Whats up everybody?
This week was nuts. from Monday to Friday i probably only got 12-16 hours of sleep. we were generally up by 4:00am and wouldn't get home till between 11:30pm and 1:00am. Lets just say that driving people around Nairobi is not so much fun. we did get a full nights sleep last night though. and then when we woke up we had to clean up the mess that was left by the 40 people that stayed at our place throughout the week. once again, not so much fun. but then i went and took a nap and that made me really happy so i am in a good mood right now.
Dad asked if i was able to read the scriptures and stuff like that this week. i didnt. we were constantly busy this week, and if we would have had a bit more time in the then i think we probably would have slept. and if we tried to do some studying instead of sleeping, we probably would have fallen asleep doing it. but i did feel that something was missing the whole week because i didnt read from the scriptures. it reminds me of when we were in Germany and we went to go and visit that one bishop from the ward Michael served in. The bishop said he gained a testimony because President Hinckley promised that any day somebody reads the scriptures it will make them happier. So this bishop tried it and said there was no logical reason he could think of for him to be any happier that week, but he was happier, and he knew that it must be because that promise from President Hinckley was true. I wasn't as good about reading the scriptures at home as i should have been and because of it i couldnt really feel the diference when i didnt read for a week. but i felt it this week. and i know that all of you can be happier as-well if you will take the time to read from the scriptures everyday.
This next week will be pretty packed as-well. Elder Holland is coming to the mission on the 18th so most of Monday we will be preparing for that because we will be gone pretty much the whole time until 18th. there will be a few days in Nairobi, but not many. then Tuesday is a normal day, Then we leave for Eldoret on Wednesday to have a zone conference and a zone leaders council and also to do exchanges and then go to Kisumu from Eldoret for exchanges and come back to Nairobi on sunday after church. so i will most likely not be able to e-mail next Saturday and i will e-mail on Monday once we get back. But i am excited for the week, it should be fun.
I dont want to be released until i get home, and i am not sure i even want to be released then. but i dont know if i really have a choice once i am home. What i dont want to do is report to the stake council or whatever cause it sounds really formal and boring, and if i remember right it is pretty early in the morning and everybody knows i am not a fan of the morning. I know dad was hoping that would change on my mission, but it hasn't. So dad, if you could pull a couple strings in that direction it would be great.
As far as Spencer not being home for the General Conference in April, my bet would be that he is still home. that's less than a month after he turns 19. He will probably have his mission call but i dont think he will be gone yet. and no mom i wont get to see "some" of conference. i wont get to see any. i have seen recordings of i think two sessions of general conference since i have been on mission and it is not broadcast here and by the time the dvd's of it get here i would bet i am home, and even if i am not, the branches i was serving in never showed the dvd's for the other ones anyways so i am not expecting them to do it this time. I miss watching general conference with all of my heart, but i have also accepted that its just not going to happen.
You asked what bedroom i wanted. I dont know. I think just being home in general is going to be weird and i dont think having a certain bedroom is going to change that. so whichever one is easiest to "prepare." but what is there to really prepare? isn't there already a bed and a closet in either of them anyways? i guess you could always put a mint on the pillow. that wouldn't normally be there already.
And thank you for getting the shots. i know how you hate shots, even when it is others getting the shot you still clench your teeth and squeeze your hands as tight as you can and sing the ABC's. and four is a lot, but it will be worth it i promise. and if Spencer or Sam go to somewhere where you would need to get them you wont have to do it again. although i dont know if that is any consolation in your mind because you would probably rather not have them go someplace that they need those shots.
anyways, i love you all!!! i hope you have an amazing week!!!
Love,
Elder Harris
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