We were not able to have the baptisms because our dl was unable to come and interview so we had to move it to later. But its okay the people they dont mind. So elder Mdlalose says hi. We are finally going to watch conference on saturday and sunday. Im pretty excited for it, i dont know how long ago it was, but its just arriving here. So anyways its week 5 and the transfer is almost done, cant belive it, it went by so fast.. So anyways this past week has been pretty good. We bought a chicken on saturday. Alive. ANd then we went and had it slaughtered and then we had it plucked and its insides taken out. And then we cooked at ate it. It was pretty good, but now we are thinking of buying a goat or a pig. I thought it was funny though that we bought a chicken. Also yesterday, on the way to kitale, we were in a matatu. And this drunk was talking to me and i was bored and wanted to mess with him. So at first he was speaking english to me, and then i started speaking swahili to him. Then he asks me if i know swahili and i say no. Then he keeps takling to me in english and i keep talking to him in swahili. Then he starts talking in swahili and i switch back to english. The guy was just flat out confused. I couldnt help it, its funny. This continued for a few more minutes, and whichever language he would talk to me i would not speak the same one. The guy finally gave up and just spoke swahili the whole time and i was speaking back in english. By then the guy got mad and stoped talking to me, ah pretty funny just to mess around with him. Now i havent seen any other animals, but i've seen alot of other stuff, including stuff that i dont ever want to see in my life again, nor should anyone see in their life. But yes i have run into the maasai or however you spell it often. They are actually everywhere. But you do know that everyone in africa has a tribe. They may not live in the village but they are apart of the tribe and can go live there if they wish. Even barrack obama has a tribe here. He is a louya. Did you know that barrack in swahili means blessing? Im not sure that you might agree with that though. And i dont live that far away from barracks grandma. She is only a little ways a way. But i dont know i think there are over 40 tribes in kenya including the maasai. And they all have their own language. Sometimes people dont greet me in swahili but they greet me in their tribal language. So i've had to learn some tribal greetings. But just so you know if i ever run into barrack i will be able to greet him in his mother tounge of louya. But anyways a cool thing this past week was we went and found another investigator with a member named james. He took us and it was awesome. The guy only has one leg and struggles a little, but he is awesome. He has good understanding. We were able to teach him the restoration, and had him read in the book of mormon. It was just one of those lessons that are hard to describe but awesome. You just have to be there for them. But anyways he wants us to come back this week to teach him more, which im pretty excited for. But his pastor at his church heard about us and wants to meet us, so we will see how that goes as well. We left for him a pamphlet the testimony of josesph smith to read. I just hope he did. But anyways this week has been pretty fun actually. Going here and there teaching. Esh we rode tons of piki piki's this week. We seem to be riding them more and more, and they actually are kinda fun. Oh i wanted to tell you about the activity the relief society had here. They invited us to come and share with them, and plus there was going to be some less active mama's there, so it was good. But anyways the activity they had was kinda a cooking thing. They got all together and they showed each other how they cook different meals, what they use, what helps them when they cook. Kinda nice to learn some new stuff since i cook my own meals. But anyways the activity was good, at the end we got fed of course. ALOT OF FOOD. freak it was like 3 pounds of food each for us. When we got ours i look at the mama and i said mama we are only 2 here, we are not 4 we are only 2. And she says ah this yours we cooked it for you. You just finish it. And man it was alot of food. But you know i did struggle but i did finish it. Ya pretty proud of myself. But anyways all the mama's there took more food then us and all of them finished quick. I was just flat out amazed. Even this small small mama, she freaking ate everything. But anyways ya it was good, and we were well fed.
-love matt
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