hey mom. 

paul is doing good. he came to church on sunday when we watched conference. we have a few investigators but just a few. we are trying to get people to teach but its pretty much what ive been doing the whole time ive been here ha. we saw conference on sunday. i think i liked pres. monson's talk the best. we only watched the sunday sessions tho. anyways, i will try my best to go see the pink flamingos. i might even go on splits to go see them ha.

 

well with james from arusha he was pretty kool. pretty much the people i have baptized are people who actually read their scriptures. he was truly prepared for the gospel because when he first came to church he said that he was very impressed with church because of the classes and stuff. but also he was a referral from a member. it was pretty weird cause the member really didnt come to church too often until james was so he was kind of like his jump start to activity. one thing also was when we taught him everything just made sense to him. which is my favorite part about the gospel is that it just makes sense. well with mission theres a few things i have learned. god helps people who help themselves or try to. study the gospel, dont be stupid. the only way out of poverty is to pay tithing. and that we need to read our scriptures. we only have two choices in life to live or to die, so why will ye die? anyways, i hope this helps with your talk.

well this week was pretty good. paul is doing really well. we gave him a baptismal date this week. for the 18th of may. so that will be really nice. also he is trying really hard to live the law of chastity. he is in a relationship that he doesnt want to be in and the girl says she is going to kill herself if he leaves her but from now he is wanting really badly to live the law so he isnt doing the "nini" with her. one day he told us that she asked him why arent they doing that stuff anymore and she blames his new religion and he replied to her saying "its because my salvation is more important than you.." it was pretty sweet. i think that he will be a very strong member of the church. other than that. one night this week. we taped elder balls to a chair so that he couldnt move. it was so much fun. i dont think he liked it very much but we did get some good laughs. also at church we were there from 11am to 6pmwatching confernce. we took like an hour and 1/2 break for lunch which was provided. it was sweet. but i can pretty much eat anything that comes in front of my face now.... haha but other than that that was my week.

by the way elder shutt let me use his camera for awhile until i can get one. oh ya and by the way the mission president just called me and told me that i will be coming home on the 25th of july.... so i will get home that next afternoon.

anywyas, i love you guys have a good week.

elder maxwell

hey mom,

well this week was pretty good but there were a few bad things that happened but ill tell you about it a little bit later. anyways, on pdays we usually just wash clothes and email and stuff pretty basic stuff. we will try to do find some more things to do. ill have to ask about the going to see the flamingos and stuff. see how much it is and some other things.

well this week was good but i have a question. do want the bad news first or the good news?  bad news? sawa. well the thing which gives you so much joy, your favorite thing ever.... broke!! thats right my camera is now broken. for some reason the lens wont come out of the camera. so i dont know what to do so any advice would be great...... anyways, this week we spent like half of our time in naivasha with elder sanders and elder kiggundu. because on tuesday we had to go up there so that elder omara could interview someone so that they could be baptized. then on wednesday we had our ddm there so elder balls and shutt came up. we had a lot of fun playing monopoly deal. great game you should get it. it makes monopoly so much funner. anyways, we do have one guy who is progressing. his name is paul. he is awesome because when we teach him he is always like hey that makes a lot of sense. its great. he actually reads the things we give him and he reads the bible which isnt very common i have come to understand. also we are teaching member how to read... its kinda tough because i have like no patience but he is starting to learn. he is like 30. im teaching him how to read swahili cause i know it kinda but im trying to get him to be able to put sounds together. that is definitely rough hah. sunday was nice. we had president and sister broadbent come to church. we had like 33 people meeting in like a 15 by 15 sized room. it was super hot and stuffy. but it was really good. my comp does the conducting and puts the program together so its kinda funny. i help him a lot with it aha. i had a little talk with the mission pres. too it was pretty good. other than that. that was pretty much my week. 

also i wanted to let you know that i think you should start telling everyone that if they want some stuff from Africa i can get them some good things cause here in nakuru there is a really good place to get stuff. so they can send like $10 and up and i can get them some good stuff. so just let people  know to email me with their requests. (maurice.mailto:maurice.maxwell@myldsmail.net) i know you wanted a nativity so i will look out for that.

well i love you guys and i hope everything is going well.

elder Maxwell

hey mom

well the burrito was like 700 ksh so thats like 8 bucks and i got a chocolate banana milk shake which is like 400 ksh which is less than 5 bucks. well  africa has small little places that are like regular kenyan food and  then there is places for "big" people or people who have money. you would be surprised how many cars people actually have here and there are a lot of malls and stuff. 

 

anyways, it will be weird to be in the same grade as jay now cause i have always been in the higher grade so it will be kinda weird. but it will be fun. he can introduce me to all of the cute girls haha. well how was your visiting teaching appt? now try to imagine doing that every single day and thats pretty much what i do hah.

well this week we had some good things and some bad things happen. well we have this one investigator who actually reads!! its amazing. like my companion and i have come up with the reason why so many people are confused and stuff. its because no one actually reads the bible and other things. all they do is hear the word of god. like through retarded pastors and stuff. but this guy named paul reads and when we teach him he asks a lot of questions and when we answer them he says oh that makes so much sense. and the thing is the gospel is supposed to make sense so its fun to teach him. but we had a really good member get robbed this week. and since the branch is really small we really need him but his bike got stolen and he cant get to church without his bike because he cant afford to get transport and then he doesnt want to leave his place. we went to his house and we talked to him and he was crying and stuff. it really sucked a lot. but we are trying to help him to find another place to stay and other stuff. in good news i meet a kid who was like the same color as me and his name is maxwell..... it was really weird. but kinda kool at the same time. the couples came to nakuruon saturday and we took them the see a bunch of the people who are members. ok not a bunch but like two. it was nice to travel in a car. i miss that a lot. but i guess i will have to miss if for a long time more too. anyways, that was pretty much my week.

well i love you guys and i hope everything goes the way you want them to or the way God wants them to go ha. have a good week.

love reese

hey mom


well this week was alright. we did some good work this week. we had some referrals that were kinda sketchy. it was four girls like from 19 to 22. so let just say that i was kinda nervous to be around them. it was weird to be around girls my age. i think im definitely going to have that weird returned missionary attitude when i get back concerning girls and stuff. anyways, we also had some few lessons. we are teaching this member how to read. i dont know how he was baptized but we are trying to teach him so that he can read the book of mormon and to sing the hymns because he cant and he gets embarrassed when he is in church and cant do that stuff. also elder b came and he is funny. he is just super green and it just reminds me of when i was that way. he came way more prepared then i was tho. he came with some really nice stuff. one funny thing he did was that on saturday night he started drinking some juice. now in kenya the juice that we usually buy you have to dilute it with water in order to drink it. now elder b filled up a whole cup of it and just started drinking it slowly. and we asked him if he liked it and he said ya but its really sweet and we started dying laughing!!!! just cause he didnt know but also cause he has been drinking it like that for like three days, and he was going to finish it without asking us about it. we were dying... its just really funny. he's gonna do great. but we had almost thirty people who came to church which was really awesome. we had a less active who came and an investigator so we were happy. other than that, that was my week.

well i love yall and i hope you have a good week.

love reese

hey mom

the pic with rama was when i met with him a few weeks ago. imagine he leaves tomorrow. im gonna miss that guy a ton. easily my most favorite comp. well transfers happen this week and elder nxumalo is leaving to dar. it really sucks cause he is awesome. but elder shutt is training some kid named elder dick from utah! hahaha. i cant believe that thats his name. he is going to get made so fun of all the time. well my comp is alright he is just quiet. which means i have to do all of the contacting. but he likes to talk when we are in lessons but people kinda fall asleep when he starts going for a long time. its kinda funy. and i will try to go to the flamingo place. and try to send more pics. heres a pic of my sweet brasil jersey.

well this week we had a good week. we did a lot of exploring. we kinda found out more about our area. mainly that there is way more than what we thought there was to it. we found a really awesome investigator who lives there. he read the joseph smith pamphlet and he wanted the book of mormon and really wants to read it so we are excited to teach him. we also had exchanges. i was with elder shutt and we went to his area. we met a bunch of drunk people, like ten. it was nuts. they have people all the time walking all the time but i guess also it was on saturday so people werent really working. well we found out the transfer news on saturday night that elder nxumalo is leaving. i think he might be my favorite person that i have lived with in a 4 man flat. so it will suck for him to leave. anyways we didnt really have very many people at church. i think people went to party. but that was pretty much my week. we are starting to find more investigators so things are starting to get better.

well for a zone activity we went to this place called nairobi java house and we got burritos and a chocolate banana shake. they were so bomb too. we are going to have like a 6 to 6 party since people are leaving. playing cards and other games and stuff. its gonna be sweet. well love you so much. have a good one

love reese