Elephant orphanage and tour of the city

This is Masai tribe meets orange county swap meet :)

AKA: Masai market place

While Alex was in meetings all day, I went on a little trip out of the city to an elephant orphanage.  Quite touristy but fun to see the baby elephants up close and get to touch them. 

On Sunday after church, our travel agent, Maggie took us for a tour of the city.  We drove through the second largest slum in Nairobi.  I did not take these pictures because I was too afraid to pull out my camera. Maggie told us to keep our windows rolled up and doors locked, and to keep any personal items out of sight.  The people were obviously surviving day to day and doing what ever they can to feed their families.  You can imagine how scared I was.  My eyes were as wide as saucers and I was speechless.  Maggie kept laughing at me asking if I was OK.  She offered to take me on a walking tour of the slums the next day and I graciously declined.  

 These pics I downloaded from the internet, but this is exactly what we saw.  These tin houses stacked together, gargabe piled high, and people everywhere. Our senses were on overload with all that there was to see and hear and the smell of burning trash was overwhelming. 

Church in Nairobi

We landed in Nairobi on Saturday night at 11:00 PM and are still trying to adjust to the time change.  We found a ward (The Upper Hills Ward)  meeting at 10 AM on Sunday and actually found the building in time for Sacrament.  Apparently nobody has heard of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, so a lot of prayers were being said by me in the back of our little Toyota with a personal driver, as our driver was driving around looking for the building like a needle in a haystack. 

Church was fabulous.  Glad to report that the church is the same in Nairobi, Africa as it is in Mesa, AZ.  The people were friendly and fun to talk to.  They asked us to share our testimonies in sacrament meeting which was very humbling.  After sacrament I was drawn to the primary room where I stayed for the next two hours and got to listen to their sweet testimonies through songs and stories.  Boy did they have a lot to say!  They were so smart and knew all the aswers to all the questions their teachers asked, and they sang so beautifully. The opening song for primary was my favorite primary song called, "If I Had Been A Little Child".  I loved to hear their voices.  They were so polite and well behaved too.  

Here is a picture of the church building.  It was also the building for institute, Nairobi mission office, and the  geneology libary.  This was definately one of the highlights of the trip for me. BTW, this is Flat Stanley...Jake gave him to us to take with us on our trip for his kindergarten class!! :)