September 21, 2015.."It's really humbling to try and read your scriptures under candle light"

Muli bwanji? (how are you) I am feeling sooo much better! It is awesome here!! this place is way cooler than i ever could have expected. It isnt as nice looking as we thought but it is still super awesome. it is like mexico. lol. i love it here!. all the people are so nice and they are so open about their faith. if you walk up to someone and start talking to them about Jesus they will contribute to the conversation. We are a walking area and I am already losing weight. if we need to get transportation to go somewhere far we hop in a mini bus (like an 8 passenger van rigged to fit like 16 ppl lol) it is fun because every one is crazy drivers and it makes the ride much more interesting hahaha. everything is sooo expensive here, its like 120 kwatcha for 3 large pizzas and a 2 liter drink. haha its only 1.75 dollars haha. We live in a little one bedroom house thing.  We only have power for half of the day but yeah the time that we don't have power, if its night, we use candles. Its really humbling to try and read your scriptures under candle light because you have no power lol. There was bedding here but only a few flimsy twin sized mattresses for me haha. I have an actual bed frame now but I didn't at first.  The mattresses were too weak so we had to put a door in between them. (Note the attached picture)

 We have baptisms scheduled for 11 of October and the 11 of November.  I haven't seen the ward yet. Yesterday was the first ever stake conference so I got here just in time for that!!!  Just teaching is fun! I know you probably wont believe me but just walking around and talking to people is fun to me. I like the challenge of trying to talk to people and not be nervous haha. I might have to buy another pair of shoes for walking today or some time because my comps tell me that these wont be  good if it starts to rain. the shoes might cost anywhere from 500-700 kwatcha lol thats only like 50-70 us dollars. the exchange rate is like 1 usd to 10 kwatcha love you. I'm at an internet cafe. I'm in Lusaka a place called "the arcades" its like a strip mall. I have taught plenty of people already and the work is busy. I'm so happy to hear from you!! I have two comps. Elder Cahill and Dlder Owor. Elder Cahill is from Seattle and Elder Owor is from Uganda. They are both super awesome!  love you! .. Im stoked to learn more. much love from -Elder Scatena