November 29, 2011

Ha a new suit that would be good. You know mine is too big for me. And all the pants i brought from home. Ha when I was in Kisumu my son punched a new hole in my belt cause they kept falling down. And I'm so thankful for mike playing my role for me. I cant wait till I join in. And we can glare at every guy that comes to our house. I'm looking forward to those days. But no worries Kenya is still good.

We had 77 investigators at church on Sunday. Yep 56 people at Ilima Branch. And 21 people in Kyambeke Branch. That is a record for me. Ha they had to split the investigators class into three different classes. So many I didn't know what to do. So ya we be busy now. My comp i think is still getting used to the area and is starting to hate hiking. But I think he is loving the hills. Although he keeps saying that he is camping. Not sure what that means. But makes me laugh every time he says.

But ya I've been working my comp a lot here. I've made him walk ALOT! Ha he told me his legs are hurting a lot. We walk and we walk fast. Even up the mountains. I think I'm ready for Kilimanjaro. Speaking of that did I tell you that there is a spot in my area where we can see Kilimanjaro. Ya pretty awesome. But ya we are busy here. Freaking busy. 77 people show up to church and we have a lot to work with. You know we don't really contact here people just bring people to church. And thats how we get people to teach. Works out pretty nice.

Ya I made it to Nairobi. I got to see Munatsi again and we were running around Nairobi the whole time. It was fun. I missed that guy. But ya he went to Arusha. Speaking of Arusha, Elder Smedley is there, he is the one I went to school with. He called me today and told me he broke his leg. He said he passed out and when he woke up his leg is broken. But they flew him to Nairobi and he is getting his cast on today. And sounds like he is going to be there for a couple of days. I don't think he is going home. But i do think he might get a car and a driver. Pretty cool ya! But he is going to call me tonight and tell me what's up. And we are gonna talk more, you know I love that kid. We are going to hang out Kabisa when he gets home. And we are already planning bear lake trips with Cameron, or Elder Willis. Ya gonna be fun. Anyways though me I'm still going hard here.

But ya anyways that's cool about the Christmas thing. You know i hope there is a cool touch screen in there just so you know. I don't want anything else. You know I'm sick of the stupid green screen, its killing me. I don't know how much longer I can take of it. I already hate having the phone. But ya anyways its okay not to much longer left. I try not talking about home too much with my comp. I don't want to make him homesick. But do you know he likes BETOS! AH fetching killed me. He tells me he goes a lot. Ah fetch he was killing me. And he tells me he likes angels and airwaves freaking made day. But ya he is cool. I like him. I think he is good to be my killer. And you know I do hope that they don't transfer me my last transfer. Ah ill be mad. Anyways though I gotta run for this week. But ill talk to you next week. Greet everyone for me.

love, matt

November 22, 2011

You know when I read the Fab 4 nini this month i realized how much my english is gone. And ya I really do try every month to read my email and make sure that it is not that bad and wow sometimes its bad. Anyways though I wanted to tell you I adopted two little girls here and I want to bring them home. Ha one is my Branch Pres. daughter and the other is his niece. Well I love them and I gave them nicknames too. One is baby girl and the other is sama baby. Pretty nice ya. I'll send you pics when I can, today I forgot my cord. But at least I got Sister Hall to send you some. She is awesome by the ways. You should thank her for me she bakes me cakes and banana bread. How awesome is that! You know it seems I'm getting alot of moms over here. But don't worry mom no one can ever replace you.

So ya I'm still here in the Hills. My new comp Elder Patten is coming Thursday. I have not meet him yet. But you know he is my killer. He is my last comp. Kinda weird to think ya? Anyways though I'm gonna miss Elder Mpahlele the guy is awesome. And he was a freaking sweet comp. But ya I'll have to let you know how Elder Patten is. And ya they are giving me a American again. That's only my second white comp. Its always weird to have a white comp. But should be okay. Elder Smedley tells me he is a sweetheart. So its should be good. Mom has already done her research on him. Which I think is kinda funny she knows more about him than I do. Ha I cant wait to see the reaction of my new comp. This place in not like the place he is now serving at all. This is his second area and he is going to be in a little shock. Ha he is in Nairobi now. I want to call him and tell him to take all luxury's that are there with him cause there not here. Ha he is going to learn the real mission. The jungle/bush/mountains. You know we have monkeys here by the ways. People here have dogs to protect their crops at night. Monkeys sometimes like to come down and make a mess of them. So they have dogs to kill them if they try.

So ya imagine we are doing Thanksgiving today. I hope all of you enjoy your turkey Thanksgiving for us we are going to enjoy a chicken Thanksgiving. Turkeys are freaking expensive here. But we bought 4 chickens so should be quite a nice dinner. Chickens chapattys, beans and veggies. Sis Hall was going to bake us a cake for it too. So ya should be good. We don't have Thanksgiving with the couples they do their own thing. So us we are doing ours. We are having it at Presidents house so should be pretty fun and I'm pretty excited for it. So ya the reason we are doing it early is we are kinda making it a going away party for my comp as he leaves tomorrow. He is going to my first area by the ways. You have no idea how jealous I was when I heard. I would kill to go back.

So by the ways I got a call from President B. yesterday. He asked me if I was exited to go to Florida and when I wanted to go home. I told him whenever was good. He was talking about maybe me going with the Nevins and maybe 2 or 3 weeks early. He told me he wanted me to have plenty of time to adjust to things. And that he didn't want me to jump on one plane to the next. Which is pretty cool of him. Ha he asked me if I was going to wear any cheerleading skirts. Ha made me laugh. Anyways though ya just have to wait for Sis Nevin. It all kinda suprised me and made me kinda freak out a little. So ya he said I'll know exactly when I'm leavin in the coming weeks. So ya get ready for me I'm coming sooner than everyone thought and in plenty of time before Florida. Pretty cool I think. I'm going to make more of the basketball season than I thought.

Regarding the picture in the Church News of the conference ya the nice chapel is Upperhill chapel my third area. And if it was full of missionaries then ya I was probably there. And that could very likely by me. But ya save it and ill tell you when I come home.

Anyways I'm still enjoying the hills. And we have another baptism coming up in a couple of weeks. By the ways the baptism on Saturday was sweet. You know the guy who was baptized had a son serving a mission. He told me how happy his son was going to be when he heard that he was baptized. Kinda cool. I can only imagine. Buts ya I keep you posted on him. The guy is awesome. And sawa I'll try and bring my guitar home. you know I'm learning alot of that thing. Sometimes there is not alot to do here so I just play it alot.

I gotta run for this week I'll talk to you next week. Tell everyone hi for me.

Love Matt

November 15, 2011

Regarding the meeting with Elder Nelson and me being there, are you talking about my twin the other Elder Jackson? Was it the black Jackson? Cause me myself was far way from there. Only branch presidents there, for us we didnt get to go. Ya the only missionaries that were there was the ap's. But anyways though ya I didn't get to go but President Broadbent said there is going to be a mission tour in Januray. Which im pretty excited for I havent heard who is coming yet but im sure I'll hear soon.

And ya I heard about Utah State and I'm pretty excited to hear they beat BYU. Esh I was worried cause they have a young team but esh as long as they beat them im happy. Ha by the ways I was would have been there with dad in the cold at the football game. Even me I would have gone and would have loved it.

Anyways though not much this week from the village. Although sister hall did give us a cake that was good. And also she brought by our pillows. I forgot how nice a pillow is. It was almost three months with no pillow. But whoever bought them was loving us. They are very nice. Anyways ya we have a baptism this Saturday I'm pretty excited about. His name is Nzunki. He is an older guy but he is sweet. He makes guitars for a living. And they are pretty cool. He showed me the ones he is making and he is pretty good. Ya freaking love that guy he knows how to play them too. Which speaking of guitars I'm not sure what to do with mine. Should I take it home or should I leave and sell it. I don't know what to do. I like that guitar though. I have learned alot of things on the guitar now. There is a new missionary here and he is a guitar genius. He is freaking good and has been teaching me alot. Pretty cool to have around. But you know anyways I'll let you know how it goes.

Ya anyways though today was kinda a bummer. My comp has to go to the atm to get money and there is no atm anywhere near our house. So we had to go far away to a place called Salama to find the atm. And when we got there it was out of order. So we had to go even farther to Emaili to find one. And now I find myself here emailing you at 2 shillings a minute which is alot. I like 1 shiling or 50 cents but this one is bogus and is charging alot.

So ya Christmas is next transfer. And we get transfer news this Saturday. And I'm not sure whats going to happen. We will have to wait and see. So anyways I'm gonna go for this week. Talk to you later. love you keep rocking Farmington.

love, matt

November 8, 2011

So for starters the place is Kilungu hills, the town where I live is called Kyambeke. It’s like 2 hours outside Nairobi if that helps. Anyways ya I’m gonna need some more time for your family home evening. These computers are not all that great. The place I email is called nguni I think not sure how you spell it. Anyways though ya I've been having a hard time uploading photos here. Anyways though I went to Mombasa and it was awesome. I loved it. I wish I died there. It was so warm esh made me miss Dar. But ya I dont know what they will do. Pres asked me in my interview if I wanted to die in Kilungu or die somewhere else. I told him whatever he wanted and ya I’ll see. But ya Mombasa was nice we went to the beach and ah it was nice! All I know is that I want to go there again or even serve there. Fetch it was nice. And i got to see Munatisi and chill with him for a few days. Fetch I missed that guy. Ah but I’m not sure if I’ll get to see him before I go home. I hope I do. Anyways though ya zone conference was good.

Anyways ya I made it back to my lovly Kilungu the cold place but its okay. I still love it. You know I thought about it and its really the members who are making this place awesome. You know the members here are just sweet. And there the ones you will always remember when you go home. Like president and his family are like my family now. I love them all. Anyways though ya I don’t know about what I’m gonna do when i come home I’m gonna freeze to death.

Anyways though everyone is getting ready for us to come home ya? So me I have a question when is Elissa going to her cheerleading comp? Ya haha I know some secrets. Its nice to have my twin in office. Ha but ya tell me that and I’ll tell you something awesome. Anyways though I’m glad you got the pics. Sister Hall is awesome and ya they are bringing us pillows. I have not slept with a pillow for like 2 months and I got sick of it and finally said something. But ya I’m super excited for it. And we finally have POWER! 21 days no power that is my record now. I don’t know if any of you there can beat it. But ya the fam in Kilungu missed us. Ha they were sending us texts in Mombasa saying they missed us. Good to know I’m loved here. But ya it only took like a 6 hour bus ride to Salama and then 30 minute matatu ride to Nguni and then a 45 minute piki piki ride to home. Fetch it was a long trip. Like I said I’ll never ever think Grandma Jackson's or Logan is far again. Ha those are just close. I’m gonna go for this week can’t wait to hear from you next week. Have a powerful week.

love, matt

October 25, 2011

So ya the hike ha these mountains are kicking my butt. But no worries they are not getting me geared up for Kings Peak. They are getting me ready for Kilimanjaro. Yep by the time I’m done here I'll be ready for it. You have no idea these mountains are getting me in shape. So anyways though as for us we still have no power here. And as of right now the power has not come back 12 days now. And it doesn’t look like its coming back anytime soon and to think some people at home can’t handle it for more than a few hours. I don’t know what my house looks like with the lights on. I might never see it with the lights on at least that’s what the people tell me. The Kenya Power Company is bogus. I’m gonna have to go and bribe to fix it faster. But you know these things are just there and I am just enduring. But no worries I’m loving all of our forced candle light dinners.

Hey the couples are nice. They baked us a cake and it was freaking nice. The halls are sweet. They live in Nairobi and drive out here twice a week. So ya it’s nice to have them around. Anyways though the work is good here. And ya imagine our branch president feeds us all the time. It’s nice we are slowly being adopted into their family. I love going over there and playing with the kids and just playing games with the whole family. It’s nice though. Although I wish you could see this place though. I know you would love it. As for the temperature its going up a little but I’m still cold. But hey I’m going to Mombasa next week for zone conference it will be hot there.

We had some baptisms this past week, 2 from us as investigators and 16 as children who are turning 8. So ya we had alot to dunk. And for confirming them, ah it took the whole hour to confirm them and I think every Melchizedek priesthood holder confirmed including me and my comp. And then after confirming we had the sacrament and then the primary program. It took up all of Sunday school so ya sacrament meeting was 2 hours long. But the primary program was good. I enjoyed it. Those kids can sing and they are loud. Loved it. Anyways though ya that was the highlights of my week. Pretty nice ya? By the ways I still have not seen conference yet. No power means we can’t watch conference. So I don’t know maybe I’ll have to just wait and see it when I come home. It’s killing me.

I’m super excited to go to Mombasa to Zone conference next week! And also I finally get to see Munatsi again. It’s been almost 7 months. But ya I finally get to go to Mombasa and see it. That’s the one place I wanted to go in Kenya so ya I’m gonna take some pictures for ya. Anyways though home sounds good. I miss home. I don’t know why but I keep dreaming of home and its killing me. Ah but you know i don’t have much longer. As for the package by the ways don’t worry about it I’ll get it. The couples live in Nairobi and they come out this way twice a week. So I’ll get it whenever it comes. But I’m gonna go for this week. Just know I’m okay and its warming up now. And next week will be hot when I go to Mombasa. Esh I’m excited. Anyways I’m gonna go for this week, I can’t wait to tell you about the climbs of this week. But I’ll talk to you later.