Missionary Work and the Church :)

Although it has happened the most recently, i think that most of you would want to here this story the most :)

My first day at the Orphanage:
the Orphanage is very much at Christian Orphanage. The first day i was there Vidah asked me about my beliefs! Talk about missionary opportunity, she wanted to know all about what i believe! we talked about the Book of Mormon, the Plan of Salvation, the Church Program, Atonement, Jesus Christ, the Trinity and how we believe differently, EVERYTHING! Some of you know this, but Brother Farmer gave me an extra book of Mormon to give when i left, and guess what! first day there and she was so into it, not necessarily a 'baptize me next week' into it, but she really wanted to know what we believed, even now, we still talk about it almost every day and i was able to give the book of Mormon to her...anyway that isn't the story you really want to hear about...

While talking to her, she said that she believed that there was an LDS church building RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD!!! she said that a lot of people stay away from the building and the Missionaries (or rather she said the white men with white shirts, black pants and name tags) because they worship the devil and are believed to be a cult...that is when i knew we had the right people.

Today, i left the house early so that i could wander and find the church...i took the first road i saw and about two minutes walking i saw a white steeple...ten minutes later i found the church, and what do you know!? there were couple missionaries with some of the members that lived close by!!!

I met the bishop, the relief society President, and the young womens president! I also met Jackson, who used to be the bishop (He was bishop for six years and got released three months ago) I also met Frieda who is a 19 year old girl that lives right down the road from the church. Jackson and I started talking, and he is now called as a welfare specialist and he is starting a volunteering company through the church based here in Kenya where students from the U.S. can come and either stay with a member or in a hotel. Then they can travel all over Africa doing service. Right now he has three volunteers in Mombasa. there are over 100 areas in which you can volunteer and by next month they will be on the internet :)


I'll talk more about it later, but honestly i don't feel like i am doing much or helping much at the orphanage, I feel like i should be doing more while i am here. Now Jackson and Frieda are going to help me help. Tomorrow i am going to go with Frieda to a Library that they have set up to help African students get excited about learning, and then hopefully later this week I am going to go the the Hospital with Jackson and help out there! I really feel like this is why i came...I mean, i feel like i am being put in a position to help, and meeting people that will help me progress...

Anyway, the way i met them is because two months ago they took a piece of land right by the church and made it into a community Garden. Now, every morning families go to work in the Garden. It was so wonderful!!! they have only been planting for a month and this is what it looks like!

Pictured: The Garden, and Frieda with a Mushroom