The last 2 weeks i have kept many different transactions and thousands of shillings spent all in my mind. From many different money sources (my monthly money, personal money, and our zone working fund). But i have remembered it all in my head and then was able to account for it all later on and could remember the exact days and amounts of all the money that we spend on things. And in the end after the accounting, everything all lined up. I am quite impressed by my mind! Linda, one of our investigators, is so awesome!!! We had a few lessons with her this week and she reads the material we give her and keeps her commitments we give her! She has great questions and her heart is really being opened to receiving the message. Its a cool relationship we have because she doesn't see us just as missionaries. But even considers us her friend. She opens up to us, trusts us, and really love it when we come! She even cooked us some lunch which was really nice! We also got to meet with Yusuf again, the muslim guy we are teaching here. We go to his mosque and teach him and he is the best guy. He has SUPER good questions and like every time we go he expresses how he loves how we actually help people to understand. He has questions that literally we have to think about and we for sure don't have all the answers for. So it is a nice challenge for us. Our branch mission leader is also giving us a lot of help! He calls us and tells us we should go visit our Ministering families and wants to take us to go visit some less-actives. He is really such a great help to us. He has a positive attitude towards things, like how we biked quite far to go see a less-active who was not even home. She just smiled and we laughed as we rode our bikes together back to mautuma. He even took us to go and minister to our assigned families who 2 of them are less-active families and they both came to church with there whole family on sunday, so there is the fruits of our work! Some interesting things for the week. I had to draw water from a near by well to be able to wash my clothes because no water at our flat, as well as i had to do it in the little sunlight i had. But i got to wash with the company and stories of my great companion Elder Bigirindavyi. Apparently as well, a girl cant get married here until she knows how to slaughter and prepare chicken really nice to the liking of her possible husband. Haha so girls at home dont complain. You would probably scream even just seeing a chicken flap its wings. Elder Big's birthday was on the 22nd. It was a nice day and our last appointment just next door to where we stay (where Sharon, Barbra, and Racheal live) i planned it out with them that after the lesson when we were going that they would "wash" him. It all worked out according to plan. he got some nice big buckets of water dumped on him 😂😂 Last thing for this long email, HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO MY DAD!!! I am so thankful to have him as my father and for all the many things he has taught me and helped me with. His influence and love and direction in my life has really helped me become who i am today! All the best birthday wishes to you Dad! i love you soooooo much! Cant wait to see you in a few weeks! :) Racheal was also baptized on sunday!! it was a really great day and time! She was glowing like an angel and was standing out like a Princess! She is one of my best friends here and is like my adopted younger sister! Love her! "If the world is to be improved, the process of love must make a change in the hearts of men." - President Hinckley Love, Elder Merz P.S. - hope you like our new ride, the big road smoother machine....