Life in Kenya
this week has been amazing!!!! :)
Well I have some news. I am being transferred. :) I have
been here in Kitale for 6 months and now I am going to MOMBASA!!! :) I am so exited!!!! :) I am
going to have so much fun!!! :) I have had fun here too. :) I know that I would
have fun no matter where I go but just something about a beach and better food
is really making me happy. :) but that’s the big thing here. I leave
Wednesday Sept. 12th, and I should get there sometime on Thursday. I
am really looking forward to it! But I know it is going to be HOT I am going to
be there when it is the hottest time of the year too. That is January. But we
will see I will keep you posted. Next week the email will tell you what it is
like there :)
So I am doing great!! :) Mombasa is wonderful!!!! Its Hot yes I sweat
all day everyday! But we do have AC in one room of our flat so that is nice. :)
Make things work out. :) This place is so Beautiful!!!! Like oh my gosh!!! the
city is crazy but I am outside the city a bit and oh man the church here is
like a 5 min walk from the beach. Oh man it is wonderful!!! :)
My comp is Elder Madise from South Africa. He is in my MTC group so we are the same age on mission so it’s super cool :) We are both ZL's here. We have a good area so I am happy to be here and that is was matters. :)
My comp is Elder Madise from South Africa. He is in my MTC group so we are the same age on mission so it’s super cool :) We are both ZL's here. We have a good area so I am happy to be here and that is was matters. :)
I am loving my area!!! This place is great!!! I am so happy
that my comp and I only have 1 branch to cover!!! That part is so nice!! :)
When I was doing more then that it was super hard. But we have so much fun
here!!! Like today we are going to the beach and planning to have some super
fun times!!! :)
The branch has some super great people too!!! :) I am
getting close to them quick! There are a lot of things that we need to work on
here but I am looking forward to it. :)
This place is so nice. :) the only draw back is how hot it
is. I sweat SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!! I think I sweat like a gallon a day
here. it is crazy hot but I love it. when we sit down in the shade it’s not as
bad. :) and I have grown to love the AC and the fans that we have in our flat.
:) They are my very close friends :) And about the heat…people here tell me
that it’s not hot yet. I just look at them and ask how can it get any worse?
but they just tell me to wait. I will keep you posted.
Also I got one of your packages :) And I have to say thank
you so much!!!! :) I got the one with the oil vile and the talks and the nice
candy :) Thank you so much you are the best mom ever!!! :) They made my day
when I got them. :) I was so happy!!! :)
We have a lot of fun here too. :) Like today we are all
going to the beach to have some super fun times!! :) I have been thinking that
this place would be a great place for a vacation! :) I think I will remember
that someday when I am with my wife and all that. :)
But the work here is great too. :) We are working very hard
everyday to see as many people as we can!! :) Our days are always filled to the
brim!!! Sometimes we don’t have
time to see all the people that we want to. But it’s just
great here!!!! :) We have so much fun :)
It is just crazy how fast time is flying!!!!! My comp and I
are from the same group so yesterday (the 30th) he told me “happy 15
months." Oh man it is crazy to think about that!!!! 15 months of mission
flew by. Buts it’s good that I still have plenty of time :) So still working
hard and plan to work hard to the end!!! :)
I did get the photo you sent! and it is beautiful!! I miss
seeing the mountains. But I think for me the ocean is nice too. :) The beach
last week was so nice!!!! We played beach soccer. :) I suck but it was fun. :)
We are even planning to go again this week and make sandcastles and
get pedicures. We the great missionaries of Mombasa only do the manliest things you can
think of. :) Buts it’s going to be fun. :)
We are really working hard to find new investigators
here. Most of our work has been to try and help the branch. It has had some
problems but it is really working out well :) So we are looking for
investigators. We have some really strong ones now, one is named Simon and he
is great! He loves the Book of Mormon. He is 21 and can act like a kid
sometimes. But when it comes to the gospel he puts everything he has
into it. :) so we are going to give him a date to be baptized so
it’s going to be good. :)
Well I think it is so cool that Matt is in your branch. I told dad the things that I would like to know from him. Things like if Travis went on mission and if Mike and Zoe are married and also how Reed is doing.
Well I think it is so cool that Matt is in your branch. I told dad the things that I would like to know from him. Things like if Travis went on mission and if Mike and Zoe are married and also how Reed is doing.
That’s life for now!!!
Love,
Elder Hodges
