Sunday evening and we made it through another rather busy week. Finally got all of Joshua's tests and visa so he left for the MTC in Johannesburg on Thursday. We picked up President Makiti's daughters, Judith and Catherine, last Tuesday and brought them into Nairobi to finish up their passport applications so they can be sealed with the rest of their family in December. Judith turns 21 in May so we can have her Mission Application in by February and it should go very fast as she will have her travel documents already. We picked up Charles Mutuku at Kyambeke as we came back from Ilima and will be visiting the Doc and Dentist tomorrow with him and should have all his paperwork put to bed when we return him on Thursday. That means we will have 3 prospective missionaries just waiting on their passports. Justus has finished all his medical as well but is still trying to get a birth certificate then all 4 will just be marking time before they can submit their applications. We taught a first discussion to Jacinta in Ilima on Friday. She is only 18 but has a cute little 2 month old daughter that I gave a name and blessing to at Fast Meeting on the 7th. Her husband is an inactive member but she has been coming to church for a year and it was just a great experience to teach her. Several of the members today were very excited that she had finally decided to take the discussions and are anxious to fellowship her. Michael at Kyambeke has been a real pleasure to work with on the new member discussions with some very insightful questions. We will continue to work with the other 3 investigators there but it will probably be at least a month before we make any more progress with them. We will give our last Teacher Development Lesson at Kyambeke this week but they are doing some restructuring so will probably fill that void with some auxillary training so we just keep on keeping on. A major milestone occurred at Ilima as Greta, one of Sister Bishop's keyboard students, played the opening and closing songs with both hands and did very well.
Another missionary couple is due in this evening. Their name is Littlefield and they are scheduled to go up to Eldoret as that assignment has been vacant since the Scott's went home last April. The Dickmans are the next ones to leave and that is mid November which will then elevate us to the status of the most senior couple but since we are only one of two 23 monthers we will still see several more couples depart before we do. It is amazing how fast each week goes by and we are still worrying that we will not get all done that we desire before our departure time arrives. The Temple trips in December and February should tie up a couple of loose ends and hopefully build a bit of a fire for the next couple to work with. Another goal is to get the new branch approved for Mitini and President Simon sketched an excellent map this week so we should be able to submit the final papers for that request within another week. Just a matter on getting approval up and down the line then and I guess it could go either way but it would sure make me happy to not have to pass our sisters and their young families on these rather steep mountain trails as we drive to church on Sundays.
Well that kind of tells you what this week was like for us. Still no rain so there is lots of dust. Saw a whole lot more of migrating animals mixed in with the more permanent locals again this week. Even saw a zebra road kill on the Mombassa Highway today.
Almost forgot to mention that Amram Musungu put on a fireside at the Upper Hill Chapel this last Wednesday that we were able to attend with Judith and Catherine. He is the Kenyan who is a member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and was in town for his father's funeral. He is a real missionary force among Africans in the Salt Lake area with some 200 baptisms to his credit there. There was an article in the Church News on him about 6 months ago.
Elder & Sister Bishop
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