We spent 2 days traveling to potential project sites in the Eldoret area with President Kogo, counselor to the Mission President. He is a delightful man and invited us to eat with his family. Pictured are Pres. Kogo and wife Alice with 4 children, 1 sister and a friend. We laughed with the Kogos as they described Mzungu's (white people) by pinching their noses. We all think our noses are the model of beauty! I laughed as I took this picture with the cute daughters putting horns over Elder Udall's head. You can see we felt like old friends by the time the dinner was over. The two older children on the right have been on missions. The girl standing next to John has her papers in. They have another son on a mission now. So far, all have gone to South Africa on missions.
Children at the Grasslands School who had come to gather water for their families from a pump that was installed by LDS Charities in 2009. Children have fun together as they do their chores. You can see that there are a variety of water containers. They recycle everything.
This picture was taken at one of the projects we visited with President Kogo. The villagers lived in a very arid region about a 3.5 hour drive from Eldoret on the floor of the Rift Valley near a game park that is known for elephants. We traveled there with Pres. Kogo's nephew. Though he lives in Eldoret with his wife and children, he is still connected to his homeland (place of birth), and is lobbying for water for his small community. The love and respect among the group was evident. The Water Committee Chairman wears the cowboy hat on the right. The man in front was described to us as anywhere between 90 and 105. Birthdates were not tracked back then. They were named for an event that took place when they were born...no government birth certificates. Note the earlobes of the older gentleman. He had large earplugs at one time. He is probably less than 5' tall, but very vigorous and claims all of the men in the community are his sons...just as in the scriptures, the use of father and son is symbolic. I think he meant that they were all younger than he is.
These are other members of the same community. We were told that this man is younger than the man in the previous picture. However you can see that he is not as vigorous. He is probably surrounded by his great-grandsons. The people in Kenya do not stay in their small dark homes; they are used for sleeping. Even the cooking is done outdoors.
This picture was taken at one of the projects we visited with President Kogo. The villagers lived in a very arid region about a 3.5 hour drive from Eldoret on the floor of the Rift Valley near a game park that is known for elephants. We traveled there with Pres. Kogo's nephew. Though he lives in Eldoret with his wife and children, he is still connected to his homeland (place of birth), and is lobbying for water for his small community. The love and respect among the group was evident. The Water Committee Chairman wears the cowboy hat on the right. The man in front was described to us as anywhere between 90 and 105. Birthdates were not tracked back then. They were named for an event that took place when they were born...no government birth certificates. Note the earlobes of the older gentleman. He had large earplugs at one time. He is probably less than 5' tall, but very vigorous and claims all of the men in the community are his sons...just as in the scriptures, the use of father and son is symbolic. I think he meant that they were all younger than he is.
These are other members of the same community. We were told that this man is younger than the man in the previous picture. However you can see that he is not as vigorous. He is probably surrounded by his great-grandsons. The people in Kenya do not stay in their small dark homes; they are used for sleeping. Even the cooking is done outdoors.
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