07.11.11

hey sorry i'm writing so late.  today we had a zone activity at a park on the other side of Nairobi so it took a while to get back here to our area with traffic.  the place is called Paradise Lost.  it was pretty cool, we explored a cave, checked out a water fall and rode a camel.  there was also horses, i went and played with them for a second but we didn't ride them.  i'll send some pics next week when i'm at a computer that i can do it easily.  this weekend was awesome, we had 10 baptisms!  9 of them were from our teaching pool, the other was from the zone leaders.  it was a sweet experience to have that many at once, we would've had 15 but doing that many confirmations would've taken too much time in sacrament, so the other six will be this coming weekend. Elder Lurf was able to help with all of the baptisms and with the confirmations.  He also arranged for a group of deaf people to start coming to church with us.  i think there was about 9 that came.  i prepared the lesson and then we had an interpreter signing for me.  it was sweet, i think that was the only lesson that i've taught where nobody is looking in my direction, i kinda felt like i was talking to myself, but the spirit was there and it was a wonderful experience.  There are two members who worked with the deaf in South Africa so they are the ones helping to interpret.  some of the signs are different here so its a learning opportunity for all of us who are involved.  earlier last week we had zone conference, it was my last one and i was asked to bear my testimony.  it was emotional for me but i made it through, i can't believe that i won't have any more of them.  the entire focus of the conference was about Christ, i loved it.  i also got my fight itinerary and i'm sorry to say that i won't be coming home on the 31st like i expected.  so you guys might have to rearrange your schedules to come and pick me up cuz i'll be home on saturday the 27th :)   at about 6:40 pm!!  man i'm gonna freeze, i already do here in the mornings.  Well it's late already so i better spilt, love you guys, have a great week!  

Love

Elder Larsen