Week 48 RLF Nov 20

Rachel was transferred to Longrono today so no word other than she is fine and will send a letter next week.  However being away from this sweet Hermana will be sad.  She looks a lot like another Rachel we know.  Rachel loves them both!!

Transfers are always good but seem to happen so fast.  6wks is not fast when you spend every waking hour with the same person.  Fortunately she has had great companions that she loves no matter what their personality is like.  They both have the same goals in common and have a love of the Lord and his gospel they are sharing together with everyone they meet.

Longrono is on the Ebro River far away from Vic and an area she has never even been close to.  She has been near the Mediterranean Sea this whole time but now travels northeast of Madrid closer to the Atlantic Ocean, which is the opposite side of the mish.

Week 53 BJF Nov 16

Yumm...warm German waffles.  I am sure they are not the same as our Waffle House, ha.

Schönen guten Morgen,

This last week has been somewhat exciting. 

We started with a visit from Elder Gary Sabine from the Europe area presidency (people in charge of churchy European stuffs). This was the third conference we’ve had this transfer which doesn’t happen too often. He was dropping doctrinal fire the whole time and really getting the missionaries pumped. 

The rest of our week was spent getting stuff put together for Brights Baptism. We were a bit worried about how it would turn out but the event went surprisingly well. Bright showed up early and even helped us set stuff up. He just kept smiling and talking about the peace he felt. He kept hugging everyone too. He’s fantastic and I’m glad to have helped him get this far.

Later that evening after everything was said and done we got our transfer calls. E. Yorgason got shipped to the exact opposite end of the mission and I got a new comp from a city about half an hour way. We drive through his old area several times a week. His name is Elder Bahr and he’s 2 meters tall. Er ist ein große Mensch.

Despite how short he makes me feel I think this next transfer is going to be a “huge“ success. The members here are probably going to make a “big“ deal about it. Hahaha

But in all seriousness I’m excited to work with him.

So far we’re still getting the hang of the new transfer but E. Bahr has been around the mission a bit longer that me so it’s going smoothly. He’s also my first companion from somewhere outside of Utah. From the great state of North Dakota. He’s basically a Canadian without a pet moose.

life in Germany is starting to feel normal. Which is strange. 

We’re still seeing miracles, I’m still learning some Spanish, still talking with crazy people, and it’s still getting cold.

You’re all beautiful, talk to you next week.

Liebe –Elder Fuller

Pictures,

1–2:cleaning baptismal font in a suit cuz reasons.

3:Bright‘s baptism. (he was confused as to why we were taking pictures)

4–8:District shenanigans. We spent the day hanging out in Duisburg. Went to this weird sculpture called the „tiger turtle“

9:The german version of WaffleHouse

Elder Bahr is his new companion this transfer. Also from North Dakota, like me.  He makes Ben look like a shrimp!  They also got a huge shipment of Sister Missionaries this time around.  One is Sis. Fuller from Australia.

The Tiger Turtle looks rather like a climbable roller coaster.  

But it is fenced off in case anyone tries to defy gravity and fall on their head.

I love the view here. It looks like a brisk fall day.

All Elders are handsome no matter what they look like. It is the light of Christ that shines through their eyes and they all look so pleasant.

Week 47 DTF Nov 13

It's fun to think about this crazy kid fulfilling a dream of traveling to exotic and unknown places.  He is loving this opportunity to be in new culture, learn a foreign language and meet interesting people.  All with a deep love in his heart and a faithful commitment to our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ.  He is testifying of the truthfulness of the gospel to many every day.  What a blessing and an honor for him to dedicate these two precious years!

Please enjoy a story from Daniel by clicking on the link below:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UgDU-JnThRmZ-F4wrTVe-hJ0eJODALK8

Hello everyone,

So we had transfers this past week and guess what? I got transferred to Nairobi, Yes i have finally entered that black hole that once a missionary enters, he never leaves. (in fact our current AP is going home soon and has never served outside of Nairobi.)
But good news is i would like to stay! This place is great, we just got done playing football with both Nairobi zones! I am now serving in an area called mountain view and it is gorgeous! The flat is amazing and doesn't have rats or any weird stains on the ceiling that leak black goo. It's nice not to have any black goo dripping on your white shirts haha. 

My new companion is from DRC the congo, and he is still learning English but he knows some Swahili so we get by just fine. His name is Elder Mbaya, which in Congolese means "first born" but here in Kenya it means "bad person." he has had a lot of heat for it haha. 

Also I got to go to the rift valley to do an interview for some other elders and it was such a view! I felt like i could see all of kenya from the view point, it was soo sick! (I will try to get pictures next time we go there.)

Also here's a funny story for you, we were waiting for a matatu to take us into town and this shoeless dirty man came up to us and started talking to us, I was genuinely interested in what shoeless guy had to say. He started off so nicely and said that I looked like Jesus, (which is an awesome compliment for a missionary because we are trying to represent the Lord.)

And i thought "hey maybe this is just a kind modern gentlemen who just thinks modern footwear is complete dross and vomit (like myself.)." 

But the conversation went for a wrong turn and then to a plummeting death with his next sentence. He then said "yes and because you look like Jesus I would like to crucify you, with ten inch nails." 

TE....TE...TEN INCH NAILS?!?!?! I mean beside the fact this guy wants me to die for his sins why ten inch nails? I mean wouldn't 7 or 8 be sufficient?!

My companion and i promptly started laughing and leaped onto the first car

that came by. Yes, shoeless guy turned out to be a complete loon, But i still stand by what i said about shoes being just about the worst thing since monkeys discovered they could fling poo. 

but Nairobi is sweet.

Much love, Jesus is the way, Keep working hard friends. 

-

Cheers - Elder Fuller

For candy and death threats,

Kenya Nairobi Mission
P.O. Box 46162-00100
Nairobi
00100
Kenya

Week 47 RLF Nov 13

Our beautiful Hermanas!

Out for a day of sunshine to share their contagious grins,

and sharing a lovely lunch too, of course.

Week 52 BJF Nov 9

 

 

Howdy,

Due to a mission conference being held tomorrow our Pday has been swapped to today. Next week it will be on Thursday like normal.

Transfer calls are approaching and we’re suspecting my companion will be moved and I’ll get a new guy for Christmas (wait what? Christmas is next transfer? Whoa) I’m getting excited for the change right before the prime “talking to people about Jesus time of the year“ but we’ll need to wait til Saturday to find out.

The missionary work seems to be going quite nicely. Our Spaniard buddy is back from his vacation and still going strong, we’ve got a baptismal interview scheduled tonight for another one of our dudes, and due to a few miracles we’ve started teaching some other people as well.

Due to Elder Ballard dropping straight fire when he came to Germany, all of the members have suddenly jumped into the missionary work. We’ve been invited to almost every home in the branch and we’ve been able to have members join us at teaching appointments (which never happened before) Apostles like Elder Ballard have a special spirit about them which can really get people pumped up.

All in all, the work is moving forward. It’s just much faster when the members help out. 

Today is the last Pday for one of our sister missionaries so she decided she wanted to go out to Cologne. I’ll send an email with pictures later today cuz let’s be honest, that’s everyone’s favorite part of a Missionary email.

Love y’all, miss y’all, go enjoy life, Facebook is weird, etc

Bis später –Elder Füller

Picture pending....

 

Well, turns out we didn’t do much in Köln. Just walked around. Schade.

Nevertheless, here are the few pictures. And one from last week cuz I think it’s funny. #montypythonreference

 

 

 

 

Week 46 DTF Nov 6

 Things are getting started again after sheltering in place for the second time this year because of elections.  It is not about skin color there, but about tribal racism.  Billboards talk of uniting as a country, that of Kenya.  Interesting to see the different issues countries struggle with.

He was able to attend church where the computer is and let us know he is fine since he is in the bush.  Not a lot of industry, traffic or violence fortunately.

I will post a video of him telling a story of getting a haircut by a guy who was high and didn't know how to cut "white boy" hair.  Watch for it here.


Dang, Thanks mom, You are the best Mom ever.

We are out in the bush so the political situation doesn't really affect us that much other then the occasional lockdown.

Nah I havent been able to watch it yet, but i will get the liahona and read them soon. 

I love you so much. 

 

 

Letter regarding political unrest in Nairobi

This letter is from the Mission President in Nairobi:

Dear Missionary Families,
Things are pretty busy as we're winding down things in preparation for the new couple to come late tonight.  So I didn't get this out to you last night.  It's President Msane's last update about the aftermath of Kenya elections.
Love to you all,
Sister Torrie

“The situation across the country continued to calm down. As of yesterday, the missionaries did start working in the areas they were in as per the last update. Today all the missionaries have been authorised to travel back to their areas, and work there as normal except for a few identified locations where we still have some reservations given their volatility. 

With the mission largely back at normality, this will be the last update for now. Given the continuing political discussions on the way forward for the country, we continue to closely monitor the situation and pray for a peaceful transition, inviting you to continue as well with the same in our behalf.” 

Regards

President S. Ephraim Msane

Kenya Nairobi Mission

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Opposite African Wildlife Foundation

Ngong Road