OCTOBER WAS "SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY"

Meeting a few senior couples at Tsavo Nat'l Park was a great beginning to the month!!  We toured the Park for a day, then we all traveled to Mombasa to see the sights.  It was a "whirlwind tour" for them!!

This graceful giraffe stopped to look at us

while the elephants were focused on getting to the waterhole on Loop #17.

 

This is a baby Waterbuck.  He blends right into the grass.  It's dry in Tsavo this time of year!!

This is our little group: Elder Kellems, E/S Barry Holmes, E/S Hall, Sister Kellems ( Employment)

Us, E/S Olsen ( Office Couple) E/S Richardson ( PEF) and our fearless guard!!

 

This was at the Waterhole at #17.  We actually saw about 40 Elephants there.  Many babies were in the herd, and many of the elephants rolled in the water & splashed & played.  We watched them until dusk, then we had to get back to the Kilaguni before they locked the gate!!

This month was DDM at our flat.  We served Spagetti & Elder Scott made toast with the Bagel Bread.  Of course, everything was gone.  Elder Sanders( in front of me with the stiped tie) loves white cake with chocolate icing, so until anybody else suggests anything different, we will be having that for dessert everytime!!!

 

 

The Relief Society Combined Activity was on October 6th.  The theme was "Something Extraordinary"  and that it was!!  The sisters made Pilau ( rice) and cabbage salad, it was yummy and plenty of it.

 

After the speakers & lunch, they did exercises.  However, they giggled more than they exercised!!

This is Relief Society President, Tina Tulu of Changamwe Branch giving one of Nancy Kosgei's daughters her blanket.  Each branch tied a blanket for  Nancy's children.  Each blanket had a piece of Nancy's favorite dress sewed on one side in shapes of hearts or animals.  Nancy had 5 children when she passed away last year, so all the sisters learned how to tie a quilt for their service.  It was a very tender moment when the blankets were presented to the children.  We hope that when they feel that they need a hug from their mother, that they can wrap up in their own blanket & feel her love as well as the love of all the Relief Society Sisters!!  Tina said, " We are all your mothers"

This is the group picture of all of those that attended the Combined Relief Society Activity.  All the Relief Society Presidencies are seated.  Jael Mwambere is in the middle holding little Verlene Joy Kosgei.  Jael is raising her now that Nancy has passed away.  The girls on each side of Jael are also Nancy's children, but their father is trying his best to keep the rest of his family together.  But as for Little Verlene, she is in a wonderful family and doing so well.  We are very thankful for families like the Mwambere's.  They had their family all raised.  The last born is in high school, but now they just started over  with Little Verlene!!!

 

The Sisters, Holmes, Richardson, Scott, Olsen, Pugmire and Hall, all wanted to put their toes in the Indian Ocean, it is as close to "swimming" as we will get!  All in all it was a great day at the beach!