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 behindGrandpa 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!!!
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