hey mom

well here on p days we havent done much besides service and going to the orphanage to paint. we also had to buy all the food storage for all the missionaries here in arusha. so that pretty much took our whole day. but also i found some thing amazing................ RANCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i know that might seem really weird for me to be so excited about but i miss ranch kabisa. its good too!

 

we really didnt do very much for new years. my comp elder diodati made us shepherds pie. it was aw3esome. so we had a nice meal and ate it and then stayed up until 12. we banged pots and pans together and made a lot of noise, as much as possible! the koolest thing was that we were able to see some fire works. its was sweet. i miss them for sure. last year in kenya no one could do fireworks because of the war and stuff. it was kinda funny. we have a bar right next to our house and all the people were drunk and being pretty funny. anyways some random places also had fire works going so that was kool to see. 

 

i think i love your new years resolution. that would definitely be weird to see when i get home.... no diet coke.... weird hah. i cant believe that kurt went without chocolate and the kids without soda. i dont think that i could do either one of those especially when i get back cause i want to remember what they all taste like.

 

anyways we had a good lesson with our only progressing investigator. he is a really good guy. we gave him a baptismal invitation so hopefully some time next month we will be having a good baptism.  we have been doing a lot of reactivating, but it sucks because when people get baptized they pretty much know what they are getting into. so its kinda annoying but i guess its good.

 

this week the mission president came with some of his family to church. it was nice. he did some interviews for some people in the branch to get the mel. priesthood. so we had a ton of people come to church. it was pretty sweet and we had 3 investigators at church which was very unexpected. the mission president leaves in july and we will be getting a new one but soon after i will go home. 

 

well i still havent gotten your package yet but hopefully i will get it here in two weeks. anyways i love you guys and i hope that you have a good week.

 

love reese