April 25, 2011 - Nairobi

Ya im getting transfered. I leave on thursday. Im not that happy to leave this area that quick. But some people thought otherwise. But ya im gonna miss this area i love it. And ya im gonna to kisumu. should be nice. Like i told everyone its on the equator. So might be a little hot. But still gonna be good. Well you know im going to be eating alot of fish now. But thats ok, i was eating alot of fish in my first area and i didnt mind. It actually was pretty good. And now im going to be eating some kisumu boys. See if you can figure out what that is. Just know alot of missionaries dont like them. And also i will be seeing lake victoria. And the missionary im going to be with is from smithfield ut. He is cool, he came and spent a couple of days with me in my area last transfer. So ya he is a cool guy. And ya im excited to go, i just only wish i could have stayed a little longer in this area. But ya nothin i can do. Anyways last week was ok. We were not able to have the baptism were suppose to. Something came up for the guy and he was unable to come to church. So they will have to push it to later. As long as they get baptized im happy. You know though i wish i could have been there for it though. Anyways remember that guy Jimmy, the guy from congo. Well he is still awesome. He studies alot. I think he knows more than most of the church members in utah. Some of the questions he asks are just like wow, you really did read. And again he told me he wants to be baptized and he will be soon. He is another one i wish i could be there for. But again i guess these things are just there. So ya thats me, oh and by the ways my new comp is not new on mission. He goes home in 4 months. I hope i wont kill him. I dont think i will but hope i wont. So i guess the next time you hear from me i will be in kisumu. Yep im really going all around kenya. And its pretty awesome. By the ways now im gonna be in the same district as the other elder jackson from zim. Should be fun. Well i love you and ill talk to you soon. Bye's.



love, matt.

4-18-11

I dont like drama i try to stay away from it. But you know, i heard mike and woody talk about drama in mission and i thought i couldnt be that bad. But oh i was wrong. There is so much drama here, even more than high school. Its just very stupid. And i have to say its just mainly sisters. But ya there was this one time that, one elder tried to stab his comp with a knife. ya that wasnt very much good. Anyways you know my comp wants to be a hr manager too by the ways. I dont know, he wants to hire and fire people. But as long as he wants to do that its all good. Anyways, we havent had transfers yet, its not until next week. But you know i still want to stay here. I could actually finish my mission in this area, i love it. Also i could finish my mission here with elder munatsi. But i dont think that will happen. Anyways i do hope at least ill be here another transfer. Im loving this area too much to leave it that soon. But by the ways, i got to watch conference yesterday. And it was awesome. I think i got the main message for me. And that is that i need to get married when i come home. Not to wait until later and get things out of the way. But just need to get married. And even elder scott was telling us about what to do when we are married. But you know what caught my attention. Was if you tell your spouse you love them. And not to assume that they love you. you know thats what kenyans do. I asked someone when is the last time he told his wife he loved her and he couldnt remember. So i hope you just dont do those things as well. Tell everyone you love, dont just assume that they know. So anyways ya i also like hollands talk. Gosh i love him, he is the one im looking forward to the most. Esh he is powerful and you know these last two talks have just been mello. Not like the one last april, woo he was on fire. But there is one thing im certain of is that that man does have angels minister to him. There is no doubt in my mind. Anyways i just like his reminder that conference is suppose to be listened to and remembered that these men are inspired and they are telling us what god wants us to do. So i do hope all you singles dudes are looking for a daughter of god. Anyways ya i just loved it. So the bottom line is that not to waste time. I dont know i find it kinda weird that they told me that. And also elder clayton did a few weeks ago as well. So i think i got the hints.


love, matt.

4-11-11

I saw Jimu this week, he came to nairobi for zone conference. Esh i was very happy to see him again. Ha he told me when he got to nairobi, he was home. Just goes to show that our area was awesome. And we did have fun together. And you know this is stilll my favorite area. Members are the best and the work is good. And you remeber that guy i told you about who looked up the church after talking to a sweedish guy. Well he accepted to be baptized on sunday. Esh freaking sweet. Again it just shows what talking to someone about the church can do. But anyways back to that, i got to hang out with jimu for a day. And it was awesome. He bought me a swahili, shirt and a bag. So again pretty awesome. And you saw the pics of the hospital. ha that was a fun and crazy day. Esh i cant belive we got the bounce castle into that small hall. Didnt think it could fit. But ya eveyone seemed to enjoy it. I got alot of pics of that day. And the christmas party. So ya for service, we just kinda do anything. We help member with whatever. Sometimes we go to the orphanage. It just depends. Like this week were going to a members to help them with yard work. And by the ways i love that family. Ya i know english class in Dar was fun. And i miss those guys and some of the crazy questions they would ask me. You know any english word they would find they would bring it to me and ask me what it means. It got hard when they were taking rap lyrics and asking me what they meant. Or they ask me a few swear words and tell me to explain. You know its kinda crazy to think that i was there a year ago. Doesnt seem that long ago. ya we had to go to a big mizugu market to meet an investigator. Seemed that our contacting did pay off. But anyways ya there is some nice mizugu things there that i didnt even know they had here. It reminded me of home too much and was even making me feel uncomfortable. Im still very much excited for jimmy. The guy who came to church. The guy who looked up the church on the internet. And by the ways that guy is awesome. He is powerful investigator. Although he has a sad story. He is a refugge. He is from congo. Some people had a dissagrement with him. And they wanted to kill him, so they went to his home, and he wasnt there but his wife and kid were. And when they didnt find them, they killed his wife and kid. So he had to leave the country. Kinda intense stuff. But it was good to share the plan of salvation with him. He was happy when i told him he could see his family again. But all i know is that that guy is powerful. And he wants to be baptized by the ways. He asked me on sunday after he told me he got his answer when he prayed about joseph smith and the book of mormon. So ya as you know it was a pretty awesome experience. He is excited to be baptized and wow he is very smart. He understand things. Esh he think on every word you say. Ha on church even he was contributing in sunday school, and priestood. People thought he was member. Kinda funny since thats only his second sunday there. But ya this week should be an awesome week. We get to see conference on saturday. And im excited for it. You know last october i never got to see the preistood session, kinda bummed me out. But i hope i will get to this time. Anways ill talk to you next week.

love, matt.

4/4/11

I had an interview with the Mission President a few hours ago. It was good, just talked about my comp and my area. And i found out my old comp. Elder jimu, who is opeing a new area in mwanza Tanzania. He is in the branch presidency there. Awesome. Im excited for him. The church is just starting there and he right there helping it. And ya im excited for conference. Although we wont see it, for another few weeks. I think at the end of this month i think we will see it. And im looking forward to it. You know its kinda bogus that i have to wait that long to see it. But i guess these things are just there. Anyways ya so i can tell you a short story about us walking to email today. On the way we got stopped by a guy and he starts telling us that we are devil worshipers. And that our church is the devil. And you know me i dont like standing for those things. So me munatsi, and sister missionary blasted him. And still esh that guy was being bogus. He refuses to belive that we belive in christ. He only trusts what he hears from people who have never been to our church. Sometimes people can be stupid. But we got his number and he wants to meet with us later this week. So ya im going to unload on him next time i see him. But ya just something bogus that happens every now and then. Other than that though everthing is good. We are working on finding people to teach. We have been contacting, and members are helping us out as well. Its nice. And you know last week we had a guy from congo come to church. He doesnt know much about it. He meet a guy from sweeden on a plane, and he was a member of the church. And he talked to him for 20 minutes. And told him when he gets to nairobi, to look it up. And so he did, got on the internet and looked it up and came. We are meeting him later this week. He is very very interested. But it just goes to show what talking to somebody can do. Like president says, its one of those miracles. Well ya anyways ya i had an awesome week. And it sounds like you guys did too. But anyways ya thats it for me, and i think mange did like his hat and picture. Oh by the ways pres. ordered pizza for us today. That was a score. Pizza doesnt happen very often for us. BYE'S ALL YALL'S

love, matt.