Walk, & Walk, & Walk

This is how we do it!
    haha my comp always yells "this is how we do it in uganda" so when its american something i say "Thats how we do it in america"! Yeah America is awesome. Be greatful guys! So there is something called working to hard i guess. haha I had a case of heat stroke this week. We had a full day of appointments and a lot of walking, I mean ALLOT of walking. My companion and i were laughing the other day cause in the call letter book you get before you come it says be prepared to walk six miles a day. hahaha i dont think we have ever not walked that far. It has been a constant 112F for the past week.You know humidity changes everything. So i was like super dizzy and ready to throw up all day. The next day i felt the same and went and worked. I finally decided this isnt normal and told Elder Noll, (isolated Mission Pres. for TZ) He thought i had malaria cause its the same symptoms. But yeah i had to take a day and sit in front of the AC which was on and off with our electricity and drink cold water. I went crazy sitting for the whole day. I think my body was expecting a break from this heat a long time ago. Man i went from st. george summer to Mombasa to Dar! These are the two hottest places in the mission. I need a break. I mean red neck farmers tans are not hot! Anyway im good now i just got blasted by the couples to not run faster than i am able. If they didint want that why did they make me a zone leader and give me two teaching pools. haha im good now though. I gotta suck it up!
     Tell porter congrats on singing in church. I can just picture his little smile. Good for him! I am excited to hear. I assume you got the recording. Bronzen is such a stud! I am so proud of that boy. I hope he keeps up the good work. I cant believe he is starting! Tell him way to go and dont be complacent! Meree just so you know you said we are 2,000 miles apart when we are actually 9,000 miles from each other. haha das far! Thanks for the recipe! I will make it tomorrow morning.
      We have got electricity back but it is in and out all day. Its not fun sleeping in a mosquito net without a fan. Elder Dewitt has a American digital temperature doohickey type deal and he left it at our flat. I decided to oogle at 2am and it said 95F. Das hot! The government here is real corrupt. They turn off the power when they are in a shortage but only in the ghetto which is where we are staying. They only turn it of once it gets dark though cause thats when people dont usually need it. But thats the only time we use it! We dont buy food anymore cause the fridge turns off and it spoils. Its funny cause the couple missionaries live in a big people place so they always have power. Lame! We are the ones dunking people we should deserve the meme(power). haha but i love every second of it. It makes me realize how good we have it. Its all part of this crazy adventure. To answer your question we bathe twice daily(usually by candle light, it a nice experience you should try it) when we have water but once every few days if not. Power and water go away all the time. We drink water but everything has to be filtered. We have a filter system in our flat and we carry filter bottles. These things are so cool. They have a filter in the bottle. Any water that is sketchy is good through this thing. hahaha some elders even filtered their pee through it one day. hahaha This is AFRICA!
   I havent heard from anyone in the family lately. Well matthew does pretty good to write every few weeks. When is tish due? Gosh i still cant believe she has a human being inside of her! Our baptisms have been pushed. People are not coming to church again. Did you get the pictures of our last baptism? 
    I promise not to pull a "DJ" as you guys say when i get home. I gotta have some time to transition. Heck its snowboarding season like 2 and a half months after i get home. I will be around for a while. Dont trip! Speaking of trip can we plan a family vacation like right after i get home and before school starts. Cali, flea market, baseball game, six flags, and beach? to answer the heat Q, Because we are considered an equator city there are only two seasons. sunny and rainy. I call them liars cause i have been here 7 months and its all sunny. It is kama kwaida every day in dar. The tan line is getting worse and worse. I think i can recover though. My watch line is pretty bad but it like it. haha its proof im out in the work everyday.
    Our investigators are doing well they just need to sacrifice a little more to keep commitments. Haha that is hard asking a african to sacrifice more! We receive transfer news this saturday so we hope we get another companionship back so we can just focus on one area. But yeah This is my report! I love you guys and thanks for all you do. Sorry about the recording. I just dont really know what to say. haha well tutaonana wiki jio!
-Elder Haynes

Moving Along!

This work is moving!!!
   Wow you guys seem like you are doing so well! Oh before i forget tell Porter i got his letter! Thank you so much buddy i love it! Its hanging in my closet. Also congrats on singing in church on sunday! I hope you tear it up. Bronzen i just stood up in front of this computer as i read that you made the team! You better work hard my friend! You are so privileged! Its so good to hear matts work is constant. I bet he is so tired everyday. It sounds like me and my comp lately. Today marks one week without Meme(electricity). We cant sleep in this heat! We are about to give up taking showers cause its pointless with the way we sweat. We are try to juggle these two teaching pools still and we are dead at the end of the day. It has been hotter than usual this last week it was around 43c everyday which is 109F yeah it be hot up in her! We are working really hard. We are teaching a new family and they have come to church every week. They wife has committed to baptism and the husband will be soon as well. Its so nice teaching families! I just got a letter from the family i baptized in Mombasa. They are so strong and thanked me so much for bringing them into the light. They are serving faithfully in their callings. I felt so good when i read that today. They said they could see god in me. I have really changed out here and i dont ever wanna go back. I have found something here that i have never been able to find anywhere. They say mission changes you but i never thought like this. Man i love this work.
    Well we have 4 baptisms set for the 25th so we will see if they keep their commitments and  progress to that day. Every day is an adventure here. I made banana pancakes for my comp this morning and he loved them. Oh it was so good it was like home! I told him about that other syrup you make meree so could you send me that recipe? I dont know i kinda am running out of things to say these days. Just know that we will need like a full week of talking when i get back to give you a full report of my expeditions. Thank you so much for writing during your busy weeks it makes me feel so good to receive that support every week. Well i love you all and hop your doing so well. 
Elder Seth Ryan Haynes

Another Week

 Another Week!!!
   How is everyone? Tell Portly happy birthday again for me! Did bronzen make the team i have been dying all week to hear the news! Otherwise are you guys staying strong. So i failed to tell you last week but this week was the Leadership training. President B is probably by best friend these days. He and sister B love me and it makes me feel nice. They came and personally inspected my flat while they were here and they couldnt believe how clean our house was. Yeah we get brownie points for that. I keep my house nice! But it was a great meeting with him and he asked me what i want to eat after the conference and i said a burger and fries and a coke. I was totally kidding but he said thats exactly what he was thinking! So he gave me 100,000 Tsh to leave the meeting and go order all of us some bomb town food. I love Mzee Broadbent! It was a blast to have all the guys here in Dar.
    Elder Pocock was in my MTC group and is like my best friend. He is a ZL in Arusha TZ. We had so much fun this week. We even slept on the roof of my house! Well we had two baptisms yesterday!!! Two more have entered into his fold! We were planning on three but Adam the Rasta man needs some more time. We are little worried about him but we hope he holds true to the feelings he has felt. We went to the Game this week i will send some pictures from it. I am doing well. Not to much more to report on. I really rely on those questions you guys give me cause i never know what to write. Well i love you all and hope life will keep moving. I am grateful for all you guys do for me and i am so excited for may 16. Love Elder Haynes