Hey Family!
so we got transfer news and it is a bit crazy, for me anyways. they are splitting the area, and my companion is leaving. which means that i have to show my new comp the area as well as the other two that are coming to be in the other half. i don't know how it is going to work, and when i asked them how i was suppose to do that they just said " you will have to figure that out, you are the one that knows the area" so Elder Hansen takes off Wednesday the new guys will get here either Thursday or Friday and then the adventure begins. i figure i have two options, just tell two of them to go tract in a random place that they find, or we travel in a foursome for a few weeks until they know where to go. either way is very ineffective. and all of that is without mentioning that one of the three new elders coming to be with me is a greeny. so while i am not technically training again, i might as well be cause i will be showing him and his trainer around. this transfer isn't going to be much fun.
oh and the apartment that we found we are no longer getting. the owner said he is giving it to a relative instead, which is code for "i am a racist Muslim and don't want two christian American boys in a place that i own." so the four of us will be in our one tiny flat. i know i sound like i am discouraged and complaining. . . and i am, but i also know that things will work out, i don't know how, but somehow they will.
the rest of the week was decent. our teaching pool has been disapearing lately which isn't good especially since they are splitting the area. we had three baptisms yesterday, they are good people. are three were young kids whose parents were already members. but the members think that the missionary's are suppose o teach everyone so they dont baptise their children at eight. instead they wait until missionary's have to go and teach them. it makes me mad because then we have to take all sorts of time to go teach people that are already coming and have been coming and already know the commandments and so on. but occasionally we will get a referal from it so then it becomes worth it.
another slow week for the most part. a lot of tracting and finding and such. but i dont think i will be having a slow stress free week for a while so maybe it was good. It is the rainy season just before the ultra hot season, and i will probably be in Mombasa for all of it (rainy and hot) which is alright i guess but i don't like the heat or the humidity. i would much rather be in a cold place with snow if i could choose the weather conditions. but i cant, so i will endure.
i love you guys! have a great week! do something fun for me!
Elder Harris
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