Bombing Birds!!!

I am glad to hear from you again this week :) It really lifts me up when I read your emails :)

It sounds like you had a good time in Kansas :) with the kids and the open house, working on Logan's eagle project :) I bet you had a blast. :) It sound like it is a wonderful temple!!!! :) Only one endowment room? I guess I would have thought they would put more in that one but I bet it is wonderful!!! :) That is crazy that the extermination order was there for that long!!!! (1970)  So you are going to have to tell me how the open house was!!!! :) I need to hear and did the governor's of the states say anything about it??? I hope they too felt the power that is held in that building.

But as for me I am doing well :) The work is moving forward!!! :) Nothing will stop it :)

Life here in Kitale is amazing!!  I am loving it out here. :) I think if you were to come pick me up we would have to come up here. :) it is wonderful!! :)

Some cool things that happened to me this week are that I got dive bombed by a bird and it pooped right on my face! ya no joke :) we were tracting and we were at this gate and this bird just few at me and let it go. I tried to get out of the way but I was not fast enough...... so I got it right on the side of my face. Elder Lewis thought it was really funny. :) and I have to say that so did I :) we wiped it off and moved to the next house :)

Also we trackted into a white family this week to...that was crazy!!! To tell you the truth it is amazing that we did!!! like really too many things happened just right for us to get into their house. You can really see the hand of the Lord. But it will take some time with these guys see they are missionary’s for the Baptist church and he does not like to think that revelation still happens. But it will all work out. :) Plus they are going to give us tacos :) and I have missed tacos ALOT :)

So it has been a good and crazy week!!! I never thought that I would have to do so much as a ZL here. Getting people places and putting things in order... man I wish I could really tell you how crazy this week was but it would be to long of an email.  Being a Zone Leader is turning out to be really crazy. Like this week I had to organize people to come inspect a new flat that is being build, I had to get 2 elders off to Nairobi to get their fingerprints taken, then I had to get 2 other elders to go to a city called Eldoret to try get a HEP-A booster shot then also I had to get a new fridge for one of the flats here, and mind you for some reason all of this fell on 1 day. Oh and also we even had to go pay water bills and stuff. So we can say that I was kept on my toes :) but I also have to say that I really like it. I like doing things like that and watching them happen the way that I planned them too :) it gave me a good feeling :) I don’t know if that is weird or not but I like it :)

We got it all covered and the Lord was a BIG HELP :) I am happy for that.

Also we got to watch part of conference :) I was happy about that. We got to watch all of Sunday but that was it. And we got there late so we came in half way though Uchtdorf's talk. But it was a super powerful conference :) I love all the talks!!!! I Really really like Elder Andersons talk about “What does Christ think of me" I think so far that is in my top 3 :) along with Uchtdorf and Monson, keep in mind I have only seen Sunday so what about you???? What talk stood out to you???

So ya, I am a Blue with a strong yellow in there too and that is so cool that you are a blue too. :) maybe that’s where I got it from :) and you have the book?? I would love to read it when I get home. :) it is super cool that, that guy is on a mission and that I got to talk to him :) He is sooooo cool!!!!! I even got to have an interview with him and we had a fun time. I also have his email so I can talk to him if I want but I don’t want to be that creepy elder. lol :)

Kenya really has only 3 seasons it has the short rains then it has the long rains and then it has the dry season that’s it. Lol… and right now we are about to go into the long rains :) I can’t wait they are going to be so fun :) I have a good rain coat that I like to use.  I have used it only a little bit. But I bet we will get our moneys worth out of it. :) I am glad that you are having a good spring :) I bet you are all having so much fun :) I almost don’t believe that you (Bennions) got a dog … almost.  But I think I have enough faith that it will work out. :) I bet all of you are loving Abraham :) it is a boy or a girl???? And who in their right mind would name a dog kitty???? I’m glad that Abraham won :) what kind of dog is it??? I’m glad that Logan is working hard for his Eagle :) I know it will stand as a title of Honor though your whole life Logan and even Parker, keep working hard :)

 To answer some of your other questions. My new area is GREAT!!!!!!! I love it here it is so beautiful!!!!! so amazing!!!! I love the people and the weather and just everything!!! :) My comp is really cool too :) we have a fun time together :)  I bet all of those missionaries with you guys love it there too. :)

I hope you have a fun week :) I know I will :)

Know that I love you all!!!!!

You have done so much for me!!!! more than almost any other person!!! :) So thank you

SLY

Elder Hodges