Life here is VERY different from even South Africa. You know how i said that there were no traffic laws in South Africa?? well its like 10 times worse here. It's kinda funny to watch some times. I told you that the day that i got here we were heading to the AP's flat when we hit a big dump truck and broke the mirror off our mission van, that was my first experience on Kenya's roads lol :)
I look around and i am so humbled by what i see. You know how i told you that i am in the biggest slum in Kenya, well i later found out that it is not only the biggest slum in Kenya but the whole of Africa. We went and knocked some doors and it is so humbling when they let you in and you see that they are living in a one room shack with one bed and 5 little kids, and then they want to feed you and my heart just melts for these people. But for here that is the norm for people, and the little kids here are so amazing!!!! as i walk down the street they just start asking me "how are you" or they say Mazongu which means white man, sometimes they start running around me like its a game :) they are so fun to be with :)
My flat is not bad it has 4 rooms in it. and it is the only flat in the mission that doesn't need a mosquito net over the bed, because that malaria bug is not here but i think i am keeping the rest of the evil blood suckers alive here. my comps name is Elder Ravelojaona.( ya good luck with that name :) he is from Madagascar and he is really fun to work with. and he really knows the area and everything He is also the district leader and is going home in like 3 months.
The ward here is wonderful on sunday they made me feel right at home!! i should tell you that i have a new hero in my life. This mans name is Malaki. this man is AMAZING. he is cripple from the wast down, his legs didn't grow right and he is missing a lot of bones in his legs. He built with his own hands a wheel chair type thing that he uses to get around most of the time. He is a member but his house is like 2 miles away from the Church building so he rides his chair down some of the worst dirt roads i have ever seen (the dirt roads here are like hiking trails to us) to the Church. but he can't get his chair inside the Church because its to big, so he gets out of it and crawls like 30 feet on the ground to get into church and he does this every week. This man is one of my heroes!!
I have seen the hand of the Lord so much while i have been here, not just on part of the people we are trying to teach but also a big part with me. See Friday i was supper home sick, like it was bad!! like if i could have found a way to get sent home with honor i would have done it. But i pushed though it and started working and praying for help from our Heavenly Father, and that night we had dinner with some members in our ward and the father of this family is in the Stake Presidency and he is very rich here. He owns his own business. But that family welcomed me with open arms and i really did feel at home like what was said in my setting apart blessing. It was what i needed and that is not the last time it has happened on Sunday i was a little home sick but not as much as before so i decided to fast for strength to go and do my best for the Lord. and i know the Lord heard me and answered my plea because after that day i have not been homesick once. I know that what i am doing is right and i know that is is for the Lord! I know that this was the best thing that i have ever done i am so glad that i came here. If you could feel what my heart is feeling right now you would feel a deep burning love for our Savior and Lord and that i will do all that i can to help build the kingdom here in Africa. you know how we joked a little about how the field is "Black" already to harvest. well it is no joke. it really is even Elder Holland said it when he came to the mission last year. it is the real deal here.
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