We got mangos!

Yeah, we got mangos. Right outside our apartment we have a mango tree. They are huge. There is also an avocado tree with similar fruit. They do fruit in Uganda.

We are back to our YSA Activity Days. Above we are playing "Four Square", destined to become a favorite. Below we are playing "Pressy Pressy", one of the favorites for the locals.

Some of the local fauna in uganda. The bat was found in our apartment. It took quite an effort to capture it. We then took a picture of it and let it go. It was really mad.
The dogs are purebred Uganda dogs. They are "free range" and everywhere. They come it three colors; brown, black and brown and black.

He ain't heavy. He's my brother.

This is a very common scene here in Africa. It's very apparent; the love and support siblings have for one another. Very nice to see.

Helping Hands

We participated in the Church's "Mormon Helping Hands" event. We visited a babies orphanage. They are licensed for 50 children ages 0 to 4 year and currently have 40. They have a great facility but it is a challenge for them to keep it up. We prepared food, cleaned play areas and rooms, sorted clothes, cleaned the building and planted trees. About 75 of us had a great day. And darned if I know why I can't make this post look like I want.

Cardboard clock

The clock at our institute had been broken for about eight months. So I took another broken clock and used the parts to create this beauty out of cardboard. The locals are impressed but don't truly understand how.

Out-The-Door

This is our new mission president(Jackson). The Church has a very sussinct transfer program. President and Sister Christensen picked up the Jacksons at the airport Wednesday afternoon and spent the evening together at the mission home. They did some business thursday morning and all the seniors met for lunch. Prior to lunch we all said goodbye to the Christensens and they were off. The rest of us had a very long lunch getting to know each other. The previous Sunday night the senior couples met with the Christensens for dinner at the Rotheys and had an emotional departure. Change is one of the constants in the mission field.