September 21, 2009

hey kates, how goes it? i'm doin great here despite the difficulties. life back home is definitely easier and thats a fact haha. i'm having a great time here though and just last sat. we had 6 baptisms in our branch. my trainer is from cote d'ivoire and so me and him speak french quite a bit to eachother. he didn't speak english and now he's been here for 6 months and speaks very well and fluently. i'm safe and liking the food... well most of it. there is some food that's questionable and i try to stay away from, but it's all good. so far i havent been sick, which has been a blessing, cuz some of my mtc mates have already been very sick with typhoid. so i'm blessed to have health. the water i drink in the apt. goes through 3 different purifiers so i dont have to do any work, but the water does come out alot slower. the houses here aren't really mud huts, but cement type huts. it still amazes me to see them sweeping their dirt floors. i just dont see the point of doing that. but oh well, at least they're taking care of their places.