Getting ready for Bamburi Branch Activity. Elder Scott helps Florence ( R.S. 2nd Counselor) carry wood for cooking. Otherwise, the sisters would have carried it there themselves. He "saved the day" and their "backs"
Yvonne Malande was 9 years old. We surprised her with a Birthday Cake & punch. We sang to her, watched her blow out her candles, then left so she could invite her friends over for refreshments. While carrying the cake to her house, we acquired a long line of potential friends for her, then left for her to sort it all out!!!
This was the day that we found "Koins for Kenya" Look it up on the Internet We traveled there with the director Brett VanLeuwen. It is in a little town about 45 minutes from Mombasa. They build schools for those communities who will contribute 10% of the cost. Grandma Scott is teaching them the song, " If You're Happy & You Know It" They
wanted to sing it again & again!!
Koins for Kenya workers. We gave them all the "13 Articles of Faith" cards. Grandma is next to the cook. Grandpa is next to a Board Member & there are many other duties all in between, including the welder. You can tell which one he is by the holes in his shirt. But they are very proud of each of their responsibilities & willing to show off their skills. Wonderful, warm & friendly. We love them!!
Mombasa Fire Brigade. We surprised them with lunch. We asked them, " Has anyone ever brought you lunch?" They said "NEVAH" The Chief is behind
Grandpa Scott & the lady that helped us cook the lunch is Jael. (Relief Society Pres. in Mombasa. She is in the white shirt & blue skirt.) In all, we fed about 30 firemen. They called them all in from their days off & even called the ones that had worked the night shift. We made the cabbage salad & the punch & bananas for dessert. Jael made the chapatti's & beans. We dished it up so that everyone had a plate, even the ones who came in late!!
This is William standing in front of the Station.
This day we were making a site visit for the Charities Couple. It is a HIV Aids Clinic that the church is making a contribution of ATMIT. ATMIT was researched by BYU for those people who are under-nourished. It has just the right amount of vitamins & nutrients to help starving people to thrive. The package has the church logo on it & when they see the name of Jesus Christ, they call it "Jesus Flour or Jesus Food" This baby in the red almost died until his mother brought him to the center & he was started on Jesus Flour. Now look at him, he is "chunky" We saw a little one who had put on 2 Kg in 2 months from the flour. It looks like brown powdered milk & they just add water & drink it like porridge.
Support group for the center. It is run by Sister Veronica who does a great job with the 11 clinics. Very fortunate children to have mothers who broke the family traditions of taking the babies to the witchdoctor & end up dying. These mothers brought their babies to the clinic & they are thriving!!
Meet the Beach Boys. They live on the beach. Eat left overs from the vegetable market & sleep anywhere they can!!!! This day Grandpa couldn't stand to see them hungry, so he went to the Chicken Inn & bought them a "Chicken Snack Pack" One piece of chicken, french fries & a drink all for $2.50 each. We had a "Tailgate Party" for them. At least their tummies were full this evening!! As they started to eat, Joseph, paused and gave a small blessing on his food, then said to us "God Bless You". These people teach us all the time.
Had to get this picture. Grandpa is actually helping a Matatu driver!!!! Most are crazy drivers, but this guy broke down in the middle of the road. We used our handy dandy tow strap just purchased at Nakumatt. It quickly broke, but we had him out of the way. The matatu driver didn't know how to be pulled, so he turned his wheels & Grandpa was "plowing" the road for a while before the strap broke.
This is Olivia Malande's School. We spent the afternoon there with the keyboard singing songs. They were very happy when I played the keyboard & they played "Musical Chairs" the first time for this activity.
This is the first ever Combined Relief Society Activity. It included Mombasa, Bamburi, & Changamwe Branches. They have tried to get together several times but were unable to get it done. However, on Sept 24, 2011, they finally made it. They had speakers on Visiting Teaching, uplifting the sisters, reports on Service, lunch & then a time of Sharing. They hope to make it an annual event. Now I think they will be able to continue to grow together to start "acting" like a district!!!
This month was one of Happiness & Heartbreak. Nancy Kosgei was the Relief Society President in the Bamburi Branch. She died December 10, 2011 from complications of Childbirth. Her burial was December 17, 2011 in Serem (near Kapsabet) This is one of her neighbors putting flowers on her grave. The carnations are the ones we brought, but the others are just weeds & flowers that grow along the roadside, which work just fine.
This is part of the Kosgei Family on the day that Nancy came home from the hospital. We were going to come back later to take another photo when her daughter & son came home from school, but we didn't get it done before she passed away.
This is Baby Verlene Joy Kosgei. Born Dec. 3, 2011 to Cleophus & Nancy Kosgei. 
A familar sight on the road out of Eldoret. This is why we love that place!!!
In Nairobi, we found Santa Clause. Here in Africa, Santa is always "skinny"
On the road out of Eldoret, we followed this "picky picky"( motorbike) Notice the off-set tires. He really had to hold on tight or else that thing would have thrown him off!!
This is the Mwambere Family in Mombasa. We had a"'photo shoot"with them this month when they were all home from school. Elder Scott was the photographer for Family Pictures.
When we were in Eldoret, we found our "African daughter" Vivian. She has grown so tall & is very active in the Young Women's Program which makes us very happy for her.
Verlene & Winnie Mutiso singing us a song at their home in Eldoret. They are such good singers & growing so much, speaking very good English, & they love Elder Scott to tickle them!!!
Christmas Day in Mombasa. We ate Chicken ( Kuku) Mashed Potatoes & gravy, Peas & Carrots, Rolls, Brownies & Ice Cream with Soda to drink. Then the Elders had planned a Devotional, which was all about the Savior. Christmas with the missionaries always are very spiritual & are what Christmas is all about!!
This is in our yard at our flat on Christmas Day. We sent this to all the Elder's families for their Christmas Card!! This was the best that we could do, we had a lot of "out takes" which was the most fun.
Elder Mloyi from Zimbawe helped untangle the Christmas lights for our Christmas Tree. It was the 1st time that he had ever seen or decorated a Christmas tree. He had only seen one in a magazine. This was his "best" Christmas!!!
