It has been a major 180° degree, flip-flop, world turned upside down, where the fetch am I moment over here for me. On the first day I had the same feeling as I did on my first day in Cali which made me feel like a brand new missionary again in Kenya. It's been a crazy fun and busy week so let's begin.
-I am still in Nairobi, in an area called Embakasi which is in the south-east part of the city. It hit me right away that we were pretty spoiled during our online work time because this area is nothing like where we were living. For one it is the dustiest place I have ever been in my life. The whole apartment gets coated every evening. There are cows on the streets and little shops everywhere with some nicer places scattered between cinder block apartment buildings. There are often smells on the street that I have never smelled before. We don't have an oven or a washing machine so hand-washing is our new go-to and my new worst enemy.
-My Kenya comp's name is Elder Ferguson from Manchester, England! Yes...the dude's accent is so sick. I'm already learning cool new British phrases like jumper, chav, and gone off. We live with another companionship: Elder Fry, a fellow Ethiopia missionary and his comp Elder Mafunga from Zimbabwe.
-The work style here is very different from Ethiopia. In Addis we waited while people came to us, here we walk absolutely everywhere and visit everybody in their homes. Do I like it? Yes. And no. My legs hurt. The first couple of days it poured on us, and then the last few days have been beyond blazing hot.
-Despite all that I love the work. The people here are so humble and love to hear messages about Jesus Christ. We called a lady named Ruth (who was referred by an Elder I knew in Cali) who is golden, and then she introduced us to her sister and niece who are also golden! If we just say hi to people on the streets, they want to know what we are doing.
-We go to church at one of the Stake Centers in Kenya. The ward is awesome! They had us new missionaries bear our testimonies. We had one friend come to church named Lucy. She owns a food cart near our house and she's super fun.
-Other little details: for district council we got lunch at a Shawarma place and a bunch of the other Ethiopia missionaries were there! We got ganged up on by severe alcoholics who tried to get us to go into their booze shed. All the kids call us Mzungu which means white person. Instead of goats, cows rule the streets here in Kenya. I'm picking up a little bit of Swahili as we go.
Because this email is already so long my spiritual thought will be short. The work is true! Have you read all the prophecies in the scriptures about the spreading of the Gospel and the gathering of Israel? Well, I am seeing first hand that these prophecies are being fulfilled. This work is real!
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Elder Miles
Elder Ferguson and I Cow Town The Embakasi area On the roof of our apartment building Goodbye President Dudfield!
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