I'm sitting on the plane right now and I was thinkin that this would be a great time to write a letter or two...here goes.
My MTC experience is over. I can't believe it, I feel like I just got off the plane from America. Time has really flown. I am gonna miss some of the Elders that I met there. We all got to be pretty good friends in the short time there. I don't think I"ll ever forget playing soccer (football), volleyball and especially kickball. Haha, all the africans didn't have a clue what kickball was. But they still played with us. I'm happy to report that my district won almost everything when it came to sports. The other day we played football on the basketball court. I played barefoot for the first half, until I could feel my feet starting to blister...(10 minutes later) Sorry for the interuption, I had to eat my disgusting airplane food. Ok so it wasn't that bad, but as I was saying, my feet were starting to blister. So I put my shoes on and finished playing. It was sweet. The goal was the post for the hoop. A lot of Jo-Burg missionaries started playing with us, cuz it was their P-day. I swear every african on this continent has some sick soccer skills. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up with them.
There are only seven of us going to Kenya from the MTC. It sucked saying goodbye to everyone. Elders, Bakker, Dalling, Mangenela, Waiswa and Mbad are on the plane with me. I'm excited to get to Kenya and meet the Taylor's and my companion {TAYLOR'S ARE THE MISSION PRESIDENTS}. I still can't believe that I'm on a mission. It always seemed like a mission was in the future. But now that it's here, I'm living a dream. I can't wait to start teaching people. Elder Harris and I taught this one guy in the airport. It was sweet. He said he would pray and call the local missionaries to teach him more. I really hope he does, he was a really nice guy. It seems like all the blacks are so nice and will listen to you. All the africans are stuck up and ornery. When we were tracking on saturday, Elder Nelson said he would give 100 Rand to anyone who got an interested white person...It didn't happen. But we did make a few contacts. It was sweet. I got that letter from Kim and Cindy. Emails are good, but letters are golden. I'll try to write every week....but no promises...but no promises. Hopefully I get into a groove with my schedule and I'll have time to write more when i get to the mission home.
A few hours and a new pen later, uh...um...wow? Nairobi is interesting. Traffic here is crazy, no wonder only the AP's drive. There are no lanes, speed limits, and everything is backwards. We went to President and Sister Taylor's flat. It was really nice. The food was normal (samiches). The Taylor's are really nice people. All the elders are pretty cool. Five of them picked us up. Elders Bakker, Manganela, and Kakiare are staying at the Taylor's. The rest of us are staying at the AP's flat. All I can say is that...it's a bachelor pad, with no hope of women coming over to visit. So I'm sure you can imagine what it looks like. I took a shower! Haha ants were coming out of the walls. We have an orientation meeting tomorrow. I don't know when I'll send this so I'll probably keep adding to it. Lala Salama. Talk about an information overload. I'm sure you'll get an email long before you get this but I'm going to an area called Kitale and my trainer is
Elder Katjotso(just sound it out and say it fast). I'll be riding a bus for more than 7 hours by myself, with no phone, in a foreign country...I'm terrified.
I'll be the only white guy in the area. If you send any packages then I have to pay for it. and explain each item, then I have to pay for it. The price depends on the mood they are in that day the mail is pretty reliable, it just takes time. Send everything to the mission office and make sure the P.O. Box number is on it. Dear Elder.com works as well. But the pouch doesn't work, they canceled it. I guess Kitale is a pretty green area, its close to uganda and is in the mountains. There is four branches up there. Everyone thats been there has really enjoyed it. A couple elders made some food, gotta admit, it was pretty good.
Well I hope this letter gets to you. I love you all so much. I hope everything is going good for ya. Go scratch Ford's ears for me. Tell him I miss him too. I know the church is true and I know that I'm here for a reason. This is the time for Africa to grow and I'm gonna be apart of it! The Lord will always be there for us, we just need to turn to him. I love you guys more than you will ever know, please take care and know that I'm on the other side of the world, praying for you.
Elder Larsen
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