Elder Brown is our new District Leader here. It was a fun time picking him up. Our Zone stayed in the Kitale flat and him and I talked about mission and about people in Buru Buru (since he replaced me) it was a great time and i am very excited to work with my first MTC companion now out in the field as we both have experience behind us. This week we did some community service and washed at a Hospital in Naitiri. It was a great thing and the guy was even like "So what do you want me to tell the community about you guys?" hahaha what a great thing to ask us. Let us tell you who we are and who we are representing!! On Thursday (the same day we did that service) we went to the Sitati home. Elder Sitati's family is in Naitiri and we went and saw them and got to visit with them and even get some dinner!! It was FAAAR though!!! We biked over 50km that day in mud, rain, and up huge hills (Again on our super hard bikes). My chain fell off twice and once going down this huge hill so i had no brakes, but i survived. Elder Limu's came off once. We were biking in the dark as well, like pitch dark on mud and bumps, haha i cant explain it good but it was an adventure! Then a miracle happened. The member that was with us was borrowing a bike that has a very slow leak in the front tire. We got to this big hill where we go home and his tire was flat. A few seconds later an older gentleman was passing us on his bike (we passed him before) and on his bike he had a bike pump. No one carries a bike pump with them, especially here. But at the exact moment we needed it so that we could arrive at home safely and on time for curfew our angel showed up. And he had a Christlike heart and stopped, helped us fix it and we were all on our way. We gave him a pamphlet and told him about us obviously. Was it a coincidence? I dont think so. I think it was the Lords perfect timing and hand in that situation. It was by Divine Design. (Go read the talk from Elder Rasband called Divine Design from the October 2017 conference) and to finish off that day we got home and were wearing all the amount of rain we could wear hahaha!! What a spectacular day!! Church was also great! We somehow had 18 less-actives!! I think that is a record!! The church was very full and even a guy who we recently brought back to full activity in the church baptized his son! We are working hard in all of the branches to get to a stake! There is lots of work to be done and I have the privilege to be a part of it! I know this gospel is true. This is the Lords church on the earth today. This is the place to find that thing that you have been missing, and didn't even know you were missing it. I love Jesus Christ and I am not afraid to tell anyone about Him. I love Him. Love, Elder Merz P.S. - Shoutout to Johnson and Murphy shoes. For an prospective Elder those are my favorite shoes. They are the most comfortable, they have held up the very best, look the best, and your young little missionary feet will stay nice and warm because they are also waterproof and i can testify they are!! Go get some if your going out to serve especially here in the wonderful continent of Africa!