8/25/2019 -- having your food stare at you is rather unpleasant!

8/22
Well, today was fun. I got to spend A LOT of time talking to E. Cole. We had service first thing in the morning, then we picked up E.Tshangu and gave back E.Smith to E. Segale. After that was lunch, and by this time it's already 3. So we headed back to the flat, dropped off E.Tshangu's overnight stuff and went to pick up Redick. After we picked up Redick we went to meet up with E.Cole and went to visit a member who lives on the extreme end of Lucky Summer. We had a really good visit, but the Mother of this little family did little to hide the fact that she was trying to kill us with food. I had 7 Chapate, 7! I won't be using the bathroom for a while! We were also home late because of how far away their home is, but that's a minor detail.

8/23
We killed Redick today. I dunno how long we contacted for certain, but it was a long stinking time. Redick certainly wasn't used to walking that much or talking to that many people. He made it very clear that he would be going to bed early tonight. I don't blame him.

Anyway, aside from contacting we got to teach Anthony's brother -Jack- who has accepted Baptism, but who will be leaving for boarding school next week. Side note: I've decided that boarding school may be the root of evil here in Kenya. These kids spend so long away from home it doesn't allow them to grow deep roots in the gospel. It really, really, really sucks.

Well, we had lunch after that, then more contacting, from there we spent a significant amount of time contacting. Watching Redick slowly die was funny. He made it easier by talking about how wiped he was, and it was only 2. Lol! He kinda reminds me of how E.Kulondwa was when he first started training. This newbie would pass the heck out at every opportunity; he's gotten a lot stronger as of late and it no longer happens, but still - it was funny.

Anyway, we taught a lesson with a Former Investigator (not sure what happened, signs point to not keeping commitments) that E.Johnson and E.Kanda were teaching. We'll see how he does.

We visited Bradley after that to see if he was doing better and ended up swapping war stories from our respective missions. It's always fun to hear people talk and chat about that kind of stuff.

We came back to the flat after that and my companions tried to kill me with Ugali. I ate too much, (I still don't like it) it sits like a rock in my belly, (I still don't like it) I had to eat it with dagaa, (I still don't like it) let me tell you, (I still don't like it) having your food stare at you is rather unpleasant! I STILL DON'T LIKE IT!!! Oh well, I'm used to it by now. Oh, by the by, dagaa is these tiny little fishies that you eat whole. The range from the size of two joints of my pinky finger, to the size of my thumbnail. You just pick up a little bundle of them with every bit of Ugali. Always pleasant when the heads fall off and you eat them separately.

It's a good thing you're not on this mission Mom, you wouldn't be able to handle all the fish here, and I haven't even had that much. If I want a lot of fish, I need to go to Mwanza or Kisumu. You don't get a lot here.

8/24
Seven Months!

Anyway, we went out to Mwiki today to visit Tracey, then came back for a meeting that was cancelled. That was it for today. It's currently past midnight because I was told that census takers would be coming today and that I was required to cooperate with them, so that's fun. I'm giving up BTW, I need sleep for tomorrow.

8/25
Well dang. There was no guarantee that they'd come yesterday. I was sleep-deprived for no reason. I only found out today.

Anyway, the Lord really blessed us today. Well, I feel less blessed, but the companionship was heavily blessed. Brother Joab came to church today, we taught him then he introduced us to his friends, six of them. That's a huge blessing, now the reason why I don't feel so blessed is because it's a Swahili only type situation. Oh well, it's an answer to prayers and we don't often get prayers answered in the way that we want.

Regardless, the lesson after that one was in Swahili too, then the last one was in English. I was very happy to help out in my own little way with the first and last lesson of today. It's nice to see things moving along at a good rate. It's late again, so I'm going to bed. Night.