Zambia‏

I don't think I've posted this yet because I thought he put it in one of his letters, but just in case to make sure you all have it and can write him. His e-mail address is elderjv@myldsmail.net.
and if you send something by mail this is the address, but he said it takes at least 2 weeks to get to him.

Elder Jordan Vanderlinden
Zimbabwe Harare Mission
65 Enterprise Road
Highlands
Harare
Zimbabwe

And finally, here is his letter from last week, (sorry):
Zambia, ish it's crazy. Everyone will tell you, you haven't been to real Africa till you've been to Zambia! There's a shirt here that says: "Zambia, real Africa" I want it. So many people here. So to start out. we have to take comby's to get to the internet cafe in town. A comby is a old school beater bus which are their taxi's out here and they pack people in them and take you to destinations. They have guys in them and they just shout out the windows destinations and people just stop them if that's where they are going. You get in and you have to sit 4x4 or more. You have to sit sideways. And they pack 16 people in these small vans. Oh and there's a sticker inside the bus that says: "The driver is instructed to run away from traffic police" 0.o no joke. Oh and I pretty much get called Muzungu every 2 seconds. It basically means white guy. I'm the only white guy in the whole town! Most people here I don't know if they've ever seen a white guy. All the little kids yell at you Muzungu, and then ask how are you? Every little kid, it's kinda funny. So Zambia is freakin hot. like nobodies business. It's like 100 degrees here and we have to wear suits to church on sunday. Ish I think these Africans are crazy. My best friend is the fan. There is no such thing as AC here. Oh and fast sunday. Was the hottest day ever. So you have to ride your bike in the hot sun with a black suit and sit in hot buildings all day then go teach people and you want a drink so bad! But you can't. Breaking that fast was the best thing ever! The water at our flat doesn't really work. There isn't much pressure. So it kinda trickles out and will go out time to time. So we have water stored up in a bath tub so we can flush the toilet and such when it's out. But the people here are awesome! Teaching people has to be the best part. You find people here that are so strong! When I first got to Zim I met with the President and then the next day I went out on Exchanges with Elder Crossley and Law. It was Elder Law's first time driving there because they usually bike. So it was an adventure. Ish there is just people walking everywhere and just dodge cars. It's chaos. But that's what they do dodge cars all day. I was so shocked. Everyone drives like a maniac. The first lesson we taught we went to this family's house and they told me they were investigators but they were actually their strongest member family and they had them ask me all the hard questions anyone could ever ask. Like polygamy, BoM, Modesty, Sabbath on sunday and so forth and they were just saying you guys never answer our questions we want the new elder to answer and I didn't know what to do. So this went on for like a half hour. Ish they got me so good. But then they finally told me. One of them was an RM. But the lesson after we committed This lady named Agnus to baptism it was so sweet. Her sister is a member and has a powerful story. Remind me to tell you guys. But that day was sweet! But 2010 woohoo I can say I'm coming home next year now. I've been out almost a month now. It's crazy. Monday is my P day out here and we're going to play soccer next. That and I need to get my xing bike fixed. The front brake is the only one that works slighly.... Oh ya so word definition time. You don't say shoot, crap, or man out there you say ish. And if you try to say cool or awesome no one knows what you mean. You say powerful. And xing (said zhing) is used for crappy, fake, or so forth. But the internet here is extremely slow so I don't think I'll send pictures yet because it will take like 20 mins just for 1. So I'll send them when I'm back in Zim. But anyways I think that's it for now. I'll talk to you all later. Love you all! ~Elder JV