October 10, 2011 - Kisumu

Esh sorry I was not able to email last week. My account refused to open and leaving me not able to email at all last week. Kinda bogus if you ask me and really bummed me out. But oh well you know these things are just there. Anyways ya I got transferred or getting transferred this Thursday after only 6 weeks. Elder Phiri is training (he is now just 6 months out) and I’m going to Kilungu Hills, which is the bushiest part of the mission. Yep I am finally going to a village or rather the place you see of Africa at home. Ha ya I won’t even have a toilet where I’m going. I get the hole in the ground the missionaries here like to call them the long drops. But ya I’ll share that with the other people in the community awesome ya! Anyways my new comp is elder Mangenela’s kid. Yep I don’t know him but I hope he is cool. I’m going to miss Phiri like crazy. That guy is awesome. Fetch we had alot of fun here. Anyways I said my goodbyes to the members and I’m gonna miss some of them, like Brother Henry. I’ve never found a guy that is as funny as him. Ha he speaks his mind and wow its funny most of the time, or Sister Jacky totally awesome. We made chapottys at her place and no worries they were awesome. But ya I had fun the six weeks I was here. Fetch I met alot of awesome people I’m going to miss. Ah they are sending me far away from here.

We visited another waterfall and it was pretty cool. You can go look at it if you want. Although the people that works there were bogus they made us pay a few shillings cause were white. But me I got away with it ya I have my Kenyan i.d. Ha I love it. People are always surprised when they see it. Oh by the ways the mission is doing something new and it’s surprised me. They are giving all the new trainers dvd players. I've never heard of such a thing but ya they are trusting missionaries more now. Me I just started laughing when I heard about it. But ya I’ll see how that goes.

I am now aware that I’m under 4 months I think. So ya not much left. Kinda scary to think about. Yep this is for sure the last place for me. I’m going into the wilderness to die (end the mission). But ya I’ll be walking the Hills of Kilungu and I hear that they are high and I’m going to die. But even still I’m kinda excited still. Anyways ya I leave on Thursday to go to my area. Yep another 7 hour bus ride to Nairobi and then another 4 to 5 hour ride to my area. Totally awesome I’m getting used to travelling for long time. They never seem to last long now. Ha I’m finally going to eastern Kenya and luckily I’ll get to see Mombasa for zone conference. Sadly I won’t get to go there to serve but at least I’ll get to see it. Anyways though ya I’m excited and scarred to go. Esh I don’t know I’ll see how it goes. But by the ways I get to see Munatsi at zone conference! Super excited! But ya I look forward to emailing you next week. Anyways I’m told the internet I’m going is totally bogus and doesn’t work. But we will see.

HA pray for me I’m going into the wilderness. haha

Love Matt