Five Days in Nairobi

December 14-18 Ron and I flew four hours north to Kenya on an assignment from our Area Presidency. Our gracious hosts were Nairobi Kenya Mission President and Sister Taylor from Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nairobi is a teeming city of 3-5 million people and a gathering place for people from some 42 tribal groups throughout the country of Kenya.

On our drive from the airport into downtown we saw six giraffe behind tall fences. Large storks which look too heavy to sit on tree limbs were perched in flocks on treetops along our route.

We interviewed 17 people in 3 days, among whom was an officer at a police station that Ron interviewed with two Kenyans accompanying him. We met remarkable people and truly enjoyed our stay there.

Wednesday Ron and I were invited to join missionaries in a Zone Conference with whom we shared our testimonies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, gave a Security presentation and shared a traditional lunch. We were delighted to visit with elders we became acquainted with at the Mission Training Center in Johannesburg who had arrived in Nairobi the previous week. Our lunch was prepared by a Kenyan sister who served in enameled tin pans dishes of mince meat (hamburger), pop (corn prepared similar to dry cornmeal mush), squash, fresh fruit and cabbage salad. Sodas were in many-times-recycled glass bottles.