05.16.11

The last few days have been pretty fun for Elder Jackson and I.  We had the opportunity to pet two cheetahs at this park, so we did.  it was awesome.  their fur reminded me a lot of the drathar's, short and rough.  This morning we went into town to try and find a frisbee.  we didn't find one, but we found two mitts and a bat.  I had my base ball with me, so we bought the mitts, borrowed the bat and went to the park for a couple of hours.  Two little glue boys showed up and started playing with us and then later the other elders came.  it felt so good to throw a base ball and swing a bat.  we only paid 250 KSH for the mitts, that's a little more than $3 and they're in good shape!  That was our exercise for the day, cuz we were too tired to get out of bed and go running this morning.  on the 28th of this month I'll be going back to Eldoret for a leadership training.  Not sure why, but they asked me to give a training, so i'm gonna have to prepare that in the mean time.  oh yeah, Kisumu now has couple missionaries again.  they showed up on saturday, we didn't even know they were coming.  i think the other elders knew, they just didn't tell us.  Elder and Sister Jorgenson are from somewhere in Idaho, i don't remember the town right now, but it started with and "m" ..... i think.  i also found out that Arusha will be getting a couple.  I'm so excited for that.  that place will probably pick up and improve at a much faster rate with somebody there to guide those saints.  Well i guess on a more spiritual note.  if all goes well then we should have a baptism this saturday.  We just got to wait for the approval to come back.  I love watching people's testimonies grow as time goes on.  this one family that we've been teaching is just awesome.  they walk for about an hour and a half every sunday to come to church.  the kids don't really understand much english, but they love what they feel.  we've been working with them and we set a baptismal date for the three oldest kids, the mother is already a member and her husband past away a few years ago.  Their faithfulness is amazing in my eyes.  it makes me sad to think of how easy it is to go to church at home.  these people struggle and save and do all they can to do what the Lord would want them to do.  The blessings that they receive from the Lord are amazing.  The Lord hasn't blessed them with huge things, but with small and almost insignificant things.  It just goes to show that the Lord is bound when we do what he says.  So..... let's do what he says!!
Love you guys
Elder Larsen