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| faithful Saints Dennis and Bethsheba in front of their house. She insisted on carrying the backpack even though she has to use a crutch and has a leg brace. He uses two crutches because both legs are crippled. No such thing as government welfare |
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| Elder Larson by partially finished hut. more mud will be added |
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| chapel at Nyabongo. mud walls over poles, mud floor |
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| Victor from Nyabongo |
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| children sitting in front of their house. |
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| crushing rocks for the road |
the road to Nyabondo Picture does not show how rough road is it really shakes you up and rattles the truck.
Nyabondo is about sixty kilometers from Kisumu. The people there have no electricity or running water but were so gracious and welcoming to us. We met with them for three hours and taught them. Sister Jorgensen and I met with the members and the Elders met with the Investigators to teach them more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They were so honored by our visit that they insisted on feeding us. I know that was a lot of work and a financial burden on them because they have very little to share except for the produce from their garden and trees. My first experience with genuine mud huts. Some are two rooms with a wall, Some just have a curtain dividing the living space. Some have a board door and some just have a curtain. The more affluent have tin roofs. Never seen any milled lumber except for doors and shutters.
We drove up there on the one month anniversary of our mission and took the four Elders, Larson, Olsen, Jackson white and Jackson black. Elders Larson and Jackson black have been transferred to Nairobi. We will receive two new Elders on Thursday.
We baptized nine new members in our branch on Saturday. Fortunately we filled the font before the water went off.
Our water has been off for three days. Church services in this building went on without any water for the bathrooms. The people have to walk or ride bicycles, tuk tuks or matatus to church and some come from quite a long ways out. They really need the bathrooms. It smelled really rank as we were loading buckets from the back storage tank to flush and clean the bathrooms.
I will get pictures of tuk tuks and matatus.
Wow, what an amazing experience. I it sure humbling to see and read about all that these people are willing to sacrifice for the gospel. It really puts things into perspective to realize how grateful they are for the gospel that they will gladly give what little they have because the joy they have received from the gospel is so great.
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