8-30-2010

Yesterday was pretty awesome, we had two baptisms yesterday. And wow you can just see their faces light up when they are baptized. So me and my comp had to give talks for it yesterday and we got maybe a 2 minute notice, which isnt too bad. But when i got up there to give my talk i was just looking at the two of them and i couldnt help but smile, i just relized how happy they were and the fact that i was able to help them be that happy. Its an amazing feeling and it makes all those bad mission days worth it, it makes the whole mission worth it. Gosh i love mission. But ya they were suppose to be baptized on saturday but we had a problem. We got there and looked in the tank and the water was filthy. By the way the tank is outside. And we really couldnt baptized in it, so we had to empty the water out with buckets. (oh ya thats how we do it around here, we dont have the nice fonts like back at home) But we emptied it out, and then we had some guys with their bikes come with buckets of water to fill it back up. As you guessed it took a while. So we had to call it off till the next day. I felt really bad cause how far the people had to walk, they walk for over an hour to the church, and then i had to tell them that it was not possible today. It was really hard, but they were very understanding about it. So we had on sunday and it turned out very nice. Esh though my area is really in the bush. By the way i have i told you i hate maze? i think i have but im just gonna tell you again...... I hate maze. We are now looking for someone to come and cook for us. Cause it just sucks after a while. But hey i have another amazing food, i have to add to my favorites, and it would be chapotty's. They are awesome and seem to go with almost everything. Its pretty nice. im going to bring home some chapotty flour when i come home so i can make it for you guys. Cause you just dont know on what food your missing out on over here. Also speaking of food, i would die for a hamburger or pizza or even a betos burrito. Im having withdrawls i think, whenever i think about them i just get hungry. So hey by the way just something random, but i can hear the muslum prayers right now. That is not something im going to miss when i come home. They wake me up in the morning at 5 am. It sucks, but at least there is only one mosque in the town. If there were anymore im not sure i could handle it. And im not going to lie that is pretty funny that berkley pack didnt have a suit jacket to go up on the stand, but i've seen worse. The second counsler here came to church with flip flops on the other week. I dont think you can beat that. It looked pretty funny they were a pickish redish color really stood out.
All we have is an old old nokia. Like old, but at least it has a color screen. The phone in my last area was a green screen, it sucked. Man i miss real phones, all they have are fake phones. Like the other day i saw a blackberry and it looked legit but when you turned it on it had the nokia tone. And the tone was a fake as well as the phone. But anyways you cant get anything original around here, everything is fake. They like to sew on well known brands on jackets pants and shirts and play them off like they are oringinal but they are not.
-love matt