This will be a short one this week. The Stutz are in our spare bedroom again as they came down Saturday in preparation for their departure for the USA this evening. That is another couple that we have seen come and go. They went out with the Public Affairs folks this morning so that allows me to get at the computer long enough to get this update out. We continued to muddle along this week with not much different until the weekend. I went with President Taylor on Saturday to Kyambeke to interview Priesthood brothers and extend calls to 2 new Branch Presidencies in preparation to splitting the branch their yesterday. It made for two rather long trips up country but the Mitini Branch is now something more than just a number on paper now. We still don't have a facility there and it could be May before the facilities folks get a contract etc. but Pres. decided that he wanted to maximize the time we could spend in helping the 2 impacted branches get organized. They will continue to meet together until the meeting place is secured but just take turns officiating which hopefully will reduce the hectic confusion that comes with a major reorganization.
We did get the opportunity to listen to the 2 live morning sessions of conference which start at 7pm here. One of the new couples did stay up and catch the Saturday afternoon session so we are aware of the calls of Elder Anderson to the 12, Elder Saitoti to the 70s, and Elder Ussi to the Area 70s (those last 2 are both Kenyans). We will just have to read the other talks when we receive the April Liahona which will probably be late in the month.
The weather was dry again all last week but it did rain through the night and early morning today. That does not always equate to rain up-country but we are sure praying for them as the Savannah and hills are currently very dry as we negotiate them. My concern is for the welfare of the people and their shambas more than the choking/blinding dust we travel in on the unpaved stretches.
The April school break began last week so our schedule could be a little different as we work with the young people and the older investigators are busy with families and shambas. Sister Bishop is scheduled to teach the Kyambeke folks how to make brownies and zucchini bread this week which she hopes turns out okay as we are not very well versed on temperature control of that kind of cooking device. Even the folks up-country do very little baking as most of their culinary preparations are done over an open flame or a Jiko which is a cross between a wok and a griddle. Most can probably count on one hand the number of times they have eaten a baked good other than bread and the bread is generally trucked in and sold at the local shops or kiosks. Not sure I have mentioned before that it is not at all unusual to partake of broken biscuits (unflavored cookies) rather than bread for sacrament on a Sunday. Well need to get going on this week so will sign off for now. Wish we could be there for all the fun Easter activities this week and to help welcome little Dax. We enjoyed the many blog updates this week. We love you all.
Elder & Sister Bishop
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