Teaching from the Book of Mormon, Kids are Still Kids and Spaghetti

hey fam!  it's Monday...again, the week went by so fast!  two years may go quicker than i thought but it was a great week( it's been pretty hot though and i had to start carrying two water bottles). We taught the most lessons we ever have this week and were able to have a lot of success in our finding efforts. Philani and Chikondi are being baptized on Saturday and i am so excited for them. We were

also able to teach alot of people we previously were not able to find. A common occurrence here is people just coming up and trying to talk to us and sometimes they don't speak English, are drunk, or just see two well dressed Mzoingos and can't resist..other times they are prepared by the spirit and we return to have a great lesson about Jesus Christ and then you understand why you are out here in this crazy place. Also my testimony of the Book of Mormon has grown as i have been able to teach and share from it and have begun to better understand the power of it's witness of the Savior. We placed a lot of BoM's this week and it was amazing. We even finished the week Sunday night by watching How Rare a Possession over my homemade spaghetti dinner. Also just some thoughts that Elder ketchum and I have been discussing on African stereotypes. First of all while these people are poor they really do have everything they need, at least out here. The charity poster child that is starving wearing rags doesn't exist. people all have shoes they just chose not to wear them.  Also there's no wild animals just freely wandering, unfortunately. And there is pretty much everything you can find in America you can find here if you look for it. People still love sports, drink, sit out on the porch listening to music and kids are still kids. It can be awkward being the only white people in a place where that doesn't happen but you just learn to ignore it. when you're  on the bus and everyone is obviously laughing at the two mzoingos in white shirts.It's OK though i'm finally at a point where I've gotten used to the culture and feel comfortable and excited each day as i walk the dusty roads of Kauma. This has really shown me that attitude changes a lot.  Love you