Week 9

well this week we were not able to have the baptism. she was fired the week before so this weekend she found another job and worked for 3 days - sat thru tues. so we might not be able to baptize her for awhile because she broke the sabbath day. anyway, thats what elder hays says but shes been coming to church for 20 weeks now so i think that we should just baptize her next week. but we'll see what happens and i will let you know. this week was pretty fun. on monday we went to this shopping place it was awesome. it was just a bunch of little dukas or shops it was kool. i bought three ties. i was gonna buy shoes because the soles by the balls of my feet are really soft so everytime i step on a rock it hurts big time but my feet are getting used to it so im starting to get used to it. im starting to always carry a bandana around in my backpack to wipe off sweat, but its been a little cooler lately. on thursday we had a crazy lesson. we were teaching this girl and her family that we were not devil worshippers. it was kinda funny because the people in Athi River are really nice but they all believe that we are devil worshippers because we wear a white shirt and tie everyday. its crazy some people are so scared of us hah mostly because they get told dumb stuff like we sacrifice kids for money and as soon as they join the church they get rich. its weird too cause the persecution is different every where we go. like the other town that we have is called Kitengela and they just look at us weird cause we look different. they will be walking and they will totally stop and stare at us and i stare at them back. i think its funny hah. but they dont think that we are devil worshippers so its easier to talk to people there. after the lesson one of the elders (Elder Tricket) was going home so we went to nairobi to meet with some more missionaries. we ate at this place called Spur, its a pretty high end place, and on thursdays they have unlimited ribs. i ate 10 racks of ribs it was so good but not as good as american ribs. its weird that people here think that our fast food places are nice restaurants. even at kfc only people who had big time money were eating there. this is the end of my first transfer and there are 16-17 tranfers in one mission which is 6 weeks. well im glad that jay is playing defence now. is he starting on D?? im glad that he is doing some work on defense. im glad that hes dating someone who is lds they really are the best girls anyways hah. im not envious that he has to take the ACT. i hated that test it sucks so bad. and its like 20 hours long too but tell him i said good luck. i love seeing pictures of sammy. she is so dang cute ha. good luck on tuesday with the interview i hope that its for a good one. that would be awesome to get a package for christmas i would love it. yes i have gotten a package. kellie sent me one for my birthday last week it was awesome! she sent me a journal with my name engraved on it with sour patch kids and some other stuff. i loved it she is amazing!! ya the one next to me is elder woolard. he is a good guy. he looks like he plays football but he doesn't. there is elder pocock, haynes, call, neilson, sanders, sarlo, huskinsen, morris, horstman, raymon, lictenburg, and theres a couple more but i dont remember. mom i think you are going crazy with the missionary blogs thing. i think youre loving it a little too much hah. well im glad that you are going to start mine soon. the kid who is going home next week is going to send you a cd with all of my pictures on it so as soon as my pictures get there im sure you and kori will have a blast hah. anyways that was the highlite of my week. i love you guys and miss you a ton.
love reese