December 23, 2013

Kisimusi njema!

I am so excited for Christmas this week.  This past week has been wonderful.  We went to Kibera (the biggest slum in Africa), scheduled four people to be baptised this next Sunday (Jumapili Desemba 29), and learned how to make homemade bread and stromboli from the Jensens, a great couple who have been on their mission since May.

You should start writing in a journal daily!  I try to do it and include pics when I get them or ticket stubs or things I get etc.  It is a ton of fun!  I keep a journal every day and I wish I had forever!

Elder DeWitt, who is now just Justin since he finished his mission honorably two weeks ago, sent me this link.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCdZwitrNoY

Merry Christmas!  (English)

Mele Kalikimaka!  (Hawaiian)

Kisimusi njema!  (Swahili)

Feliz Navidad!  (Spanish)

Geseende Kersfees!  (Afrikaans)

Jwaye Nowel!  (Haitian)

Krisimas yakanaka!  (Shona)

.....And I think that is it for my friends from different parts of the world!  At least the ones that have the "regular" alphabet.

Love,

Elder Dick

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Elder Dick

Kenya Nairobi Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

December 16, 2013

So I was transferred to the office.  What a blessing! We do administrative work as well as a lot of logistical things and we work closely with the AP's and the mission president.  I say it is a blessing because it is something I can excel in easily.  And I don't say that to brag, I am just kind of terrible at teaching lessons, especially when it is hot outside :). 

The first building I have been in with A/C!

Love,

Elder Dick

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Elder Dick

Kenya Nairobi Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

December 2, 2013

Hey y'all!

Sorry I haven't emailed in a real long time.  I have been caught up.  Things have been going great for us in Kitengela.

I am working with an Elder who is going home in eight days to Harare, Zimbabwe.  We were able to have a baptism this last Sunday (yesterday) and we even got a first-lesson baptism commitment.  It was a great week for us.

My Thanksgiving dinner was ugali and potatoes and soup at our Bishop's house.  Not exactly your down-home Southern Thanksgiving dinner, but it wasn't half bad.  The thing with food around here...  There is nothing that is "delicious" per se but thankfully there is nothing that is so repulsively disgusting.  Nevertheless I cannot wait for my first turkey when I get home.

My freshman year at BYU my roommate, Paul Grayson, and I decided to cook a turkey for our FHE family.  We cooked an AWESOME turkey that turned out really well.  Everyone was extremely impressed with us.

I hope everyone is able to see all of my mission pictures.  They are on my Google Plus.  If you haven't seen them let my mom know.  I don't know if she will be able to help you much, but let her know and then through fasting and prayers she might be able to figure out the computer!  ;)

To access my Album for my mission, here is the address

https://plus.google.com/photos/110100026653614049642/albums/5924151036715524593?authkey=CIL19NXn_LK2Fw

Love,

Elder Dick

Elder Jacob K. Dick

Kenya Nairobi Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints