Monday, November 21, 2016

So this week was another crazy one! Kenya never lets me down haha. So this week we went in a Matatu like an hour away to see this less active. When we got to the stage (where all the matatus line up and get passengers) a fight occurred over who was going to take me, it was weird!! It was out in the bush which was cool to see! Then we got a call, an emergency. So here their are no street lights, no stop lights or road signs, no speed limit, so pretty much no rules. The sisters were crossing the street and a bota-bota was overtaking a car and didn't see them and (motorbike) hit Sister Matata. Then the bota-bota like bounced off her and hit head on into a car so they were both taken to the hospital but thank goodness she is okay and so is the bike rider. So we rushed to the hospital and the Matatu that we hoped in had 23 people in it including us. Okay so these things are the size of a normal mini-van at home. So imagine 23 adults crammed into one, hahaha it was so fun and awesome!!! One of our investigators Philip wanted us to meet his family. We were doing community service but he came and helped us for the 2 hours that we did it and then took us to his place. Afterwards we were going to a members house and he wanted to come so we all hoped on a Matatu and he payed for all 3 of us and wouldn't let us pay him back. He is not rich by any means, but it really hit me hard the love that he has for us and how in his eyes we might have like a glow or something special about us. That really hit my feel goods deep down. Then on Sunday we had a baptism. My first one ever. Sister Beti is so amazing and has really changed since we first saw her. Everyone says that it is something that you cant describe and the spirit you feel is the same way. Well they were right, it was one of the best most joyous happy feelings I have ever had. Sadly I cannot describe it but just say that the church is true and the spirit is real. I am loving the mission and know I was called here to Kenya for a reason. It is so so good, and worth sacrificing all that I left behind. Thank you all for the letters and have a great thanksgiving! Be thankful Trump is your new leader. Just kidding haha. ;) Weekly laughable moment: Well the 23 people in a Matatu was pretty amusing as well as the fight over me. But another Matatu experience is here. So we were coming home one night and took a Matatu and there was traffic like downtown LA. We werent moving at all. And youd see Matatus just flying by on the shoulder of the road and on sidewalks and curbs and then our driver got the idea. So we went like off-roading and over HUGE curbs and rocks and we were like a billy goat on the side of a mountain. Except we were climbing though bushes and like a forest and through cars and just no care whatso ever. We also ran a bota-bota off of the sidewalk so we could drive on the sidewalk haha I was like wow this is incredible! Everyone was like honking and it was just crazy! Oh yeah and to add the cherry on top, it was raining. Not crazy but enough to make everything muddy and slippery. We almost got stuck going off the road and I'm pretty sure we gave some walkers a shower of mud. And the Matatu only had 1 windshield wiper that was SUUUPER slow and it was like trying to get water off with a stick, it was pointless but so fun! It was so funny to be bounching around in a loud matatu running people off the road and going off road in a van with 1 wiper hahahaha

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