Driving to Kasrani!!

This is the Kasrani Ward church house. Dad and I

speak here on Feb. 12, our first Public Affairs

sacrament meeting. We will do this once a month

for the next 11 months, covering the Nairobi Stake.

We have to find the church houses before hand,

because they are so remote and hard to find. We

left Nairobi at 8:30 Sat. morning, got lost 5 times,

and returned to our flat at about 4:15 in the after-

noon. At least we know where to go on the 12th!!!

Even finding a church house in Kenya is an

adventure!!!

This is Kelly, and Dorcus. They are cousins.

They were baptized about one hour after this

picture was taken.

We just met these members at the church. The

sister next to me is the mother of the young man

on the front row, far right, in glasses. She told me

how one year ago he was very sick, and went blind.

He had a blessing, and he has gradually

regained his sight...she said she knew he would,

and bore her testimony of the church. Their faith

is something to behold.

This is bishop Charles...he works at the center

with us. He was at the ward when we got there.

His little boy was with him and we wanted a

picture of him also, but he kept running behind

the church house!! Charles said...."I think he

doesn't listen to me well".

Believe it or not, this is inside the Kasrani ward Church

and not the local police station!! This is how every

library looks in every ward and branch in Kenya..

don't know about the rest of Africa but I would imagine

it is the same story!!

Okay...the next three pictures of the road we

took up and back to Kasrani. This is a brand new

free-way that the Chinese are building. It has

no marking, no directions for on and off ramps,

there are speed bumps, and on this one section

below, cars were actually going on the wrong

side of the road. We were also, we were just

following the cars in front of us. About one

mile up the road, we were "funneled" onto

the right side. Notice in the two pictures below

the dashboard of our truck, you can kind of tell

which direction we are headed...then look at all of

the cars and trucks around us...we are headed

straight ahead, but if you need to exit, turn around,

or change directions, you just do it....we got lost 5

times getting to Kasrani!! We made it however!!

Never a dull moment in Nairobi!