Breadfruit and beds

Friday we recuperated from Thursday's efforts. I nursed my sunburn with Young Living essential oils of Rose, Lavender, and Frankincense and by Saturday it was much improved and gone by Sunday. Here is a photo of Elder Fox working the hand pump for water at one of the wells we visited on Thursday. The lady on the right is holding a plastic bottle with the bottom cut off as a funnel to put the water into the gerry cans.

Saturday we had leadership training. It began at 10am (in theory) and we ended about 1. And then we had a baptism after that. Tom and I both spoke at the leadership training meeting. When we had a break out session, the Employment Specialist spoke with us about helping one another as we share skills and looking out for employment opportunities. There is also a cooperative association that can make micro loans and we discussed forming groups to help people become self-employed.

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Sunday was a good day for investigators. We had a good meeting. It's always a joy to feel the spirit of the Lord confirming truths. I thought we would not have much to do, but there are always things that come up. "Sister Fox will give the spiritual thought." "Will you go to this meeting for me?" "Can I talk to you for a moment?" Perhaps its the listening ear that takes the most effort.

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Today we are preparing for our trip to Nairobi. We will drive down tomorrow. Wednesday is the all Kenya Mission Conference with Elder Koelliker, Elder Turley (the historian) and Elder and Sister Jensen. We think we have our work papers and will need to be fingerprinted for those. The good part of that is we can get into the national parks at a much reduced rate. Hurray!!

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Our good friend Marcellus, the chief, came by with some breadfruit. This is the HUMONGOUS nubby big watermelon sized fruit that grows on trees here. We had an unripened one last time, but this one was ripe. He showed us how to cut it open and remove the tasty parts. There are big seeds inside and pale strings around each fruit nub. And the plant puts out a sticky residue. It doesn't give up it's fruit easily, but it's tasty. The pip in his hand is the edible part. Sorry the pictures are blurry.

I can't believe myself. Typically when we move someplace, we put the furniture into a spot and it stays there until we move. I'm not at all the kind of person who rearranges the furniture. Yet here we are this week, moving our bed around and hanging up a new mosquito net. We moved a box springs and mattress to the office, and tried just putting a mattress on the slats of the bed. The old mosquito netting was round at the top and as it reached the edges of the bed tended to cramp the sleeping accommodations there. This one hangs straight down and so should give us more room.

The problem came in hanging it. You see, the walls are cement. The ceiling is cement. The crown moulding is cement.... but the door frames and curtain top frame are wood. So we ran strings and it turned out well.