Oct. 9th, 2013

Hey mom! Another great week in Kilungu hills. I am going to stop writing the day by day emails unless that is what you guys want. The days are pretty similar each week so it would be repetitive. I am getting a lot more comfortable with everything each week and I am having more and more fun everyday. So, some cool experiences this week. We were able to give two blessings this week. I annointed them with the oil and then Elder Utonga gave them the blessing in Swahili. We gave one lady a blessing because she couldn't walk, and then we went back two days later and she was walking fine! The faith of the people here is amazing! The amazing thing is that neither of the people we gave blessings are members. They trust in God so much, it is truly a humbling thing to see. So I finally got money this week, so that is good. I can now buy my own food. I don't eat anything exciting though because I don't eat the meat, because it hangs at the butcher for a few days, and I would rather not get worms. So I usually eat eggs and toast for breakfast, and a big bowl of rice and guacamole for dinner. Avocados are super cheap here. You can get a huge one for like 20 cents. Yesterday we had one of the members make a ton of chapatis. They are just like thick tortillas. We gave them the flour and the oil and they made the food, so that was nice. Today I will do a lot of shopping, so from now on things should be real nice. Right now there are five elders at our flat and tomorrow there will be 8. Our zone leader Mulondo will be going home at the end of this transfer, so we bought a goat name supper and are going to slaughter it and cook it up for a goodbye feast. It should be a lot of fun. Right now it just chills outside our flat, and we feed it our leftovers and everything. Its gonna be kind of hard killing it now that we got so close. I struggled the first few weeks with being guided by the spirit, but an amazing thing happened this week. We were sitting in a lesson and it wasn't going too well. I was starting to feel like we should end it and have her review the stuff we were teaching and then go back later. Because I am so young I was nervous to make an executive decision like that, so I just went with it, but then my companion did exactly what I was prompted to do shortly after. It built my confidence that I can receive guidance from the spirit and be a better missionary because of that. Well, that is about it for this week. I am growing stronger and stronger every day, and I cant wait until I am done with my training and finally an official missionary. I love you all, and thanks for all the emails. Feel free to email me! It is great to hear from you all! Hey mom! I don't know how conference was, I won't listen to it until next week! but I am sure it was awesome! I hope your cruise was fun, and you got that break you needed! That is awesome that Emma got her call and to Africa pretty much! That is what I am talking about. It is really crazy how many sisters there are going into the field! It is good though because they can be better at it then men! So I got your letter last Wednesday! It got to Kenya sometime between when I first got here, so Sept. 18th, and last Tuesday, so Oct. 1. Sorry it doesnt really tell you how long it takes, but it does give a rough estimate. I am supposed to teach piano every week, but no one has shown up yet, so we will see if I ever end up actually teaching it. I love you mom! Thanks for always being so amazing! Elder Janda