Well..... things have been quite interesting over here. Lots of things changing and things happening.
If you didn't know, i got transferred back to Mautuma. I was here exactly this time last year.. so its kinda crazy. Its way cool being back here. I have already seen a ton of people that i knew from before, and all of them were very shocked to see me. I really like being here because I'm also able to see people from Kitale and Sikhendu branches(my old areas). So I'm super excited to be here! Its really dry right now, so its super dusty, but its really nice.
For Elder Musasia and I, we are splitting the area with the elders already here, Elder Osimbo (Kisumu) and Elder Tebbs (Queen Creek, also my old comp in Darajani). So what we did this last week was we mostly just went on splits with them. Right now in their area they have 37 recent converts and like 15 other investigators... so the work is BOOMING! its pretty crazy. So they are going to show us where all these new converts and people stay, and after another week or so Elder Musasia and I will be able to know the area well enough. we are super super busy! Its really cool tho. I haven't really got to know any of the new people, but its way cool to be seeing some of the people i knew from here before again.
Christmas was pretty nice. We were able to spend it in Kitale with the rest of the zone and also with the couple missionaries, the Flakes. Nothing like Christmas back home, but still pretty good. Its not about the material things tho.
Sunday we went to the dedication of the new chapel in Misikhu! I was here last year while they were just starting to build it... and now i was there to see it be dedicated one year later!! Pretty sweet. President Hicken came up to do the dedication and it was really nice. I was able to see quite a few familiar faces from some of the different branches. Its a really pretty building. Biggest building around for sure tho!
Sorry not to much else to share this week... sorry its not that interesting. Just getting used to the area, and loving it.
But this past week I finished the book of 2 Nephi. It was powerful as usual! But something I really liked came from 2 Nephi 31. This is a really nice chapter outlining the Gospel of Jesus Christ very simply. But I especially liked vs. 13 where it talks about us following Christ, and it says we need to ''follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, acting no hypocrisy and no deception before God, but with real intent.'' This is something that i have been thinking about lately. That a lot of people all over the world say 'I believe in God', but when you see who they are and how they act, it is very contrary. More importantly than believing in Christ and knowing about him, is living for Him. That's how we show Him that we REALLY believe in him and accept his Atonement in our lives. It's very difficult to do, but every small thing we do to take a step in the right direction towards living for Christ helps. His Atonement is real, all we have to do is to come unto him by keeping the commandments and live righteously.
Well that's all for this week. 2014 has really been one of the best years of my life. Sad to see it go... but its all gooooood! Love you all!!! It was good to talk to you mom~!!!!!!!!!
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