hey mom,

well this week was pretty good. on monday we played basketball and it was so much fun. we played for like 4 hours. the first 3 hours we played just with other missionaries and then we played with guys who were fresh. i was so dead. during the third game i had to stop and get off the court cause i was cramping and i could barely jog. i am so out of shape its crazy. it felt so good to use my body and to play sports though. i miss them so much its crazy.

 

on tuesday we came to town and met with a bunch of the guys who were leaving and said goodbye for awhile and we met the new missionaries that night. it was kool to see them. i like to say that i know, at least a little, about each missionary in the mission. i was able to meet elder skidmore and elder lyons from the states. on their first day here i took them around to contact some people. it was funny because they were asking me a ton of questions like what they will eat, what are their areas like and is it hard to teach. it was funny cause it reminded me about when i got here and how many questions i had.

 

yesterday was very good we had our zone conference. elder rama and i we both made the program for the zone conference. which was a new experience. it went very well and we had a guy named taylor hartman that is pretty much the psychologist for all of africa. i guess he is really big in utah, but ive never heard of him. he made up this color code about what makes us who we are. so i am a red and yellow personality but i will mail you something more about it so that you understand what i mean cause if i did now it would take forever hah.

 

so rongai is just starting to come back a little. we only have like 5 investigators but they arent too serious. its hard just cause we have to contact. its easier when you have people to teach and you contact people just cause you want to. but because we have to it makes it a lot harder, so im trying really hard not to die. we had a good lesson this week with a guy name abhalla (a balla) who is not muslim hah but his english name is nicholas. it was a really good lesson. we taught him about the restoration of the church and the book of mormon.  i havent learned too much more swahili. im am learning how to roll my "r's" right now and im doing pretty well too.

im glad that you guys got to watch conference. we havent been able to do that yet but hopefully in about 2 or 3 weeks from now. i really enjoyed watching the last conference while ive been here because i actually pay real attention and take notes and stuff. i like it alot. well i hope that you guys are doing great. im glad that jays surgery went pretty well. dr thomas is amazing and he has always been very kind to us. i love and miss you tons.

love reese