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 is our gas station.. It says " Tudor Filling Station" The area that we live in is called Tudor. The Africans pronounce it " Chew-dah" We love our little petro station, but the day of this picture the gas pump is missing & today as we went by the entire station was torn down. Hope they rebuild. 
This is a water tank holder in a new sub-division near the town of Ukunda. It is being built by Louis Pope. A member of the church from the Sandy area. He has a contractor here, Taylor Mackay, helping him with this project of building 60 homes. They will have 2 & 3 bedrooms, built with cement & tin sheet roofing.
This is the Hindu Temple that we visited with the PEF couple from Nairobi. It is very colorful. The entire time we were here, I thought they should be playing "It's a Small World After All" or something Disney. Inside there were altars & many fresh flower blossoms. Very Interesting!!
This is the Bamburi Primary Activity Day. They were playing Musical Chairs. Even though it was very hot that day, they had a great time!
They received a new football ( soccer) ball from one of the Primary's in Ogden. They were playing games with it before playing soccer with it.
This is the entire Primary at the conclusion of their activity day. Many happy faces. They will be giving their Primary Presentation this month & we are looking forward to that.
We make many trips to "Coast Bus Station" It's transfer day again. Elder Atkins ( in the sun glasses) & Elder Phillips (right of Elder Atkins) will be leaving us. Elder Atkins will be completing his mission & returning home to Johannesburg. Elder Phillips will be transferred to Kisumu. They're gonna miss us!!
This is the market across from the bus station. I am bargaining with the "mama" for the vegetables.
She must have just "loved" the way I bargain, because she gave me a big kiss. Elder Scott says I need to get better at it because everybody loves to see me coming!
This is Baby Adam. He is 2 days old.
This is David & Maureen Kamau. This is their 2nd child, but the only one living. Their little girl died at 10 months old. They are delighted to have Adam in their family.
This is Maureen coming home from the hospital after staying overnight from delivering Adam. It was raining so we couldn't take her in the truck to her home. Her home is the one on the right. I was supposed to help her, but my feet got stuck in the mud & I couldn't move. The one with the umbrella is carrying little Adam up the hill. The others are carrying her belongings & I was supposed to help Maureen, but she ended up helping me.
This is Jeremiah. He is a shoe repairman that got ill in 1998 & it left him paralyzed from the waist down. He runs a shop outside his home.
Today he was presented with brand new wheels. The tires are flat, but they are getting pumped up & he will learn to drive his new wheelchair instead of using crutches.
This is Benard & Jael Mwabere. They gave the wheelchair to Jeremiah. Jeremiah was so happy this day that "HE COULDN'T SPEAK HIS JOY"
