Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!
    Time aint a thang! Yeah i dont know if you know but today is my 8
month mark! Man i just started. Time is nothing. So how was easter?
Any fun stuff happening that side? Our easter was pretty special!  So
we had two baptisms. Grace and Mercy, twin sisters, were baptized by
their father who was baptized like 8 monthes ago. We have been
teaching them since i arrived in Dar. They are SMART girls. They are
six teen but they talk like they are 25. Man some of their questions
really kept us on our toes. We were very excited for them. So saturday
night we had correlation meeting with the Branch Mission Leader. This
guy is a slacker!!! Man he is frustrating. Anyway he was supposed to
fill the font that night so we wouldnt be doing it on sunday. So after
the meeting he asked the guard to fill it. Elder Kiggundu and i both
said no its okay lets wait till tomorrow its to late now. The guard
said no no no its fine i will remember to turn off the water. We both
again said no but this guy insisted. So we ignored the promptings of
the holy ghost(not smart i dont recommend it) and went home. So sunday
morning we get to the church and of course there is like an 2 inches
of water in the ENTIRE chapel! Happy Easter! The guard fell asleep!
Every member was scooping water and trying to mop it all up. DISASTER!
haha it was really funny at the same time. Luckily the whole chapel is
tile! So it was tempting to lather up and have a giant slip n slide.
haha But it was really cool to see everyone come together to get
something accomplished. We kept apologizing and the members were like
hey it is a blessing to serve. It was really cool. I think these guys
are finally catching the vision of the church. Anyway so we had a
great service and the baptisms were so cool and the girls bore some
really powerful testimonies after. It is great to see the fruits of
our labors. We then headed right after the service to a members home
for easter lunch. This mama can cook! Oh man i ate so much, then after
that great experience we headed to our house to drop off all the food
they sent with us. Then we headed to the Bagenzis for easter dinner!
haha i am not eating today. It was like thanksgiving i seriously
gained seven pounds. Seriously these people wont let you leave till
you eat everything they cook. I hope i come home in decent appeal.
haha but it was a great day. Without all the eggs and bunnies and what
not i really got to feel the great love of our saviour. Who knows why
eggs were introduced. "Okay we got this holiday where we celebrate the
resurection of jesus christ what shall we do to celebrate? Uh how
about eggs? What do eggs got to do with jesus? Alright we'll hide
them! Dont worry theres a bunny!" hahaha what is up with our wierd
traditions? Anyway it was good.
      So we are doing great very overwhelmed but doing great. The
sisters arrived in Dar this last week. Wow talk about different. Man
so we only have african sisters serving in this mission so you think
they would be go getters cause its like the same enviornment. They
SHOULD just hit the ground running, Nay! These are the most needy why
did they come on mission sister missionaries! AH this week has been
exhausting! I mean there are amazing sisters but it is definetely not
these! Our zone is really struggling. Since i have been here in Dar
mine and my comps numbers are better than the rest of the zone
combined! It is really hard. I am at whitts end. Luckily Zone
Conference is this Friday so we can discuss things but the APs are
constantly asking me to fix it and i dont know how. I have tried all i
know how. They have a pride issue also having a young missionary lead
and council because they think they know how it should work. I have
been praying like crazy but it seems to be getting worse! We will see
if president has some insite. We are the biggest zone in th mission
now by far so we should be tearing it up! Whats the worst part about
it is our DLs are the worst ones setting the bad example for the rest.
Pray for us Please!
     Well I hope you are all doing good! I know the spring fishing
trip should be this week! I am so stoked to hit slam cove when i get
home. Man it is hard having conversations with these guys about what
we do for fun in america. They look at me like i am so wierd. They
dont see fishing is exciting at all. Anyway, Bronzen congrats on your
win against canyon view! I would tell you to pack your bags if you
lost to them. haha i dont think we lost any game against them while i
was in high school. Meree, Ryan Palmer has been accepted into the
dental hygeine program! He is such a stud! Do you guys ever get to
grace good old conrad carwash with your presence anymore! I think i
will work there when i get back. Miles and jeremy are back from
mission and both are working there again. haha I think Miles bleeds
conrad blue! So i feel bad about not voice recording you guys i dont
know what to talk about cause anything interesting i write in email.
So maybe if you give me a list of random questions it will be able to
get a nice little voice recording for you next week. Oh my goodness.
May 6th is so stinking close! Man once again time aint a thang. So i
have a specific question for matt, What do i do to help my zone? DDMs
are only conducted for the sake that we are supposed to and no one
listens to the ZLs. Please I am in need! Porter! You are such a little
stud! I have listened to your recording of you singing like ten times.
I felt the spirit so strong i teared up. I bet matt and meree were
proud of you! So have you got a girl friend yet? With a voice like
that you should be beating them off with a stick! Keep being a great
big brother to Owen and dont give bronzen such a  hard time! Have you
beat my record in the 3 point challenge on Wii sports or is it still
standing? Matt thanks for always making me laugh in your emails, it is
much needed right now! Thanks for being a great example to me! Meree,
How is the diet? I dont see why you need to diet. Diets are for
shmoos. How is working out? You got calves yet? Well i love you all
and i hope i will have alot to tell you after Zone Conference. Man it
is really nerve racking doing the trainings for an entire country.
Pray for me. Well i love you guys so much and again thanks for the
support and your love!

-Elder Seth Ryan Haynes

PS I am so sorry about not getting more pictures to you! Between this
lame camera and these third world computers its rather hard. Be
patient with me!