Hey everyone. Good morning. It's hard to miss a week because now there's too much to talk about but I'm just going to go for it. It's been a really good two weeks though.
-Transfers came and went and nothing happened to our household. I'm still comps with the Englishman and I'm pumped about it.
-Last Sunday we had Stake Conference at our chapel and it was so packed that none of the missionaries were able to sit inside and listen. We all congregated outside and tried to hear what was going on but sadly the mic wasn't loud enough. So, I didn't get much from it.
-Getting people to church has been a big struggle. Even though people seem very interested when we teach them, they keep coming up with reasons to not come on Sunday.
-I've had more meals from members or investigators in this last week than my whole 6 months in Ethiopia.
-People like to call us random names here. "Mzungu" is a slang word for white person. We hear that a lot. For some reason people will just call any white guy they seen "John" so we get called that a lot too. One day a bus conductor called me "John Cena" and another guy called my comp "James Bond."
-We've been working with a member in our ward named Ivy a lot. She taught us how to make Mandazi (which is like scones) and Samosas. She also introduced us to a super old couple that live in our area. She made us phanny packs too!
-Every day we have a mandatory encounter with a drunk person. We just know that it's going to happen at some point in the day. It's usually really funny.
-Last P-Day we linked up with some of the other Elders to go play basketball at one of the most famous streetball courts in Nairobi. We played an adult club team there and even though I'm rusty and out of shape we still never lost.
-I enjoy walking around with the cows these days because they are everywhere. If they get in peoples' ways or do something dumb the people just smack them.
-Met a lady named Emmaculate who works at the airport. She had us over to teach her family and fed us nicely. She saw some of the other Elders at the airport as they flew out to the bush.
-One of our friend’s named Ian is on date to be baptized this coming week. We meet with him at the chapel and then we celebrate with some KFC. I've never loved KFC so much and we are pumped for Ian.
This Sunday we were able to baptize two of our friends. One was Lucy, the snack cart girl, and we are so happy for her. She has such a solid testimony that she has found the true church. The other was Abraham, a member of that South Sudanese family we visit. They are amazing. The more and more I hear about their story and South Sudan the more I love them. The oldest brother, Daniel, is actually an RM and one of three South Sudanese people to serve a mission. And now he takes care of this whole family because life in South Sudan is not safe. Most of them are members and Abraham has just joined them. We are teaching another one of them that will be baptized soon but he's been sick and doesn't speak English so it's been delayed. I've been meeting people from South Sudan ever since coming to Ethiopia and they are the best. I can only describe them as homies. Just like the bros. So, shout-out to South Sudan.
This email is already huge sooo that will be all. Have a good week and remember that Christ lives!
Elder Miles
One big happy South Sudanese family 
Me and Abraham, Ferguson and Lucy, and Mafunga and Hesbon 
Mandazi pretzel because I can't get pretzels here 
POST MALONE BUS 
Ferguson and I with our phanny packs 
Doing daily shepherding work
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