We arrived safe and sound in Nairobi on Monday after a very long flight. It was late at night and Elder Squires (who is training us) picked us up with a driver.

We stayed overnight in the missionaries apartment complex with Elder Squires and next day went with the Humanitarian couple to buy a phone and food to take with us to Chyulu.

It took us about six hours to drive there and arrived in the small village at the apartment we were to stay in. There are two apartments and one is occupied by the missionaries. It is air conditioned which is such a blessing here. The mosquitoes that carry malaria come out between dusk and dawn so we keep the air conditioner on all night. They do not like the cold.

There is a high wall around the two apartments with broken glass and barbed wire. At night there is a security guard sits outside our door. He is a member of the District Presidency.

The next day, the District Presidency visited with us and we had a meeting with them. Wonderful men.

Yesterday and today we went to visit the members of this district who received help from LDS Charities a few years ago. The purpose of these visits was to do an assessment to find out if the project benefited the families and if they continued with the project. How it benefited the families and how it helped them to be self sufficient-which is the purpose of LDS Charities-Food Initiative. They were taught how to plant a sack garden and were given sacks, seeds and fertilizer. They were taught how to make a holding tank for water and then later were given water tanks. 

There is such drought in this area that during the rainy season they gather as much water as they can and save it to use on their gardens during the drought.

Each family we visited were so appreciated of the knowledge given to them and they have benefited greatly. It was wonderful to hear their stores. I do not have time to add any but will add some pictures.

They are such gentle, humble people.

It has been a very busy two days but so worthwhile.

We are going to have a meeting and will add more when I have time.

Oh, we were driving with a member of the District Presidency, President Benjamin, yesterday and today, as he had to give us directions to the members homes. You would not believe the “roads” to these places! Lucky we had 4 wheel drive. When he heard we were from Canada he told us there was a missionary from Canada serving in their district a year or so ago. We asked if it was Elder Diodati and it was. We had our picture taken with him to send to him. What a small world.

We were given some raw honey, fresh from the homemade hive. The honey was amazing and I do not like honey! They insisted that we take some back with us. They were 85 years old! We were given melon at another place, tomatoes at another and sweet bananas at another. They have so little yet, are so generous.