Week 7

tell everyone thanks for the birthday wishes!!! and thanks for putting my email address up on facebook. i love getting emails every week! i love being able to answer questions and hearing about everything! the elder missionaries that made me the cake were elder and sister nevins (elderandsisternevin.blogspot.com) and the zone leader is smedley (rigleyfamily.com/kirkinkenya) and kazozo. and yes i have run into elder hodges (missionaryvswild.blogspot.com) and patten (elderpatten.blogspot.com) they are pretty kool. hodges is a stud hes funny. and yes mom i know all about smeddles and hays they actually tell it to me. my teaching is getting a lot better i think. idk i dont hear myself teach other people, but Elder Hays says im doing pretty good. im sure ill be a pro in like a month or two or twelve hah. ya sis matwale is awesome! i would definitely consider her a missionary grandma. she gives us treats and investigators and right now all of our progressing investigators come from her! This week at church we had two investigators come, but the real story is that the meeting house was full of members which was surprising because they dont usually ever come to church. there are 190 members that are a part of the branch but only like 60 come regularly.what we are working on is to get members back to church so we can get a bigger building and hopefully they will help us with missionary work. our teaching pool has pretty much fell away so this week we are trying to reactivate people so they will give us referrals. It will probably be a tough week, lots of work but itll be good. ive learned a bit of swahili words like: habari = hello / how are youmizuri (sounds like missouri) = im fine, sante or santesana= thank you/ thank you very much.theres a little bit of my language lesson for ya ha. its funny cause i eat a lot of rice at peoples houses but when i eat dinner at my flat i usually eat ramen noodles or a pb&j haha. everyday for lunch we go to a supermarket and get a hotdog and a drink. i usually get two hotdogs and a coke and then a candy bar haha. i have been eating some crazy stuff there is this stuff called ugali you have to eat it with your hands. i actually eat with my hands a bunch hah. the fries or chips are weak here they are all floppy its like they half cook them but its better than eating goat head or fish brains and i am definitely not eating that hah. yes african animals!! ill try and send some pics a little later today when i get to a cyber cafe that has faster internet ha and maybe even a shift key so i can capitalize hah. i go to a cyber cafe to email and yes its ok for us to come to Nairobi every week. we meet with all the missionaries and play b ball or soccer. today we played b ball with some people that come practice at the church and we kicked their butt because they are not very aggressive and i like to get some aggression out. and no i didnt hurt anyone i just fouled a little bit. i miss football so much i just want to hit some one hah. we get home like every night at 9 so i guess its not really a rule. i dont like it but hays like to stay out late to teach but when we get home he stays up forever like last night we didnt go to sleep until 1130 cause we have to go to bed at the same time. no we dont have anyone with AKs in front of our flat but we do have a guard. yes i have had to use the tums because i have gotten the runs and my stomach has been hurting just cause i have to get used to the food. hays says that he got it too when he came. the weather is nice its only rained twice in athi but its pretty hot so when we see people i come in like sweating so im going to get like a bandana to keep in my bag to wipe off sweat or something. and yes i sleep with a mosquito net and its way weird. its pretty hot where i am but not as hot as st george so im greatful for that.
sammy is so funny! make sure that you tell her i love her everyday. and im glad that she is going to school pretty easy. im glad that you had a good time at the conference thing. and yes i miss cafe rio but it will always be there so i can have it in two years so its all good. and i dont think that they have that new rs book here because as you know its africa.... i think thats all i have to say hah. well im glad jay went to the priesthood session. i wont be able to even see conference for a month or two because it takes them awhile to send all the talks to africa so ill let you know how i like it when i actually see it hah. and im sorry the house seems to be falling apart but im sure you will get it taken care of in no time. anyways thanks for the email. i love you guys and miss you guys.
love Reese