09.28.09

wow thanks for the questions... i didn't know you had so many.


this week the water was turned off for some reason so we were taking bucket showers for a few days. there isn't any water pressure and the only hot water we have is from a little water heater that is fixed on the shower head. i'm looking forward to the day when i can choose the water temp of my showers cuz if we have water, then our showers are either scalding hot or freezing cold. we have electricity but it sometimes like to go off. yes we have light bulbs. the flat we live in is pretty modern, especially for the town where we live. most people live in mud homes with only one room. the flat that we elders stay in i think use to be a garage that was converted into a flat, or apartment. each companionship has a room and their own bathroom, we share a kitchen and then there is a living room. i'm told that we are the only elders that have a microwave too, so that is really nice. the mosquitoes here aren't very bad so we don't use our nets. every once in a while i'll see one but i'm still taking my pills, i don't want malaria. the members here like to feed us. we eat a lot of beans, rice, ugali, chapati's, and maize. i'm not a fan of the ugali, its maize meal that is mixed with water and eaten with food ( with your fingers). we email at a local coffee shop, we also teach a lot of lessons here. it's probably one of the nicest places in town. there are a few other white people kickin around here. the teaching is going good we are kept really busy. we have a few investigators with a baptism date for later this month. and there will most likely be more next month if they keep progressing. most people around here walk or ride bikes if they can afford them. there are people everywhere. a lot of people sit on the side of the road and fix bikes for a living, others have a motorcycle and they take people places for money, thats one way we travel, three people on a gutless piki... kinda scary. Because of safety reasons we have to be back to our flat about dark every night, which is about 6 30 or 7. but everything is pretty good here, i'm loving it!

honestly i don't need anything that i can't get here. if you send a package then the ap's have to go pick it up, and explain every item in the package. but if you send anything then i want my camelback, quicksilver hoodie, and then send some deodorant... and possibly some red vines :)

if you could will you send me some recipes of simple but good things to make?

my retainer broke earlier this week and i had to find a dentist to fix it. amazingly there was one here who knew what he was doing. he did a good job but it cost me 2000ksh and now i'm broke till wed. but my comp is lending me some money so everything will be fine.

thanks for all the e-mails, i love reading them and hearing about all the excitement back home. tell dad to write me back! i hope he hasn't forgotten me so soon :)

I love you all so much and i pray for you every night, tell everyone hi for me.

love elder larsen