August 24, 2015

     Some mixed emotions today...is this really the last letter I'm sending to an African Carson?





Ya hey all is going well it has been a very fast boring week.
Most of the week we were either waiting to travel traveling and waiting to go home.
We had one proselyting day...and then we went to eldorent for
district conference.  Which will there there was some good talks but 
williams was soooooo bored.
but ya next week no big plans we might party today then have a meeting
tomorrow and then nothing until Saturday we will be traveling to 
Nairobi then the home bells will be ringing.
Bang stupid apple bees you now what i don't care just surprise us
because around that time i ll be just out of it.  So what ever you want 
thats ok with me...
Love you lots
hope to talk to you a little bit today.

Hi.  Looks like you wrote me about ninety minutes ago.  Are you still there?

YA i m still here

Hi!  Sorry about your boring week.  Why was your conference so boring?  What kind of party are you having today?  Who's gonna be there?   Where's your meeting tomorrow?  What's that for?

i don't know it was more for the members and leaders than for 
missionaries.  so it was boring.  a going home party but i m broke so we ll just have to see.
at the church in kitale it is ddm as usually.

What are you doing for your going home party?  Why are you broke?  Seems like you've been having a lot of ddm and other conferences lately.  Or is that just me?  Lots of traveling.  Must get old.

What else are you doing today?

we don't know yet but we ll figure it out.  It is the end of the month so.
Probably sleeping but after that i don't know.

Sleeping ?!?!?!?!  What about going out and doing some tracting today?  Only one week left to get it all in!  Are you getting a little trunky yet?  That must be tough too.

So what else can you tell me about this week...  What was the best thing?   What was the worst?  I know the most boring was your meetings but what was the funnest thing this week?  What was the most spiritual?

Where did you go to church yesterday?

because it is p day and i m not im my area. so doesn;t make sense.  but y right now i m super trucky.....
it was nothing special this week was super super boring and we did basically nothing.  so nothing to report.
in Eldoret for district conference.

Where are you now then?  Still Eldoret?

Wow....not sure what else to ask you.  Anything else you want to chat about then?

I m in Kitale...
i don't know i ve had mixed feeling bout sleeping in the room next to my parents what ever happened to the toy room down stairs?

Well, I wondered about that room too.  I was always going to convert that toy room into a room for you but your dad wouldn't let me touch it.  So I'm just gonna fix up this one room.  If it gets too awkward...you can talk to dad about that and see what he says.  If you would rather move downy to that room though...knock yourself out. I'm ok with you being wherever you want to be.

Are you ready for this kind of weather when you get home?  This would stop me from being too trunky.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*breath*  (Gasp)  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
WHAT IS IT!!!  IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOO COLD

So maybe I should bring up an extra jacket (or parka) for you at the airport when we meet up next week?

ya that might be a good idea.  or you ll be dragging a aftrican icle home with ya.

Aw...I bet you toughen up fast.

hmmmmm but i ll have a suit jacket so i should be ok.

yes you'll be just fine!  And sorry about the room situation.  But don't worry...if it really bothers you...I'm sure we can figure something out.

HEy mom i love you but i ran out of time so i ll either talk to you more next week if i get time or i ll come talk to you inperson on wednesday in a week or soon thanks for the chat love you lots

Wednesday?  Wha....huh....wait.....what the heck?  Wednesday?   It's supposed to be Tuesday!  I can't wait till Wednesday?  ??????

Ken's letter...............

Hey thanks dad really appreciate it when you write. This time next week plus two days i ll be there helping you out again . Really excited for that. For me all is well this side had a fast week and it looks like this one will go down soon. because of all the traveling i have to do. But all will be well in the end. 

But ya hope your doing well. and i hope you have a good week

miss you lots 

Carson

Here are some pictures Carson forwarded on to us.  They are of all the missionaries in the Kenya, Nairobi Mission area but at their individual zone conferences.

Nairobi, Kilungu, Chyulu Zone Conference     August 5, 2015

Dar es Salaam Zone Conference    August 2015

Eldoret Zone Conference

(Carson's head is just barely peeking out from the back row!)