09.12.09

hey everybody,
All is well here in africa. I'm headed to nairobi on wednesday. so i'll only be here for a few more days. I've learned a ton about teaching and about getting a long with a companion 24/7. We had a little chat yesterday and got a lot off our chests. today i'm going on splits with the jo-burg missionaries. i'm going to an area called florida, i think its a suburb of jo-burg. it should be pretty cool. district 2 went last week and they all had a blast. we played bro. mocke and a few of his friends in volleyball on thursday. that was a blast. the sand here is the softest sand i've ever played in. a few of the elders here played volleyball in college and they are pretty good. i'm happy to report i'm the weakest link when it comes to volley ball. but soccer is another story! district one didn't have a player that could get by me and elder dalling. these africans have some tough feet! we play soccer all the time. so far district 1 kicks butt every time!
i sent you a letter in the mail this week i hope you get it. i haven't recieved anything yet. the mail is still a little messed up. the postal workers were on strike when i got here, so the mail was pretty backed up when they went off strike. hopefully i'll get something. if you want to send something now then send it to my mission home. by the time it gets here i'll be in kenya anyway. All this class time is kicking my butt, they feed me tons of food and then expect me to stay awake and pay attention... i guess they don't know me very well. i'm glad we only have a few more days here. i think i would go crazy if i was here for two months. i'm excited to get to kenya. these kenyan elders tell us all kinds of things about nairobi. a few of them are teaching me swahili. i have a little note book with a ton of words wriiten down. it's like my own dictionay, but it's far from incomplete.i love you guys more than you know. take care and be good. i'll try to send some pics. i hope you get them.
 love elder larsen