elder magenela, him and his comp came and the rest of our zone and we played soccer. Pretty fun. And i heard about the tuttles. We were looking at the people coming here. And i saw the tuttles were from farmington so you know now we have 3 rep. farmingon. Pretty nice. And ya this past week was pretty crazy. We were unable to have our baptisms. See we ran out of water again. And the guy couldnt come fix it in time, so we pushed it to next week. And i think this week we might have 3 i dont know i hope so, if we dont run out of water again. Bogus. But ya one of those crazy sundays where everyone needs you all at the same time. Crazy crazy. So ya by the ways transfers was on saturday and me and jimu are still together. Esh its awesome. And ya it should be another freaking awesome transfer. So snow though. Esh i miss snow. Here its getting alot hotter. And no we dont have ac in our apartments. And ya there is ac in the church. The church is pretty nice. They are finishing with renovations. So its really nice now. And ya imagine its pretty much the same as the chapel you go to now. The church in Nairobi is growing fast. And by the ways i like the pillowcase. You know its nice to see all those people are caring for me. And you know my comp was looking at it the other night and he asked me who is jared? And i asked why and he shows me a message on my pillow that says, Jared your doing a great job. Im not gonna say who wrote it, but all i can say was i was laughing. So you can please send someones love to jared for me ya? But esh its nice to see those things. But ya anyways did i tell you how awesome mission is. You know you meet alot of awesome people on mission. There is one family here that i love, esh they are the coolest people. And they love missionaries. And you know their home becomes your second home. So ya you know we made another t-shirt this week, it should be pretty nice. And you know i only paid like 3 bucks for it, esh its nice. Im gonna make another one with my face on it. Ya i know im pretty awesome.
But ya i have to say this area is the best area. The work is so good and the people im serving with are just awesome. Im having so much fun on mission. And you know esh when you have good people and alot of work there is nothing better. I love the members here they give us so many people to teach and they progress. And its so nice. Esh its not like the other area's ive had, this area is just awesome. But ya just know mission is awesome.

love - matt