First off Happy Fathers Day Yesterday! So as another transfer goes and its obvious why president put me here. I am ZL again. There has been allot of changes in the zone but its a good thing. Change motivates. Luckily i am staying with a good companion!!! We are still together for another transfer. He is such a good kid. We are still working on his english but he is good! We had some cool experiences this week. One, Her name is Miriam, She is engaged to our BML. She is progressing so well and really has a firm testimony. I love teaching her cause she is very intelligent and asks a million questions. It makes me grow so much to study to find those answers i dont know and when i find them in the scriptures it is amazing. She asked us the other day why we say jesus created the earth. Man finding scriptures for that through the bible was fun! She said it only says god in Genesis. Of course we know differently because the Pearl of great price but it was cool to prove it through the bible. I have one question that i need everyones help on. How do we know Adam was a prophet. Most people here dont believe that. I mean of course the pearl of great price says it clearly but in genesis the scriptures i use dont satisfy. We have tried every angle but it doesnt seem to please. Maybe they are just stubborn and dont want to see but i feel like i can get more out of it i just need a little assistance.
So on Wednesday we had a awesome experience. We went deep into the bush and did some service at a school there. When i say bush i mean it. So The senior couple said there is a awesome place near three big water falls that we could do ddm. So it was a pretty cool experience. We got to see some amazing waterfalls and got to have ddm right there. It was pretty cool, It was almost like that seen in the testiments. I felt it was a sermon on the mount type deal. Dont worry i got some awesome pictures you just wont be able to see them for a while. Selfishly i want to keep all my pictures so i can go through them all with you and explain them cause you might see some and wonder what the heck. Anyway, we got to teach these students who have never been more than 5 km from their home since they were born. Some are seniors in high school. Crazy! Its so different for them. Life is just what it is. Mud hut, you only eat what you grow, you walk two hours to and from school. Its just like camp 24/7. I think i would be just fine with that. haha as long as i had a gun in my hand. I have a little inner desire to be Jeremiah Johnson just for a time. Except having a kid who doesnt talk and a indian woman wife who makes nasty food. I'll pass. So we taught the children about our home countries. Kinda what we produce what we eat what we use for transport etc. When i talked about snow they were so confused! Man that was hard to explain. It made me mad though cause they kept talking about Obama! He is such a hero here and it makes me so mad. Everyone here says they know his dad and he wasnt born far from eldoret. Yeah he was born here. Hmmmmmm..... interesting! Elders in kisumu actually met his grandma and gave her a Book of Mormon so Obama might return to testimonies of joseph smith but i doubt it. Otherwise things are Kama Kawaida! (like usual) So my swahili is nice here. People are so happy that a white guy knows how to speak. I mean it is minimal but it makes me feel cool. haha
So thats whats up. Lots of good. On sunday we started sacrament meeting with more investigators than members. So either we are the greatest missionaries on planet earth or the branch in which we serve is completely bogus! All in favor of the second on manifest it!!!! Man we have had some hard missionaries here. The last missionaries here baptized like 6 people which is awesome but are completely inactive. We have tried and still trying to contact them to get them to church but some found out the church is more than a welfare program and left all together. This is really sad but is the main problelm here. We are trying to help but its a uphill battle. I like when a member has been a member for years and is just hearing there is such a thing as a welfare program. We met a white guy from St. Louis in town the other day who moved here to start a church. He decided none of the churches were right so he just decided to start another. Now that puts the total at 2,342 churches in eldoret. haha At his church its just a business and they pay out every week and the have more people attend on sunday. Man satan is good..... REALLY GOOD! It makes me sad but the scriptures say "Many will hear but few will accept"
Anyway life is good. I am healthy and eating well. I am taking care of my feet, dont worry meree! I will keep meree in ma prayers. I hope she is doing better. I miss you guys and its good to hear the ball game traditions are still in full force with no signs of stopping in the near future. Well i love you guys and hope you are continuing on well. Vumilia paka mwisho! endure to the end!
-Elder Haynes
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