The ways swahili here in corrupted. People use whats called sheng. Which is a mixture of swahili english, and some other stuff. Ha ya if they dont know the word for something in swahili they will just use the word for it in english. Its really bad, but i think its pretty fun. Like a really common on is (he's coming). Which is ana kuja, but people will just say instead "ana come" or there is also "im coming" which is "Na kuja" but people will say "na come" But ya there is alot more than that and its really bad. And im not really suprised that they would try to take advantage of him. Cause people here if they think your not from here they will rip you off and do all they can to get money from ya. It sucks have to deal with that stuff everyday. But luckly people in Tanzania dont use sheng. They only speak swahili like the real swahili. And alot of times people in kenya will not even understand them. Kinda bogus of kenya. But no worries i still love kenya. So ya Anyways you met someone new coming from kenya. Well thats awesome im excited for him. What is his surename or his last name? Ill look for him when he comes. I dont know if i will be in kisumu still or not. Im betting ill be getting transferred in september. But ya i hope you tell him to get ready for a culuture shock. Even my kid when he got here he was having it bad. He was not used to kenya and he tells me that transportation here is crazy. Which it is. But ya its still fun though. Anyways though ya thats pretty cool though all these people you met coming to kenya or are from kenya. I do hope ill get to meet some when i go home. But ya anyways this past week was awesome. See last tranfer we baptized pretty much our teaching pool so we are looking for new people. And this past week the lord blessed us with new people. Thanks to our recent converts we have met some. And you know i can truely understand why they want you to invite recent converts to teach with ya. Cause esh they really help out in relating to the person your teaching. I cant even tell what a lady named agneta did for us last week. She finally got through to her sister and helped her better understand and accept the book of mormon. And there is something i know that i could not have done that by myself. She really did help us out there. And ya just one of those awesome things on mission. But ya the lord is blessing our work. And i can really tell now that he is pretty much doing everything. But ya esh mission is awesome, im loving showing elder mbazima around and stuff. Its fun to watch him learn and teach. Kinda glad i got the oppurtunity to train.
So anyways ya the building im sitting on is our church. Ha ya our building is pretty awesome, still love how we have sacrament outside on the roof. How many people have that? And ya sorry i havent sent any pics for a while. But i got some good ones for ya. Like today we went to see hippos and we actually saw some. I got a pic of a mama with her two kids, not sure what they call hippo kids. But ya it was fun, we got to go out on a boat in lake victoria and you know the water actually it really warm. Kinda sucked we had to get up way early but still fun and it was worth it. So ya got some good pics for ya. So other than that mission is going good. Im loving showing my comp around. In fact i like knowing my area and knowing where im going. And i would rather do that than go and not know where i am or where im going. I just dont like the feeling. So ya now its good, dont know when i get tranferred, esh you have the stress of learning the area and the investigators. i like just knowing them. But anyways ya the work is good. And im loving our recent converts. They are giving us people to teach and even helping us teach them. Its pretty powerful and im loving it.
love, matt
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