11-3-2010

Esh too many people are dying there as well. Alot of people have been dying here. Although the funerals here a little different than there. I think the attendence is about 1 to 2 thousand here. Even if the people dont know them they show up to support the family and the community. And they have some cool drums playing and tribal stuff, pretty sweet. But now sweet that there dead. But esh those kids in primary ha make me laugh? Well to answer their questions 1. i have not seen a lion. 2. And ya i do see many monkeys although there are many more in a city called mombasa which i hope to go. 3. and 4. I hate snakes, but i have seen some, small ones and a big one. So you just tell them i dont like snakes but i have seen those ones. So how was halloween though? of course they would move it in utah. But not here, i dont even think they celebrate it here. But ya to answer your questions, a matatu, is the van that we use for transport, we called them dala dala's in tz. And a piki piki is a motorcycle. We ride those alot in our area. Like alot, our area is bush and there are not many other ways of transport through there. Oh ya the motorcycles here, are bogus. they are just in my comps words, chinese toys.
And ya i've given up on the pictures here. it takes a long time and never works. So i just kinda gave up on that. But ya of course im skinner than when i went out. But im not sick. i eat well, very well. And not to mention i work out every night. 100 sit ups, 50 push ups, and lift weights. im just fine. I get fed everywhere i go, and i know how to cook, im not starving. I am always full whenever i eat. But you know my week was good, we saw conference. my favorite talk was elder hollands talk. he always gives way powerful talks. and on saturday we watched the saturday session, and it was me my comp, branch pres. and the senior couples. That was it. No one came, kinda sucked. But at least conference was way good. But on Sunday everyone came, like everyone. Even this one girl who is less active and i've been trying to get her to come and she wouldnt. and then this past week she came. Man i was excited. i couldnt believe it. And those baptisms didnt happen cause of conference. but they are happening this week. on saturday. So there is something that im looking forward too. Since transfers are next week, im glad that i will get to see them. Cause im pretty sure i will be going . but if not thats okay, im okay to go another transfer here. so the work this week has been good, we found a less active and he wants us to teach his wife. And then we found another less active who is a pioneer of the church here. he was baptized in 1999 and he moved away from the church. but now since the church is closer he wants to come back. And the guy is way cool. he nows elder Sitati of the seventy. You just look in the ensign and you will see his picture there. but ya this week has been turning out to be awesome. and i know it will finish awesome. but mom im sorry not alot of time so now me myself must go. I thought kitale is closer, but me for sure i dont know. i do know that they both are pretty far away from webuye. And it takes about 2 hours to get to either one. And ya we go to kitale to email, cause we have ddm here. Every tuesday night we come to kitale spend the night and then the next morning we go have ddm. And we use matatu's to get to kitale and eldoret. Esh thats far for a piki piki they would charge us alot of money to do so. but we do ride piki piki when we are in a part of our area called ndvisi. It is all pretty bush out there, and not alot of matatu's. So we just use piki piki's cause they take us to the place we are going. Its a little nicer. But esh they are very dangerous. And the chicken, we didnt butcher it cause we really dont have a place to do it. But doesnt matter we are going to buy a pig, or a goat and butcher it somewhere, not sure where yet. but thats the plan for this week. My comp likes to have every kind of meat in the house. He wants chicken, beef, fish, goat, and pork. The guy just simply likes meat. But ya we are hoping somehow to have all of those things in the house.
but ya i go, so ill talk to you next week, i love you.

love matt.