Monday evening and I need to get an update out before hitting the rack. Had Elder & Sister Taylor, who are the auditors for the area, come and give some special training today for auditors. Strangely enough most of what I had taught myself for the last 3 times I've done them wasn't too far off the mark. Only one more audit cycle to accomplish and then it is someone else's concern. The branches have done a good job with what they have to work with and are honest in their dealings but all 3 of them are needing new clerks now as we have sent 2 of them on missions and the 3rd is just waiting for his passport and he will send in his mission papers. The one new clerk that has been called is a 16 year old who has only been a member for 4 months. Doesn't quite meet the requirement to be a Melchizdec Priesthood holder but he is very willing and has a good grasp of english.
Wasn't much new in our travels this week except I did have to fill out a traffic accident report today. Last Friday as we were negotiating the traffic on Mombasa Highway a little sedan decided it wanted to take over our lane. I wasn't too keen on the idea but did finally stop when I could see he was rather determined. It knocked a little trim off the left front wheel well on our vehicle but left a rather healthy scratch from the drivers door back before loosening his rear bumper. He was wanting to wait for the police to come and investigate but the construction crew that was working in the area told us both that it wasn't my fault so he agreed we should probably just both see to our own vehicles and left. We scheduled in a trip to the embassy today in the hopes of getting some mail and needing to mail off driver's license extensions to the state of Idaho. When we arrived the other side of town we were reminded that today is Columbus Day. These embassy employees really make out here. They get both US and Kenyan Holidays off. Last Friday was Moi Day. Today was Columbus Day and next Monday is Kenyatta Day. The interesting item this week from the local news was the deportation of Dr. Corsi. He is the author of Obama Nation which I guess is not very flattering of the Democratic Presidential Candidate. He was purportedly in town for a safari and was attempting to launch his book locally while here. He was arrested, taken to immigration for some time and then put on the late night flight out of town. Not much question there who the Kenyans would vote for if given the opportunity.
We attended our first Primary Program for 2008 this last Sunday in Kilili. The kids did great. I love to hear them sing and listen to their recitations. Some of them even threw in some rather demonstrative visual hand signals to emphasize their parts. The Branch President thanked Sister Bishop for her special support of their efforts. She will spend hours each month to ensure that each Branch Primary has all the lesson support materials as there is no electricity or copiers for them to accomplish it on their own.
It is hard to believe that it is snowing already in parts of Utah and Idaho. The weather here is just really great each day with some of them boardering on rather warm. A few more signs of rain this week as we drove through a lot of wet spots on Sunday but it is still very dry in the critical areas. Sure hope they get a bunch soon but they aren't too concerned yet as it is still a little early.
Well the bed is beckoning. I can't believe how much time I sleep now but I force myself to hit the hay early so that I will be alert as possible as we travel each day.
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