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| President Kwendo gave us 2 huge avocados from his tree. That's a lot of guacamole without corn chips. |
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| I found this recipe on the internet for avocado bread. |
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| I got over 2 cups from one avocado. |
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| It made 1 large loaf and 8 muffins because there was only one loaf pan. |
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| This would look good on St. Patrick's Day. |
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| The new Betty Crocker of Kenya! |
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| The elders took us to the big market in Kitale. Elder Muwangzui is from Uganda and Elder Hodges is from Provo. Great missionaries! |
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| Lots of vendors. We bought pineapple. |
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| Lots of onions, potatoes, tomatoes, kale, etc. |
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| Elder Muwanguzi finally finds jackfruit which he has been craving. |
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| Elder Hodges smells its distinct odor. |
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| After the funeral, everyone followed the hearse up the main road for 1/4 mile to the home. A choir from the Eldoret Branches walked behind singing Church hymns which was a nice touch. This boy with the avacado basket got caught up in the walk. |
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| There were several hundred people including Jon and 2 elders in the group. |
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| The grave was in the front yard of the family home. Cemeteries are for poor people. The red dirt is the color of Kenyan soil. |
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| Many people crowded into the yard. When we felt the first drops of rain, we decided that was a good time to leave. |
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| We saw a rainbow on the way home. |
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| An hour after the funeral was to start, the last tent and chairs were set up. This is where church members and family sat. |
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| The hearse with trailer arrived. The deceased had lived in Nairobi and was influential with many people. There were many dignitaries there. |
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| The mourners proceed from the funeral tent to their seating in front of us. The funeral was held at a school near the family home. |
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| This is the widow and some children. She was the last of 4 wives. The others also attended. |
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| During the funeral proceedings, people would walk over to the casket and pay their last respects. |
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| This is part of the audience. We were there from 9:30 a.m. till 3 p.m. in the same seats. Every family member and politician had something to say and most of it was in Swahili. The LDS funeral part lasted about 30 minutes at the end. |
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| If you want to learn to drive a truck, this is for you. |
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| You might want to go for the driver's ed car. |
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| Banana tree |
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| Marianne enters path through maize to see fish pond |
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| Kitale RS presidency with Sister Chirchir |
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| This worker at Chirchir's had about 7 handshakes with Jon. |
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| Couldn't resist this happy corn lily in our yard. |
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| A Kenyan dishwasher |
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| She washed the dishes from our lunch. |
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| This interesting clay stove has 2 burners on the left and the black circle is for a griddle or pot. The fuel is wood. The stove is in a cookhouse next to the main house. |
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| We drove President Kwendo to Mois Bridge to visit Josiah, a branch president from 5 years ago who has difficulty coming to church. |
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| Two workers are gathering charcoal from the mound that has been smoldering for a week in our yard. |
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| The mound of dirt and sod on the left is covering wood underneath. They will light it next. The charcoal is sold and burned in little grills on which people cook a lot of their food, usually in a yard or small cook house near their home. |
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| Jon teaches during our 4th Temple Preparation class at Mautuma Branch. which is under renovation. |
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| This hen came in and pecked around while he taught. |
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| Afterward we visited Emmanuel Inzoya's family. The 2 smallest grandchildren are handicapped |
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| His son Eddenson lives nearby with wife Ajeline. |
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| We encountered this oxcart as we took a shortcut through someone's maize field, to avoid the traffic stuck in the mud on the road to Nairiti. |
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| We had to back up and let the cart by because the path was too narrow. |
