8-20-2010

This week was not the best week for me but it was ok. First i killed my first missionary last friday. yep my comp elder Lemma is now home. He had to leave early for school. So i have to finish the rest of the transfer in Kitale, in a threesome. Which is not all that great. But at least the guys im with are cool. So ya ill be working in kitale for almost 2 weeks. Which means i wont be in my area for that long. I had to go to church in kitale yesterday, and it was weird not being at the church in Misikhu. Its also kinda werid not having a comp. I wont get my new one till next week...... and the power just cut there again. it went off when i was emailing elissa too. Gosh the power here sucks. So if Stockton want to go on a mission tell him GO! Mission is one of the best decisions i've ever made. I've never ever regreting going. Once you start serving the people and seeing them light up when they understand the gospel makes the mission worth it. I know if he choses to go he wont regret it.
So ya this past week was kinda crazy for me. We had 3 days of teaching in our area until thursday in a middle of a lesson we got a call from our DL. And he told Lemma he is leaving the next day. So we had to hurry home and he packed, then we had to go get a bus ticket for him to go to nairobi in the morning. The Kitale elders came down to our flat to spend the night so when lemma left i wouldnt be alone. So crazy day and we put him on the bus the next morning. Then me and the kitale elders headed back to kitale. Where i went and worked with them in their area. which is different since they are in more of a town rather than in the middle of no where. Im not sure if i like to serve in a bigger place its all pretty hecktic. But i know i will, ill end up in Nairobi sooner or later. All missionaries serve in Nairobi in their mission. But as for right now i know im not going to Nairobi. So ya something cool that happend, was in kitale. We went to see a less active guy and see how is was doing and if he would come back to church with his family. And it was a really nice visit. We taught him about prayer, and family. And im glad i was able to use an example of us as a family praying together. I challenged him to pray as a family and you know what he did. i saw him the next day and he told me he did. and to make it even better at church sunday he came with his whole family. It was way awesome to see that our efforts were worth it. The guy is a really powerful guy, the whole family is, and im way happy to see them come to church. Oh by the ways the kitale elders use bikes alot in there area. Not like the bikes at home, they are really big and heavy. And they only have two and guess who got to ride on the back of it? Me of course. I got to sit on the metal part over the back tire, and the roads here are not the best, really bumpy. And now lets just say my butt is not feeling the best right now. Although today i made it a little better, i got a blanket and used it as padding. But still not all that great.
Oh so by the way ya, im slowly forgeting math. I think ill be taking the same class as zach is. Cause all that is just going out of my head. Especially my english, lets just say its not good. It helped when i was teaching english class in Dar. But now that i no longer do, the english is going. The kenyans and Tanzanians dont speak english quite like america does. Its alot more messed up.

Love matt