HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENSIE

Been taking pictures of cute hair dos for the last month in honor of you and your talent.  Many of the women here have very short hair.  African hair is more like wool and not very manageable.  If they have smooth looking hair we're told it is a wig.  Long hair is always braided or covered with a pretty scarf.  My favorite is little girls with beads.  They are the kind like Ava plays with.  The other day Rand told me I should try getting my hair cut at one of the beauty salons in town.  I told him that I didn't want to come out with braids all over my head as that is mostly what they do.  

My friend, Sister Harris cut my hair last time I was in Kampala.  Then she showed Rand how to cut the back so that it doesn't get so straggly between cuts.  Sister Harris is leaving for home in 8 days so having Rand know how to cut it may come in handy.  

This little girl was walking along the road to Bugembe branch building.  She let me take a picture of the front and back  of her hair just in case you want to do this on someone one day.

The road this little girl is on goes right by the butchers.  There is a big cement slab and I try not to look.  The few times I have it was pretty gory.  

This shop was down a long ally of vey tiny shops in Jinja.  It has a hair dryer or two and even a mirror  That is surprising as that means she has electricity.  The hair designer is bent over sweeping.  You can see the back of her in red.  The brooms here do not have handles.  They bend right down to the ground to sweep.  When she stood up I asked her if I could take a picture and she said "no".  I would liked to have had a picture of more than her behind but if she was Muslim they do not want a picture taken so I didn't.

Daddy & daughter

Isn't this cute, they are color coordinated.

I noticed this young lady at the Youth conference.  The next day she was at the branch we attended so I finally was able to get a picture of her.  She was so pleased to have her picture taken.

So when Lacy gets some hair you can do this for her.

Notice the mother's hair covering.  That is what I meant by covering with a pretty scarf.  They often have glitter or sparkly fabric

This young lady comes with her mother, Fielder, to our English class.  At church she had tiny braids poking out all over.  But this day they were tiny french braids.  I thought the band across the front was especially cute.  Her parents have only been members 3 months.  Her father speaks English well and teaches Sunday School's Gospel Principles class.  It is amazing how well he does for being so new in the church.  Fielder hardly knows any English.  Our goal is to get her reading the Book of Mormon.  They also have two boys.  One was old enough to be baptized when his parents were.  It is really wonderful when a whole family joins.  Many baptisms are single individuals.