Monday, August 6, 2018
I dont have much to report on for the week, as i have not been in my area for another week....
On Monday we went to Kitale and emailed, Tuesday we had our DDM and after we went and contacted for the Kitale elders and found 9 men who are interested to know more and serious. We put in some good work for them. Its so weird being back in an area where there are lots of people to talk to. Wednesday we went to Eldoret and had a correlation meeting with the District President and talked about how the areas are progressing. Us and the Huruma Elders went and got a super nice hair cut. We slept on there floor for the 3rd day in a row and woke up to the mosque outside praying at 3 am. I just had to join the prayer session so i prayed it would stop.
Thursday we traveled to Nairobi with the Huruma Elders (Elder Fraga and Ntlebi) and the Eldoret STL's. We had a fun 10 hour bus ride together and enjoyed each others company. We had too many jokes to tell and share. It made the trip quite bearable. We got there and got taken to the Assistants flat. So us 4 elders, and the Kisumu Zone Leaders (Elder Card and Nyanhamo) and the assistants all slept there. We had a great time together and Elder Fraga and Carlson (both in my group) talked into the morning hours.
Mlc went well the next day and i was able to learn that the only opinion of me that matters is the Lords.
We traveled back Saturday and only got Sunday to work. Buuuut we had 3 great lessons after church and Baraka was also confirmed. It was nice to sleep in my bed and not to floor for 2 days. But Sunday i woke up next to a huge spider....i should have asked him i guess to sleep on his bed....
We are looking forward to having time to work in our area this week and continue to progress the great and legendary Mautuma. We are close to becoming a ward when the stake comes to Eldoret. I got my flight info which is weird. the calendar tells me it is August 2018 but in my mind its not real.
Oh well sorry for the not so good email, but there's not much to say when i am traveling all week.
Love from the bush master,
Elder C. Merz
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