On my 2nd to last transfer...its a surreal feeling. Is it really July? Do i really go home in October? I still find myself super excited and not tired of this great work at all. We have starting teaching someone called Samuel. He is the Deputy at a good school here in Mautuma. He is basically the Vice Principle in American terms. He is a smart guy and even quite young to be a VP. He really loves our church and knows its a good church. He was working at another one of the schools here and the church's charity help program thingy build the nicest and best toilets in all the land for that school and he was a teacher at that school. We are excited to start teaching him. On Sunday we are having a baptism of Barbarah. She is a great girl and learns very fast! I have talked about her before, but it is finally her time to get dipped in the water! We are also teaching a part member family and teaching the son, his name is Junior. He is also progressing very well and understanding the lessons. The gospel message is simple, don't think about it too much in depth. I have even heard that if you are struggling just go back to the basic truths! We got to meet with Brother Francis and FINALLY finish helping him with his family history. We sent 10 names to the temple!!! And 33 ordinances total! AND there are more still we can send. We were missing some information but i guess it made him so happy because on Sunday he showed me a sheet of paper full on the front and back of ancestors he found out from his family that he didn't know about and wants to add them. As well as a lot of the missing information. WOW it is incredible!! The last absolutely insane thing i will share is a combination of Saturday and Sunday. So on Saturday we are getting lunch and there is another guy just chillin there. I decide to spark up a conversation. We talked about the World Cup, about our different countries. He told us about his job (He is an accountant). He is a very smart and i am guessing successful accountant just from what he was saying. We then talked a little about the gospel. He is just visiting him home village (Mautuma) but he lives in Mountain View Nairobi. He lives not far from the Mountain View ward and used to go play basketball there a ton, but never attended a service on Sunday. So we invited him to church the next day and he said he would come. HE ACTUALLY CAME!!! That is suuuch a big thing. Lots of people say they will come but don't....but HE did! I sat by him in Sacrament meeting and he was singing the songs that he didn't even know, but was trying! Then in the Gospel Principles class and in Elders Quorum he was participating and asking questions, answering others questions, and saying very intelligent things for not knowing anything but just listening and learning! I wish you could have been there it was truly incredible! Also one of his best childhood friends is a member in Mautuma and they haven't seen each other in over 20 years so it was also a great little reunion for them! Then one of the members was showing the World Cup at his shop and one of the members invited him to come see it with him, AND HE DID!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH wow this man is powerful and ready to receive the biggest blessings in his life from the restored gospel! He is truly prepared and ready for his life to be changed and happiness to be more in his life. We are going to send the Mountain View elders his number so he can receive them! Our week was superb! But sadly my companion Elder Ncube is being transferred! He is going off to Dar Es Saalem. I will really miss him and it has been a short 6 weeks with him, but i have learned things from him! My new companion is Elder Bigirindavyi. I will say more about him next week, but this week.....more not so fun adventures so stay tuned Haha! Loads of love from Obamas fathers home, Elder C. Merz