I Got My First Packages!!!

Well PTL(praise the Lord) you wrote. haha well it felt like you wrote anyway with that package. It is so glad to hear work is picking up for matt and is actually steady! Thanks for everything in the package! Thank the Johnsons times a million! A huge bag of FROOTIES and Charelston chews which are in the freezer of course. :) They also sent me another sd card. I think this was a hint to take more snaps. The blog is looking good. My comp says thanks for the letter and i thank you to. I think it has humbled him a bit and things are slowly going better. He only has 5 more weeks on mission so i will kill him this transfer. We got two new elders in the area. Elder Kunz from sandy and Elder harper from blackfoot idaho. Its nice to have some whiteys around that i can really relate to. It seems that the only africans that i really like are the zimbabweans. They are so fun and love to laugh and joke. 

     It has been raining here all week long! The thing about africa is there are no civil engineering even in the city so when it rains it floods. There are seriously lakes in the slum that we work in. my feet havent been dry for awhile. 

     So like i said in our previous letter we are struggling getting peeps to church. We are working really hard on this guy named John. He is probably my favorite guy we teach. He is from the maasia trib. The lions run away when they see these guys. So they are a pretty  intense people. They are the ones that drink blood. Do we have to include blood in the Word of Wisdom? haha but yeah he tells us some insane stories. Like how they become men when they turn 18. Their ceremony is circumcision. Did i mention he was 18 when this happen? They cant show any emotion during the procedure or they wont pass and forget about finding a wife. Wow i am glad i am not a maasia. So anyway he has promised every week for a month that he will come. Man i dont think i have ever prayed for someone that hard. So this sunday we are just finishing the sacrament and i was so bugged that he wasnt there. Then, wait for it..... He was in the foyier( bear with me its french) he comes in and i was so excited I said way loud John my friend and stood up. I forgot i was in sacrament meeting. haha like five people glared and shushed me but whatev my buddy came to church! The Lord works in his time frame. 

      So i was reading in Alma 26 this week and it has set the tone for everything. ammon said i do not boast in myself for i am nothing, but i do boast in my god for in him i can do all things. Wow! talk about powerful. I will brag of my god all day long!

      Please thank aunt billie for me! I got some Halloween cards this week. It was really nice to hear from them. 

      Thank you all Family for the support. I would not be here if it werent for you!

but yeah me and my comp are getting along better. I just had to tulia bwana (relax a bit). i know that missionaries wont be obedient all the time and i just need to work with it. I have learned that it is better to do a little work and be getting along with your comp than be frustrated to the max and not get any done. 

      Oh so this week there was this drunk guy walking next to me in town and he just all the sudden sees fit to take a pee right then and there. Freak he almost peed on me. He just whipped out his nini (.....) and went. T.I.K. but yes i have compiled a list of things that would be nice to have in the next few packages or for christmas cause a lot of family has been asking.

-Deoderant

-listerine

-Mac and cheese

-Manguich sloppy joe

-Hamburger helper (dont be hatin, these were gourmet for me growing up)

-music (enya, tab choir ect.)

-Taco seasoning

-conference on cd

-zapzit( humidity is the devil)

-Montreal chicken and steak seasoning

-Stubbs marinade(christmas dinner)

-Pennut butter

-Small back pack. (one of those smaller ones thats just big enough for scriptures and pamphlets)

-Dr. Scholls inserts 

-multi-vitamins 

-Frooties

-Phase 10 (and any other good game you can think of)

-Oil vile that hooks on belt

-White cheddar cheezits!!! ( manna )

-American easy cheese

-My ipod full of good stuff w/ cord

-Jalapeno chips

-Mnt Dew (special occasions) 

-Panda express ( oh i wish)

-Facewash

-Bright colored ties are always appresh!

-2 white shirts

-seed to plant. (squash) you can grow anything here!!!

So i have herd flat rate boxes are the best to use cause you can pack them so tight. It only costed me 150 shillings to get your last package but there wasnt much of value. Every package is different depending on contents.

Now to answer some Q's

The scotts came out in april so 18 months from there. This is actaully their third time to Kenya. Two missions and one humanitarian thing.

The protestant guy we are teaching says he just cant go off his feelings as enough proof to get him to join. We continue to teach him though and plead with the lord to soften his heart.

Letters are hit and miss. Amy has sent me a few letters since i have been out and i just got one last week that was sent in Aug.

I have seen like 4 kinds of monkey. They are just walking around. haha its so crazy. I have seen elephant, giraffe, zebra, camel, lizards, buffalo,  goats, chickens and one ass. hahaha

We have had two baptisms. Three have dates and we are challenging a few more this week.

I have eatin lots of fruit. Pineapple, popo(papaya), coconut, oranges(that are actually green here) but in december starts Mango season. I am so stoked! They say they are the size of cantaloupe. 

Well i love you all it so good to hear you are doing well and that your getting to have some fun as well. Keep on Keepin!

Oh so some thing to tell matt and quinn, its true the water drains the opposite way below the equator, "It actually freaks you out the first time you see it" hahaha

love elder Haynes