Ammon:
We drove to a church, and when we got there the seats were so cushy I could barely lie down or sit up!
Although, I still did get a nap in. Did primary and drove to another church, which was just a guy yelling in Swahili. During that time I just looked through moms pictures of the last 3 years, which kept me occupied. Then we went back home and I swam in the swimming pool (which I did the last 2 days) then went to bed.
LaReita:
We went to the Upperhill Ward in Nairobi. First time I’ve entered a church parking lot with locked gate and 2 security guards. The Accra, Ghana temple has locked gate and security guards, but this was a church and institute building. It is in a nicer part of Nairobi where all entrances are similar to this.
The Bishop was of Indian descent, and both Dave & I wondered how accepting the Kenyan members are with him. There are quite a bit of Indians and Chinese in Nairobi, which does cause some tensions due to some of their business practices. We thought how would it have been if in 1980 USA a black Bishop was called, especially in the South. That would be an act of faith for a lot of people.
It was fast and testimony meeting because they had Stake Conference the week before. Such moving and powerful testimonies. An older Kenyan couple got up to bear their testimonies and have been called to be a senior missionary couple in Monrovia, Liberia! Where we are headed in about a week!
Our driver (Kenneth) and our FMF manager (George) came and sat with us for the 2 hours. Dave explained quite a bit about various aspects of this new experience of attending a “Latter-day Saint” church.
After our 2 hour church we drove an hour to a Pentecostal Church where we have an FMF women’s literacy group. The pastor spoke for an hour in Swahili with his preaching voice and microphone. It was different from what we just came from! The pastor asked me and Dave to share some words. We had a Swahili interpreter.
We had to leave as soon as we finished because we had a 2pm training scheduled at our hotel for 16 Kenya community leaders. It went until 6pm. I was exhausted. I’m really thankful I got a hotel with a pool so Ammon could be entertained while the adults talked and talked and talked. Ammon has become “big brother” to the 7 year old Polish girl, Leah. They had so much fun playing.