Women's Conference

 My companion delivering the key note address to 185 sisters in the Langus Chapel, Eldoret.

Amazing group of women who traveled for hours from our nine branches to spend the afternoon together.

Fagan, "Prince of thieves", a.k.a. The village idiot.

My buddy Fagan, who is something of a "charming rogue".  I named after the character from Dicken's "Oliver Twist" because he has a pack of street boys to do his bidding.

After and Before (I posted them in the wrong order)

The cook at the orphanage farm with her "new and improved" kitchen, complements of the donations of JaLayne's California friends and extended family members including the Bryan and Donna Christensen family.  This is just one of myriad projects such funds have financed.

Primitive cooking conditions at the farm kitchen

Chillin with the conquerors of Kilo

 Jolynne (Forrest's wife), Lucy Lowe (Bryan's daughter), Forrest, Bryan, Sister Flake (non-climber).
 Not pictured because they had already flown home: David and Anthony Beal (Claudia's husband and son), and Dallan (Forrest and Jolynne's son).

Pink flamingos at Arusha National Park.

African Adventure

The brothers Flakein Tanzania (the younger half anyway)

Great White Hunters

Two great volcanos

Mt. Meru (15,000 ft) overlooks the city of Arusha

Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,341 ft. )consists of two peaks; Kibo on the left and seven miles to the right, Mawenzi.  Bryan and I climbed it in 1999 and he returned this month.

Our heroes!

 JaLayne's friend Jenica performing at a benefit for our Kenyan orphanage.

These amazing women raised thousands of dollars for the kids.

Kenya Happenings

Feeding breakfast to the zone, our orphan Peter and President Barasa of the District Presidency.

Our boy Peter.  He's our favorite of the kids at the school/orphanage.  Both his parents died before he was two years old and he spent twelve years on the street.  He loves being around the missionaries and want to serve a mission.  Baptizing him would be a delicate maneuver - we'll see.

Taylor and his kids with some of our favorite members.  He's in counselor in the Kitale Branch Presidency and washes our truck for about $6.25 per week and she does the Zone Leaders' laundry for the same amount.  That's their sole income and they're better off than most of the other members.

Kenyan activiies

Unique Kenyan road kill (leopard)

Orphan kids at the farm enjoying the sink and water my brother Bryan's grand children helped to provide, selling pop and golf balls door to door.

One of our Branch Presidents (with the backpack) and his PEF specialist arriving at our meeting on the standard mode of transportation here, a "picky, picky" (commercial motorcycle).  Our truck is the only vehicle in the entire district.

Kenyan activities

Branch member from Kitale helping out at our Orphanage/School on "Helping Hands Day"